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Tenafly Council introduces grease‑trap ordinance after sewer emergency; inspectors found high failure rate
Summary
After a recent sewer emergency, borough inspections found roughly 55–60% of regulated establishments out of compliance with grease‑trap requirements; council introduced Ordinance 24‑40 to tighten inspections and enforcement, and staff will notify affected businesses and pursue violations under the existing penalty structure.
The Tenafly mayor and council introduced an ordinance on Dec. 3 amending sewer regulations to strengthen oversight of grease traps after follow‑up inspections related to a recent sewer emergency.
Borough administrator David told the council that DPW and the borough engineer have been inspecting establishments that must have grease traps and have found about a 55–60% failure rate, typically because grease remained in the trap or required…
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