(A) It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain any domestic water well within the city’s institutional control area, except as provided hereinafter.
(B) Any existing drinking water well within the city’s institutional control area on the effective date of this subchapter may remain in use so long as the water, either at the wellhead, or after point of use treatment, meets the drinking water standards established by Title 179, Neb. Admin. Code, Ch. 2, § 002.
(C) Any existing drinking water well within the city’s institutional control area shall be exempt from the requirement to connect to a public water supply main so long as the well is operable. At such time as replacement of such well is necessary, or ownership of said property is sold, the property shall become subject to this section, and the property owner shall make the application to the city for connection to the public water supply.
(D) The city shall not issue a building permit for any new structure within the city’s institutional control area until it is satisfied that the water service to such structure will be connected to the public water supply.
(E) All point of use treatment devices shall be installed and maintained at the expense of the property owner; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the property owner from pursuing damages or other relief from any party responsible for contamination of groundwater available to the property owner.
(Prior Code, § 52.142) Penalty, see § 52.999