(A) Drilling without a permit unlawful. From and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or other legal entity to drill and/or operate any of the following facilities within the corporate city limits without first having obtained the proper permit from the City Council; potable water well, any other well, sewage lagoon, absorption or disposal field for water, cesspool, dumping grounds, feedlots, livestock pasture or corral, chemical product storage facility, petroleum product storage facility, pit toilet, sanitary landfill, septic tank, sewage treatment plant, and sewage wet well.
(B) Procedure to obtain permit. In order to obtain a permit to drill and/or operate any of the facilities listed in division (A) above, the owner of the property on which the proposed facility is to be located must make application on the proper form provided by the City Council. Such application must be presented to the City Council at any regular or special meeting. After reviewing the application of any person desiring to drill or operate any of the above described facilities, the City Council shall approve or deny said permit.
(C) Drilling or installation of other facilities within designated distance from municipal water sources; prohibited. Under no circumstances shall the City Council approve any permit to drill or operate any of the below described facilities within the indicated number of feet from any city water well:
Category | Distance |
Category | Distance |
Absorption or disposal field for waste | 500 feet |
Cesspool | 500 feet |
Chemical or petroleum product storage | 500 feet |
Corral | 500 feet |
Dump | 500 feet |
Feedlot or feedlot runoff | 500 feet |
Non-potable water well | 1,000 feet |
Pit toilet | 500 feet |
Sanitary landfill | 500 feet |
Sanitary sewer connection | 100 feet |
Sanitary sewer line | 100 feet |
Sanitary sewer line (permanently water tight) | 10 feet |
Sanitary sewer manhole | 100 feet |
Septic tank | 500 feet |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 feet |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 feet |
Sewage wet well | 500 feet |
(Prior Code, § 3-134) Penalty, see § 52.99