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• ORDINANCE NO. 2008-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 86, ARTICLE 3, OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY CODE; ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE DISCHARGE OF FATS, OILS AND GREASE INTO THE CITY'S SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RECITALS: 1. The City operates and maintains a sanitary sewer system to control detrimental discharges into the environment for the health, safety and welfare of its residents. 2. Deposits of fat, oil and grease from restaurants and other non-domestic users accumulate in the pipelines and facilities comprising the sanitary sewer system resulting in blockages that cause sanitary sewer overflows. 3. Such blockages increase the amount of financial and personnel resources the City of San Marcos must expend to maintain the integrity of its sanitary sewer • system. 4. In order to reduce the frequency of sanitary sewer overflows and to reduce the amount of financial and personnel resources expended by the City of San Marcos to maintain the integrity of the sanitary sewer system, it is necessary to establish regulations by ordinance governing the discharge of fats, oils and grease by restaurants and other non-domestic users into the sanitary sewer system. 5. For the reasons stated above, the City Council finds and determines that the adoption of this ordinance is in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the public. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 86, Utilities, Article 3, Sewers, of the San Marco City Code is hereby amended by amending Division 3 and adding a new Division 4, each to read as follows: (underlining indicates added text; ever-st-Fike indicates deleted text): DIVISION 3. ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES FATS, OILS AND GREASE 0 See. 86=150. Definitions-.