It is the city’s position that the placement of subsurface environmental sampling sites and monitoring wells shall follow the order of priority set forth below, and that sampling sites and monitoring wells be permitted on city roadways or in stormwater drainage channels only as a last resort. In declining order of priority, sampling sites and monitoring wells shall be placed:
(a) On the property owner’s property, not within a public easement;
(b) On adjacent private property, not within a public easement;
(c) On the property owner’s property, within a public easement;
(d) On adjacent private property, within a public easement;
(e) On city-owned property, excluding rights- of-way;
(f) Within city right-of-way, excluding roadways, sidewalks and stormwater drainage channels;
(g) Within city right-of-way, including roadways and sidewalks, but excluding stormwater drainage channels; and
(h) Within city right-of-way, including stormwater drainage channels.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)