(a) No owner, agent or lessee of real estate within the Village, except for the municipal government of the Village, shall drill, dig or use or allow to be drilled, dug or used any water well on real estate to be located within the Village for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefore as provided in this section.
(b) If a property currently within the Village limits is served by a water well and in the event that water service is subsequently made available to the property by the Village or its designated representative, such property owner shall continue to have the right to use any such well granted hereunder or any well in existence prior to the enactment of this section, including the right to repair and maintain such well. However, if such water service is available, then such property owner shall not be entitled to install a new well on the property, but shall be required to connect his property to such water service. Any existing well shall then be deactivated according to the rules in effect by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Water supply service shall not be made available by the Village to any property until such time as all water wells located on such property have been abandoned as provided in the section.
(Ord. 1-05. Passed 1-4-05.)