(A) This subchapter has been established to:
(1) Recognize the safety and potability of the community’s water supply requires that lands near wellfields used to supply water for public purposes be subject to land use controls designed to prevent site development that is injurious to the public water supply;
(2) Recognize that commercial and industrial uses, if unregulated, have an immediate probability of permitting the introduction of toxic substances into the water supply;
(3) Recognize, local water utilities, in compliance with the state’s Department of Environmental Management mandates for community public water systems, are presently establishing wellfield protection programs as a first step towards protecting their public water supply wellfields;
(4) Recognize, all public water supplies in the town are totally dependent on ground water as the source for public water supplies; and
(5) Recognize, future development in the town is dependent on the availability of a safe and dependable supply of drinking water.
(B) For the above mentioned reasons, the Town Council is establishing the Wellhead Protection Overlay District with the following regulations.
(Ord. 2002-05, passed 12-30-2002, § 5.1)