(1) "Commercial well." A well constructed for the purpose of providing groundwater to a commercial business or public facility for use as a potable water supply when public water is not available; for air conditioning, and other heat exchange systems; sprinkler systems for landscaping and other land beautification uses; nurseries; filling and retaining levels of lakes in subdivisions, apartment complexes, and similar multiple dwelling facilities; and any other such commercial uses.
(2) "Contamination." Alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological quality of the water so that it is harmful or potentially dangerous to the health of the users or for the intended use of the water, or to the extent it poses a danger of polluting the groundwater aquifers.
(3) "Department." The City of Cookeville Department of Planning and Codes.
(4) "Domestic well." A well constructed for the primary purpose of providing a source of drinking water to a single family residence.
(5) "Emergency." Unforeseen circumstances that exist beyond the control of the applicant.
(6) "Justifiable need." A genuine need for a private water supply as determined by the department and, which need is based upon the availability of an adequate water supply to the premise whether from a public source or from an existing spring or well that can produce the needed volume of water.
(7) "Owner." Any person or his legal representative, agent, or assign who owns, leases, operates, or controls any parcel of land where a well is or may be located.
(8) "Permit." An official document issued by the department granting the specific activity set forth in the document.
(9) "Person." Any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, institution, enterprise, municipality, commission, political subdivision or duly established entity, trust, corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, user or owner, or any federal, state or local government agency or public district or any officer or employee thereof.
(10) "Potable water supply." Any source of water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes, and meets the requirements of the department.
(11) "Premise." A tract of land with the buildings thereon.
(12) "Private water supply." Any groundwater supply located on a premise that is not obtained from a public water system.
(13) "Public water supply." Any publicly or privately owned water system operating as a public utility which operates fifteen (15) or more service connections or regularly serves twenty-five (25) people sixty (60) or more days per year.
(14) "Repair." Any modification, replacement, or other alteration of any well, or pumping equipment which requires a breaking or opening of the well seal or any waterlines up to and including the pressure tank and any coupling appurtenant thereto.
(15) "Site." Anyone legal unit of a subdivision, parcel of land, or location where drilling activities are to take place.
(16) "Spring." A place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water.
(17) "Utilities." Any power lines or underground cables which supply electrical power, telephone lines, cable television lines, natural gas lines, water mains, water lines, or sewer lines.
(18) "Water well." Wells which are constructed and so equipped with casings, screens, pumps, fittings, etc., and have been developed for the primary purpose of producing a supply of water regardless of the intended usage for said supply
(as added by Ord. #08-06-11, July 2008)