(A) Title. This chapter regulates the location, construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all private water wells and pumps in the county, provides for the administration and enforcement of the provisions contained herein, and fixes penalties for violation.
(B) Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “County Private Water Well Ordinance.”
(C) Declaration of purpose.
(1) The general purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to further the following related and specific objectives.
(a) To preserve and improve the environmental quality of the county.
(b) To minimize contamination of ground and water resources.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit development under a permit issued prior to the date of this chapter under any previous laws or ordinances.
(3) All private water wells and pumps within the county shall be installed, constructed and maintained in an approved manner, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and if not specifically described herein, as described in Bulletins S.E. 13 and 15 of the State Board of Health, which are included by reference as part of this chapter and copies of which are on file in the offices of the County Auditor and the County Health Officer for public inspection.
(`83 Code, § 51.01) (Ord. 1977-39, passed 12-19-77) Penalty, see § 10.99