[Added 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
The connection of existing properties or proposed land development to an existing or proposed sewage system through the use of a pressurized system shall occur only after either:
A. 
An Official Plan revision to the Township's Act 537 Plan designating the proposed properties to be served by the pressurized system has been approved by the Authorities, as applicable, and the DEP; or
B. 
A DEP-approved exemption from the Official Plan revision has been obtained by the property owner.
A. 
The Township and the Authorities are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations concerning sewage which are deemed necessary from time to time to effect the purposes herein. All such rules and regulations adopted by the Township or the Authorities shall be in conformity with the provisions herein, all other applicable Township ordinances and regulations, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, applicable rules and regulations of administrative agencies for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. 
The Township, in cooperation with the Authorities, is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake within the Township the control of procedures for the installation, use and maintenance of pressurized systems.
C. 
The Township, in cooperation with the Authorities, is hereby authorized to undertake such actions as are necessary, including, but not limited to, entering into agreements with property owners that assure proper operation and maintenance of the pressurized systems within the Township's borders.
The Township reserves the right to, and may from time to time, adopt, revise, amend and readopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper for the use, operation and maintenance of pressurized systems within the Township, and all such rules and regulations shall become a part of this Article VIA.
A. 
Each property owner whose improved property is served by a pressurized system shall have full responsibility for providing, maintaining, operating, repairing and replacing the pressurized system.
B. 
All pressurized systems, and the associated installation, operation, service and replacement thereof, shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Township and/or the Authorities as are established from time to time by the Township and/or the Authority.
C. 
The Township, in cooperation with the Authorities, shall maintain control over the type of grinder pumps and associated force main components used so that full service capability is available locally and on short notice.
D. 
Each property owner whose improved property is served by a pressurized system shall use the grinder pump in a manner fully consistent with the manufacturer's instructions and shall avoid introducing into the pressurized system bulky paper or plastic materials, including, but not limited to, items designated as biodegradable in septic tanks, that may damage the impellers or the grinder pump.
E. 
Within 24 hours of discovery of a malfunction and/or inoperation of a grinder pump or the associated pressurized system, each property owner whose improved property is served by the grinder pump shall close the pressurized system and cease operations until such time as the grinder pump and associated pressurized system has been fully restored to operational status. Each property owner shall have an alarm panel inside the improved property that notifies the property owner of any inoperation or malfunction of the pressurized system.
F. 
Installation of any temporary replacement grinder pump shall be the property owner's sole responsibility and shall be at its sole cost and expense.
G. 
Neither the Township nor the Authorities shall have any responsibility for the purchase, operation, repair, maintenance or replacement of the grinder pump or any portion of the pressurized system.
H. 
Each property owner who desires to install a pressurized system to service its improved property shall execute a pressurized sewer system operations and maintenance agreement with the Township, in recordable form, setting forth the rights, duties and obligations of the property owner with respect to the pressurized system. Concurrent with the execution of the operations and maintenance agreement, the property owner shall deposit funds with the Township in an amount sufficient to guarantee payment of five years of inspections of the system. The amount of funds to be deposited shall be set forth in the Fee Resolution of the Township of Falls.
I. 
In addition to the foregoing, where the pressurized system is intended to be shared between two or more property owners, the property owners shall submit to the Township a declaration of easements, covenants and restrictions, in recordable form, setting forth the agreement of each benefited property owner with respect to the installation, use and maintenance of the pressurized system, which agreement shall bind all future property owners. The Township shall not issue a permit on behalf of the Authorities for installation of the pressurized system until evidence is presented, in a form satisfactory to the Township and the Authorities, as applicable, that the pressurized system has been approved by all applicable agencies and that the declaration of easements, covenants and restrictions has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
J. 
The Township and the Authorities, as applicable, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter onto any property to inspect, maintain, service, repair or replace any pressurized system. The cost of such maintenance, service, repair or replacement shall be assessed against the property owner and shall become a lien on said property. The Township, at the time of entering upon any such property, shall file a notice of lien upon said property in the office of the Prothonotary of Bucks County. If the property owner fails to satisfy the lien within 30 days of the filing date of the notice of lien, the Township may seek to execute on the lien and/or proceed to collect the amount due by commencing an action in assumpsit.
In addition to any other remedies provided herein, any violation of § 184-25.4 above shall constitute a nuisance which may be abated by the Township or the Authorities, as applicable, by seeking mitigation of the nuisance, use of statutory enforcement procedures and/or such other appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction as the Township determines is necessary to adequately abate the nuisance.