§ 26-306. Definitions.

The definitions promulgated in section 26-153 of this chapter are hereto applicable.

Approved means accepted as satisfactory under the terms of this article and given formal and official sanction by the City of Denton.

Assistant city manager - utilities means the chief executive officer of the utility department of the City of Denton or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.

Car wash means establishments primarily engaged in cleaning, washing, and/or waxing automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, vans, and trailers and are categorized by North American Industry Classification System number 811192 and by Standard Industrial Classification number 7542.

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) means the value of the test for chemical oxygen demand, as analyzed in accordance with 40 CFR § 136.3.

City manager means the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Denton, or his/her authorized assistant city manager, deputy, agent or representative.

Director means the Director of Water Utilities of the City of Denton, which may include a person appointed by the director of water utilities or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

Disposal. The discharge, deposit, release, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any liquid waste into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment, be emitted into the air or discharged to any sewers or waters, including ground waters.

Disposal site. A permitted site or part of a site at which liquid waste is processed, treated, and/or intentionally placed into or on any land and at which the waste will remain after site closure.

Disposer. A person who receives, stores, retains, processes, or disposes of liquid waste.

Fat, oil, and grease (FOG) means organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as "grease" or "greases."

Food service facility means every food preparation and food service establishment including, but not limited to bakeries, bars, butcher shops, cafes, clubhouses, delicatessens, ice cream parlors, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, schools, or similar places where meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, or fried foods are prepared, served, or offered for sale, but shall not apply to any single-family residence or dwelling not used for the commercial preparation and sale of food items.

Generator means any person who causes, creates, generates, or otherwise produces liquid waste, or a person who for any reason has a liquid waste removed from his property by a transporter of liquid waste.

Grease interceptor (or "grease trap") means a device designed to use differences in specific gravities to separate and retain light density liquids, waterborne fats, oils, and greases prior to the wastewater entering the sanitary sewer collection system. These devices also serve to collect settleable solids, generated by and from food preparation activities, prior to the water exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection system.

Grease interceptor waste means any organic, inorganic, greasy or fatty liquid, semi-liquid, and/or solid wastes collected by and removed from a grease trap.

Grit trap/oil separator (or "grit trap") means a watertight receptacle designed and constructed to intercept and prevent the passage of petroleum based oil, grease wastes and solids into the sanitary sewer system to which the receptacle is directly or indirectly connected.

Grit trap waste means oil and grease waste, inorganic solids generated by a commercial facility that are collected by and removed from a grit trap.

Liquid waste means water-borne solids and liquids containing dissolved or suspended waste material including but not limited to septage and wastes from grease traps and grit traps.

Hazardous waste means any liquid, semi-liquid or solid waste (or combination of wastes), which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:

(a)

Have any of the following characteristics; toxic, corrosive, and irritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable or combustible, explosive or otherwise capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness;

(b)

Pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise improperly managed, and is identified or listed as a hazardous waste as defined by the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act or the administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Federal "Solid Waste Disposal Act", as amended by the: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976" (RCRA), and as it may be amended in the future.

Manifest means the written multi-part documentation required to be in the possession of the transporter enabling disposal of hauled grit trap waste, grease trap waste, and septage at a permitted or registered disposal site.

Manifest system means a system consisting of a five-part trip ticket used to document the generation, transportation and disposal of liquid waste.

Person means any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns.

Public nuisance means the discharge or exposure of grease, sewage or other organic waste in such a way as to be a potential instrument or medium in disease transmission to a person or between persons.

Septage means liquid waste and sludge containing sufficient liquid content, which is removed from a portable toilet, chemical toilet, septic tank, or cesspool. Septage does not include non-domestic wastes from commercial or industrial facilities.

TCEQ means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and its predecessor and successor agencies.

Transporter. Any person who is registered with and authorized by the TCEQ to transport sewage sludge, water treatment sludge, domestic septage, chemical toilet waste, grit trap waste, or grease trap waste in accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 312, Subchapter G, Section 312.42.

Trip ticket means the shipping document originated and signed by the transporter that contains the information required by the approving authority.

Washwater means the water-borne solids, liquids, gaseous substances or other residue and debris resulting from a washing or cleaning process. Washwater shall not be discharged to the storm sewer, and may require pretreatment before being discharged to the sanitary sewer.

Washwater operation means any cleaning process generally conducted outdoors, such as washing vehicles, equipment, structures, or paved surfaces for maintenance, safety, aesthetic or stormwater pollution prevention purposes, and which generates washwater. Examples would include cleaning of petroleum products from parking lots or service station drives, mobile washing operations or equipment/vehicle washing, which does not drain to a grit trap.

(Ord. No. 2012-176, § 3, 8-21-12)