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No new noncommunity, semi-private or private water system well shall be constructed or installed, nor shall any existing water well system be modified or expanded, in the city until the person seeking to construct or install such water system well has obtained a permit from the state or its designee, the County Health Department, pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Water Well Construction Code, ILCS Ch. 415, Act 30, §§ 1 et seq., and a permit from the city. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the issuance of a permit for the construction or installation of a water well system for the purpose of irrigation. No permit shall be required for water well systems constructed or installed prior to the effective date of this subchapter.
(Ord. 1137, passed 8-7-00) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Any person seeking to construct or install a water well system within the corporate limits of the city shall apply to the City Clerk for a permit to allow such construction or installation.
(B) The application shall be made on forms provided by the Clerk and shall include the following information and attachments:
(1) A plat by a registered land surveyor showing the location of the proposed water well system and the boundaries of the property on which the system is to be located, and also showing the location of the closest source of a public water supply provided by the city.
(2) A written estimate or proposal from the city of the cost of extending the water supply to the property to be served.
(3) A written estimate or proposal from a well contractor licensed under the provisions of the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License Act, ILCS Ch. 225, Act 345, §§ 1 et seq., of the cost of drilling a well and installing a water well system on the property to be served.
(4) A statement from the applicant that the public water supply is not reasonably available to serve the property for which the permit is sought.
(5) The intended use of the water system.
(6) A copy of any permit issued by the Department of Public Health of the state pursuant to Ch. 415, Act 30, § 6, or, in lieu thereof, a copy of the application filed with the Department of Public Health seeking such permit and showing the file stamp of the Department.
(7) The name and address of the person with whom the applicant has contracted to construct or install the water well system.
(Ord. 1137, passed 8-7-00)
(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)
The City, through the Public Works Department, shall issue an order compelling any person who is in violation of this subchapter to remedy the violation. The order shall specify the violations and a date by which they shall be remedied. Failure to remedy the violations by the date specified in the order shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $750, with each day subsequent to such date that the violations remain uncorrected constituting a separate offense.
(Ord. 1137, passed 8-7-00)
ADMINISTRATION
The city shall receive all such revenues from the waterworks, sewerage system and solid waste charges and all other funds and moneys incident to the operation of such systems and account for the same in a separate fund designated as the Water Fund, the Sewer Fund and the Sanitation Fund, and the City Administrator shall administer such funds in every respect in the same manner provided by the provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5. Said City Administrator shall establish a proper system of accounts and shall keep proper books, records and accounts in which complete and current entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the waterworks, sewerage and solid waste systems and at regular annual intervals.
(Ord. 1122, passed 12-20-99)
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