Chapter 13.44
INTERCEPTORS
Sections:
13.44.010 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Required when.
13.44.020 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Construction.
13.44.030 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Maintenance.
13.44.040 Access to control manhole required.
13.44.050 Tests and analyses of water characteristics—Determined at control manhole.
13.44.070 Maintenance of building connection sewers—Responsibility of owner.
13.44.080 Encroachment permit required when.
13.44.090 Special agreements authorized when.
13.44.010 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Required when.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the director, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts of any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for the private living quarters of dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the director and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.020 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Construction.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, water-tight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gas-tight and water-tight. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.030 Grease, oil and sand interceptors—Maintenance.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.040 Access to control manhole required.
When required by the director, the owner of any property served by a sewer lateral carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurements of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.050 Tests and analyses of water characteristics—Determined at control manhole.
All measurements and tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Exhibits B and C on file with the city clerk shall be determined in accordance with “standard methods for the examination of water and sewage,” and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Section 13.44.040, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the sewer lateral is connected. The cost of any program of regular testing required by the director shall be billed directly to the industry or business involved. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.060 Failure to maintain sewer in good working condition—Director’s actions—Repair costs borne by owner.
The director shall be empowered to stop overflow, if the property owner fails to properly install and maintain both building sewer and sewer lateral in good working condition, when required under this section; the director may order and require said sewer to be disconnected and removed and the outlet plugged or capped. In the event that the property owner fails to disconnect and plug or cap the sewer connection within twenty-four hours after written notice by the director, then the director shall arrange for such disconnection and capping; the cost of which shall be a debt of the property owner and which may be collected by court action or may be declared to be a lien by action of the city council after public hearing and notice to the property owner and shall be added to and collected as part of the tax roll. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.070 Maintenance of building connection sewers—Responsibility of owner.
All building sewers, sewer laterals, industrial sewers, private sewage disposal systems and appurtenances thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed, shall be maintained by the owner of the property from the house to the point of connection to the main sewer, in a safe and sanitary condition and all devices or safeguards which are required by ordinance for the operation thereof, shall be maintained in a good working order. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.080 Encroachment permit required when.
When any portion of the work is to be performed within the limits of a public right-of-way or public sewer easement, an encroachment permit shall be obtained from the public works department of the city. See Ordinance No. 635. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)
13.44.090 Special agreements authorized when.
No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city of Dinuba and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern of all city costs connected with such extra treatment. (Ord. 648 § 1 (part), 1982)