A. Responsibility:
1. Ensure Permit Issuance: It shall be the responsibility of the water well contractor to ensure that a permit has been issued before any construction, deepening, sealing, or modification of a water well or closed loop well is begun and to follow the conditions of said permit. Failure of the water well contractor to ensure said permit has been issued or to violate the conditions of said permit shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
2. Construction Requirements; Compliance With Statutes: All water wells and closed loop wells shall be constructed in accordance with the Illinois Water Well Construction Code. All individuals who construct, deepen, seal, or modify water wells or closed loop wells and install well pumps shall be licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health in accordance with the water well and pump installation contractor’s license act.
B. License Required: No person shall engage in or carry on the business of installing or modifying water wells and/or well pumps unless such person is duly licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health to perform such services.
C. Revocation Of License; Hearing: The health authority may seek suspension or revocation, through the Illinois Department of Public Health, of any water well and/or pump installation contractor’s license if, after a hearing, they should find incompetence, negligence, misrepresentation, or failure to comply with any provisions of this chapter.
D. Late Fee: Failure to submit well completion, pump installation, or well sealing logs within the required thirty (30) day time period, will result in a late fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per day, including weekends and holidays, until proper forms are submitted. Fees must be paid prior to approval of additional permits for this contractor and outstanding approved permits will be held as unapproved until fees are paid.
(Ord., 9-20-1994; amd. Ord. 06-07-008, 6-19-2007; Ord. 07-14-002, 7-15-2014 Ord. 2023-06-003, 6-22-2023)