(A) The Health Officer shall issue to any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter a written order, stating the nature of the violation and providing a time limit for its satisfactory correction. If a person receives a written order from the Health Officer, directing compliance with any provisions of this chapter, that person shall comply with the provisions of the order and perform all acts required by the order within the time limit set forth in the order. The Health Officer may affect service of the order by any of the means for service of process authorized by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure. An order shall also be deemed served when an onsite visit tag or report indicating the violation is submitted to the property owner or person in charge of the job site at the time of the onsite visit, or by mailing a copy by ordinary mail to the last known address of the water well driller or water well pump installer listed on the permit application.
(B) If a violation continues following the specified period of time in an order, the matter may be referred to the attorney for the Health Department or the County Prosecuting Attorney for appropriate legal action. In any case, the Health Officer may revoke any permit previously issued by the Health Officer and promptly give written notice of the action to the permittee. Any permit granted by the Health Officer may be revoked by the Health Officer for any of the following causes:
(1) Violation of any condition of the permit;
(2) Failure to disclose all of the relevant facts in the application for the permit;
(3) Any misrepresentation made in the application for the permit;
(4) Any use of the permit that, in the opinion of the Health Officer, is not consistent with the purpose of this chapter; or
(5) Failure to allow a properly credentialed Health Officer right of entry on the property for the purpose of assuring compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(C) No new private water well permits shall be issued to a water well driller or a water well pump installer where the water well driller or water well pump installer performing the work has one or more outstanding violations of this chapter that are more than 90 days past the ordered correction dates.
(Ord. 2017-24, passed 11-20-2017)