(A) Each property owner served by a grinder pump shall bear full responsibility for owning, providing, installing, using, operating, maintaining, servicing, repairing and replacing his or her customer lateral, including grinder pump, unless otherwise set forth herein.
(B) Where the low-pressure force main or lateral portion of the customer lateral is shared between property owners, they shall submit to the authority a declaration of easements, covenants and restrictions in recordable form setting forth the agreement of each benefitted property owner with respect to the installation, use, operation, maintenance, service, repair and replacement of the low-pressure sewer system, which agreement shall bind all future property owners. The authority will not issue a permit for its installation until evidence of such agreement has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for the county.
(C) Each property owner shall annually review, for the life of the grinder pump, and shall annually provide to the authority a copy of a system contract with an authorized maintenance contractor (hereinafter “maintenance contractor”) . The maintenance contractor shall be a private independent contractor who has been given special training by the original equipment manufacturer and is authorized by the manufacturer to service the grinder pump and all appurtenances. As an alternative, and solely at the option of the authority, the authority may select a maintenance contractor, or provide an authority employee with the proper training and credentials as a maintenance contractor, and develop a program that provides these annual reviews and services for all properties with such grinder pumps in the township under one contract. With the latter option, either the authority or the maintenance contractor shall bill the customer directly or the services and all property owners utilizing sewage grinder pumps are hereby required to participate in the authority program. If there is an authority program developed, the property owner shall not have the choice of retaining an independent maintenance contractor.
(D) After the first month of operation of the grinder pump, and annually thereafter, or more frequently if the manufacturer of any component parts recommends more frequent servicing, the property owner shall have the maintenance contractor inspect the system and have the maintenance contractor provide the property owner and the authority with copies of a report signed by the maintenance contractor certifying that the grinder pump is operational in accordance with the permit. The inspection and maintenance program will include, at a minimum, the manufacturer’s recommended services and inspections for each separate component of the system. The maintenance contractor’s report shall include the average daily flow from water meter readings, if available. The report shall also indicate resolution of any deficiencies noted in the maintenance contractor’s inspection or any service or alarm call during the past year. If a revision or modification is made to the system, an amended and revised drawing detailing the revision or modification shall be provided to the property owner and the authority. The property owner is responsible for obtaining any required permits for any revision or modification to the customer lateral, including the grinder pump and all appurtenances to it.
(E) Each property owner shall inform any tenant of the chapter and wastewater service policies.
(Ord. 115, passed 5-17-2007)