(A) Upon the receipt of the application for a water system permit with the required attachments, the Clerk shall forward the application to the City Administrator and Public Works Director. Upon receipt of the application, the City Administrator shall place the application on the agenda to be heard at the City Council meeting to be held not earlier than 15 days after the receipt of the application in the office of the City Administrator, and cause notice of a public hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, with such publication to be made not less than ten days prior to the hearing before the City Council.
(B) The City Council shall authorize the City Clerk to issue a permit to the applicant or shall deny the application based on the following considerations:
(1) The rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health as adopted and amended pursuant to ILCS Ch. 415, Act 30, § 6.
(2) The feasibility of extending the public water supply to the property to be served, taking into consideration the cost of the extension of the public water supply relative to the cost of constructing and installing a private water well system, alternatives available to the applicant for the use of the property, alternative sites or locations for the use proposed for the property, the purpose for the construction or installation of a water well system, the exposure or risk of exposure to sources of possible contamination of the water well system, and other factors considered by the City Council to be relevant.
(Ord. 1137, passed 8-7-00)