(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, 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 does 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 does 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 WELT. A shallow well that is a 1-1/4 to 2-inch steel casing constructed by driving or pounding the casing down into the ground until an aquifer is encountered.
(B) The drilling or installation of new private wells for domestic use on any property to which City Water Utility Service is available within 1,000 feet is prohibited.
(Ord. 180, passed 5-29-12) Penalty, see § 10.99