(a) No person shall drill a water well within the City without securing the prior approval of the Director of Public Service, which approval shall be granted only on such terms and conditions as will be consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, the welfare of all users of the Municipal water system and the security of such system.
(b) No person shall use or consume water from any well drilled in violation of subsection (a) hereof.
(c) No person shall use or consume within the City, or supply for use or consumption within the City, water which is derived from wells located outside the corporate limits of the City, without securing the prior approval of the Director of Public Service, which approval shall be granted only on such terms and conditions as will be consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, the welfare of all users of the Municipal water system and the security of such system.
(Ord. 1982-133. Passed 2-7-83.)
(d) No person shall drill a geothermal well for heating and/or cooling purposes within the City unless the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1) An application for the drilling of a geothermal well for heating and/or cooling of any facility shall be submitted, in writing, to the Director of Public Service seven days prior to the commencement of any drilling. No drilling shall be permitted unless the application is approved. The application must be accompanied by a one hundred dollar ($100.00) application fee, a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) license fee, detailed site plans setting forth the location of the supply and return wells the location of the facility to be heated or cooled and the names of the person making the application and the person and/or business receiving the benefit of the system.
(2) A letter shall also be submitted with the application by an appropriately authorized party permitting an inspector, designated by the Director, access to the property for the purpose of inspecting the geothermal well during the drilling and connection stages, and periodic inspection during operation.
(3) Cross-connections and interconnections with the City's water system shall not be permitted in any form.
(4) All water which is removed from the ground for the geothermal system shall be returned to the ground with a return well. No water from this system shall be discharged into the City sanitary or storm sewer system.
(5) The geothermal well must comply with all regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency as to the establishment of geothermal wells.
(6) All Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards and/or licensing requirements must be complied with.
(7) There will be a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) annual license renewal fee paid to the City on each anniversary date of the application as long as the geothermal well is in operation.
(8) Water may be used only for a heat source or a heat sink.
(9) The property which receives the benefit of the geothermal system must use the City's water system for its water consumption.
(Ord. 1983-125. Passed 3-5-84.)