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a.“Food service establishment” means an establishment that prepares and/or sells food for consumption either on or off the premises or washes utensils or dishes on premises that would contribute grease to the sewer system, including, but not limited to, restaurants, sandwich shops, delicatessens, bakeries, cafeterias, markets, bed and breakfast inns, motels, hotels, meeting halls, caterers, retirement and nursing homes or pizzerias. The term, as used in this chapter, does not refer to food stores or establishments that do not prepare food on premises and do not process food in a manner which contributes grease to the sewer system.

b.“Grease interceptor” means a large preformed tank installed underground so constructed as to separate and trap or hold oil and grease substances from the sewage discharged from a facility in order to keep oil and grease substances from entering the sanitary sewer collection system.

c.“Grease trap,” AKA hydromechanical grease interceptor, means a device placed under or in close proximity to sinks or other facilities likely to discharge grease in an attempt to separate, trap or hold oil and grease substances to prevent their entry into the sanitary sewer collection system.

d.“MRWPCA” means the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency. (Ord. 3446 § 1, 2010)