(a) Definitions.
(1) Water well. A water well is defined as a well drilled, augured, bored, or sunk for the purpose of drawing or extracting from the ground water table, water for human consumption, or use in any manner.
(2) Heat Pump/air Conditioning Flow Well and Injection Well. A Heat Pump/Air Conditioning Flow Well and Injection Well is defined as a well, or wells drilled, augured, bored, or sunk for the purpose of drawing or extracting from the ground water table, water that is to be passed through a heat exchanger to heat or cool a building or buildings and then injected through the same well or another well back to the ground water table. This type of well is not defined as a water well and is not prohibited in the “C-4" Downtown Commercial Zoning District in the City of Marietta, Ohio.
(b) No person shall drill, auger, bore, sink, or otherwise install a water well in the “C- 4" Downtown Commercial Zoning District in the City of Marietta, Ohio.
(Ord. 35(12-13). Passed 3-7-12.)