(A) If, after 30 days of abandonment, the owner has not declared to the City Engineering Services a proposed reuse of the well per § 54.238 and the well has been found by the City Engineering Services to be a hazard, whereby its continued existence is likely to cause damage to groundwater or a threat to public health and safety, the City Engineering Services shall direct the owner to destroy the well in accordance with § 54.224.
(B) Upon removal of the pump, the casing shall be provided with a threaded or equivalently secured watertight cap. The well shall be maintained so that it will not be a hazard to public health and safety until the time as it is properly destroyed.
('61 Code, § 24.132) (Ord. 1041, passed - - ; Am. Ord, 1103, passed 11-20-91)