The Board of Supervisors finds and declares wells that are: (1) abandoned; (2) constructed or operated in violation of state and local standards, permits or orders; or (3) providing conduits for the spread of contamination from the surface to groundwater, to connected aquifers and to other wells/ soil borings and soil borings that are unused to be public nuisances. The Department shall have the authority to abate such nuisance pursuant to Article 11 of this Code.
(a) The Department may order the owner of such wells to submit an application for the destruction of such wells within 30 days of the service of the order and destroy the well in accordance with this Article.
(Added by Ord. 113-05, File No. 050547, App. 6/10/2005)