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�UR 12 1990 _ �- BOOK 80 PAGE �.�0 Director Pinto noted that while Commissioner Wheeler's shop may not produce any grease, you can't look at just one individual situation, and when you add all this cumulatively, it has a great effect. Commissioner Wheeler asked how they came up with 750 and 1250 gallon grease traps, and it was explained those are straight out of the state standards and those two sizes are also readily available on the market. Director Galanis stressed that the proposed ordinance was modeled after the state ordinance, and it is an established and known fact that restaurants do produce grease, and the amount produced is proportional to the number of meals they serve and the hours they are open. Any such establishments are required to put in a. grease trap when they are on septic tanks, but at this point there is no such requirement when they tie into the public sewer system. Chairman Eggert pointed out that today we are only discuss - Ing setting a date for public hearing, but Commissioner Bird noted that he did not want to take a bad ordinance that he can't vote for to a public hearing. He would rather modify it first. Commissioner Scurlock asked if staff has workshopped this particular approach with those who will be affected, and Mr. Galanis stated that they have not. Commissioner Scurlock felt Director Pinto and Director Galanis should get all the restaurant owners, etc., in and discuss it with them to get their input.. He further noted that he personally would like to see enough provisions within the ordinance eventually where if we can establish someone is causing a problem, we have an ability to do something to correct that. Commissioner Wheeler asked when someone cleans the grease trap, where the pollutant material goes, and Director Galanis explained that it is pumped out by an approved septage hauler and taken to a treatment plant. In the past it did go to a pit in 12 a � �