(A) Under no circumstances shall the city approve any permit to drill or operate any of the below-described facilities within the indicated number of feet from the city’s water wells:
Absorption or disposal field for water | 500 feet |
Any other well | 1,000 feet |
Cesspool | 500 feet |
Chemical product storage facility | 500 feet |
Dumping grounds | 500 feet |
Feedlot or feedlot runoff | 500 feet |
Livestock pasture or corral | 500 feet |
Petroleum product storage facility | 500 feet |
Pit toilet | 500 feet |
Potable water well | 1,000 feet |
Sanitary landfill | 500 feet |
Septic tank | 500 feet |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 feet |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 feet |
Sewage wet well | 500 feet |
(B) These distances are established by the state’s Department of Health as provided for in Administrative Code Title 179, governing public water supply systems, Attachment 1, which is adopted herein by reference.
(Prior Code, § 4-403) (Ord. 2000-2, passed 1-3-2000)