Any person who owns or possesses a water well or monitoring well which is abandoned or about to become abandoned but who intends to use such well again may apply to the public works director, in a form satisfactory to the public works director, for a certificate of exemption from the requirement that such well be destroyed. If the public works director determines from such application that exemption from the requirement that the well be destroyed would not result in pollution or contamination of ground water and would not create a hazard to health or safety, the public works director shall issue such a certificate of exemption. A certificate of exemption shall expire three years after issuance and may be terminated by the public works director at any time prior to expiration upon a determination that destruction of the well is necessary to prevent pollution or contamination of ground water or to avoid a hazard to health or safety. Successive certificates of exemption may be issued with respect to a well in same manner as the original certificate.
(`64 Code, Sec. 33-84) (Ord. No. 2219)