Ordinance 19-05

This ordinance amends the Bloomington Municipal Code Title 10 in four substantial ways: First, this ordinance amends Chapters 10.12 and 10.13 to update the City of Bloomington Utilities Wastewater pretreatment program to reflect the new standards enacted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. These amendments were reviewed and provisionally approved by the Environmental Protection Agency pending approval by the City of Bloomington Common Council. Second, this ordinance moves all pretreatment enforcement penalties and procedures to a new Chapter 10.30. These amendments were reviewed and provisionally approved by the Environmental Protection Agency pending approval by the City of Bloomington Common Council. Third, Chapter 10.17 regarding the City of Bloomington Utilities Department’s fats, oils and grease (FOG) program has been amended to define what a new food service establishment is, better identify the existing requirement for new commercial construction sites located in an area zoned for food service establishments to install grease interceptors, and better establish the obligation of food service establishments that cause or contribute a sanitary sewer overflow to install a grease interceptor. The amendments also prohibit the use of garbage disposals in all food service establishments. These amendments were reviewed and provisionally approved by the Environmental Protection Agency pending approval by the City of Bloomington Common Council. Fourth, this ordinance cleans up Title 10 formatting in many sections by replacing large paragraphs with outlines in an attempt to make reading this Title easier.