(a) The installation of any private potable water supply well at a property within the corporate limits of the City, where a municipal water main line is available within 100 feet of the property line, is prohibited as set forth herein. Also, persons or entities who have connected into the City Municipal Water System are prohibited from installing potable water supply wells.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Potable water - any water that is used for drinking, showering, bathing or cooking.
(2) City - property located within the corporation limits of the City of Ontario.
(c) Water Supplies. All private water systems supplied by private potable water supply wells that are in existence prior to the date of this ordinance, and which are located within the City, or which provide potable water to properties within the City, are exempt from the requirements of this ordinance.
(d) Duty or Standard: Notice, Order.
(1) All persons and entities shall comply and abide by this ordinance within 120 days of issuance of this ordinance.
(2) Any person or entity that violates or fails to comply with this ordinance or provisions of this ordinance shall be given written notice of violation or the failure to comply and an order to correct within a specified time period.
(3) All new wells must be pre-approved and inspected by the City of Ontario in accordance with current backflow prevention and well head protection policy.
(e) Penalty. Any person or entity that installs or constructs a potable water supply well within the City or who is connected to the City water supply and fails or refuses to comply with this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each and every day the violation or noncompliance is found to exist shall be a separate offense.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)