(a) For purposes of this section, “Domestic Water” means water for household needs, water for animals, and water for irrigation purposes.
(b) No person shall dig, drill or have dug or drilled, a domestic water well.
(c) No person owning property upon which there exists an already existing domestic water well shall connect any piping from that well to piping which is connected to the City’s Municipal water system.
(d) The City of Lorain Municipal water system is the water system for the City of Lorain and connection to the system for water service is mandatory.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Furthermore, the City shall be permitted to seek injunctive relief to prohibit continued use of any cross-connected well, or to stop the use of any newly dug or drilled well, or to stop continued digging thereof, and to require mandatory capping and sealing of any well dug or drilled in violation of the terms of this section.
(Ord. 220-06. Passed 11-6-06.)