For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOMESTIC USE. Water used for drinking or potable water, non-potable water or irrigation purposes, but shall not include water from wells drilled for such purposes as dewatering, groundwater monitoring, heating or cooling, elevator borings or environmental bore holes.
IRRIGATE. To supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding or spraying; to moisten; wet.
PRIVATE WELLS FOR DOMESTIC USE. Any well not owned by the city water utility which is drilled for potable water, non-potable water or irrigation purposes including sand point or drive point wells. PRIVATE WELLS FOR DOMESTIC USE shall not include wells drilled for such purposes as dewatering, groundwater monitoring, heating or cooling, elevator borings or environmental bore holes.
SAND POINT OR DRIVE POINT WELL. A shallow well that is a one and one-quarter to two-inch steel casing constructed by driving or pounding the casing down into the ground until an aquifer is encountered.
(Ord. 104, passed 7-8-2013)