(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect the city’s drinking water supply by prohibiting the drilling of wells within the city’s drinking water supply management area.
(B) Connection to city water supply for properties with existing wells. The owner of property improved with a building located within the city’s drinking water supply management areas (DWSMA) as defined in the city’s Wellhead Protection Plan (on file at City Hall) where a public water supply is available, or becomes available, shall connect the buildings to the public water supply, subject to the following conditions.
(1) A private property with a functional well shall not be required to connect to a public water supply until the well becomes non-functioning such that new drilling is required.
(2) At the time connection to the public water supply is completed, all existing private wells no longer in use shall be sealed by a licensed well contractor according to the rules of the Minnesota Department of Health.
(C) Prohibition. No well, as that term is defined in M.S. Ch. 103I, other than a public water supply well or a well drilled for dewatering or groundwater monitoring purposes, may be drilled or otherwise established within the city’s drinking water supply management areas (DWSMA) as defined in the city’s Wellhead Protection Plan (on file at City Hall) unless the property on which the well is to be drilled does not have reasonable access to the city’s water supply system. For the purpose of this section, a property will be deemed to have reasonable access to the city’s water supply system if any part of the property is located within 500 feet of access to the city’s water supply system.
(Ord. 668, passed 9-11-2017)