ARTICLE 1717

Mechanical Food Waste Disposals

1717.01 Permit Required
1717.02 Fee
1717.03 Operation
1717.04 Restricted To Dwellings
1717.05 Prohibited Locations
1717.99 Penalty

CROSS REFERENCES

Sanitary sewers - See S.U. & P.S. Art. 921
Collection and disposal of solid wastes - See S.U. & P.S. Art. 931 Commercial grinders prohibited - See BLDG. Art. 1705, BOCA §P-1213.3

1717.01 PERMIT REQUIRED.

No mechanical food waste disposal or garbage grinding device, equipment or machinery, where the ground mass is to be discharged into any of the City's sanitary sewer system, shall be installed and used in any premises within the City until the owner thereof shall have first filed written application in the office of the City Plumbing Inspector and shall have issued to him by the Plumbing Inspector a permit for such installation and use. (Ord. 1434 §1. Passed 9/18/56.)

1717.02 FEE.

Each owner of any mechanical food waste disposal or garbage grinding device, equipment or machinery shall pay a fee of two dollars ($2.00) to the City Treasurer at the time of the filing of his application for the installation and use of such mechanical equipment. (Ord. 1434 §2. Passed 9/18/56.)

1717.03 OPERATION.

Each such mechanical food waste disposal or garbage grinding device, equipment or machinery shall be equipped with reverse action motor of not more than one-third horsepower and shall be so constructed that, when in use for the purposes for which it is intended, it shall produce a finely, properly divided mass and be properly flushed with a sufficient quantity of water at all times to cause such mass to flow freely into and through the City's sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 1434 §3. Passed 9/18/56.)

1717.04 RESTRICTED TO DWELLINGS.

The installation and use of any mechanical food waste disposal or garbage grinding device, equipment or machinery is limited and restricted to the installation and use by a single-family unit. (Ord. 1434 §4. Passed 9/18/56.)

1717.05 PROHIBITED LOCATIONS.

The City Plumbing Inspector is expressly prohibited from issuing a permit for the installation and use of any mechanical food waste disposal or garbage grinding device, equipment or machinery in hotels, restaurants, stores, commercial enterprises, establishments or institutions of any kind. (Ord. 1434 §5. Passed 9/18/56.)

1717.99 PENALTY.

Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall be subject to the following penalties:

(a) First violation - A fine of $200.00, or thirty days imprisonment, or both;

(b) Second violation - A fine of $500.00, or sixty days imprisonment, or both;

(c) Third and each subsequent violation - A fine of $1,000.00, or ninety days imprisonment, or both. (Ord. 3038. Passed 10/22/85; Ord. 3242-Passed 2/7/89)