A. Permit Required:
1. In order to protect the City water supply and the financial security of the Municipal water supply system, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have or drill a new water well within the corporate limits of the City without first having obtained a permit. Approval of the permit is subject to agreement to the following conditions:
a. The well to be drilled must be on land zoned as agriculture or it must be impractical to serve said land with Municipal utilities;
b. That there be no resale of water obtained from any well;
c. Water from any well drilled in the City shall be for use only by the individual property owner drilling said water well;
d. No cross connections shall be allowed to any component of the Municipal water system, including water lines, on private property, which are connected to the Municipal water system; and
e. Wells shall meet all local, County and State Department of Health requirements.
2. No fee shall be assessed for obtaining a permit.
B. Protection Requirements: For the protection of the water supply wells of the City, specific protective requirements are provided by each lease agreement for those well sites along the Cimarron River located north of the City in Kingfisher County.
C. Applicable Regulations Extended To Water Supply Locations:
1. Appropriate provisions of the police power of the City are hereby extended over all water utility sites and utility lines embraced as water supply, and it is hereby declared that the jurisdiction of the City in the fullest degree comfortable to law extends over, and applies to, such sites for the protection of the health of the City's residents and the purity of the City water supply.
2. All rules and regulations of the City, County and State Health Departments and authorities now in force are hereby extended over, applied to, and shall have full force and effect related to the water utility sites and utility lines. All such rules and regulations that may be lawfully made in the future shall extend over, and have the same effect related to, these water utility sites and utility lines.
D. Pollution Of Water Supply Unlawful: Pollution of water supply is unlawful in accordance with 11 Oklahoma Statutes section 37-115.
E. Action For Damages: The City shall have the right of action for damages resulting from pollution of its water supply. The measure of damages shall be the amount which will compensate for the detriment caused thereby, whether it could have been anticipated or not. Where such pollution is continued for a period of six (6) months or more, the injury shall be regarded as permanent. (2013 Code)