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Section 523.1 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 523.1. RECONSTRUCTION OR CONVERSION OF EXISTING WELL FOR DOMESTIC USE. Any person intending to convert any industrial, oil or irrigation well for use as a domestic water well shall first apply and secure a permit from the health officer."
"The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Health Officer which shall include the location of the well, the type of casing, the manner of sealing and any other data required by the Health Officer."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part)))
Section 523.2 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 523.2. PROCESSING OF APPLICATION FOR WELL DRILLING. Upon receipt of an application the Health Officer shall make an investigation. If the applicant has complied with all applicable laws and regulations and the proposed well location will comply with this Chapter, and the drilling, digging, boring, deepening, excavating, converting, destruction or design of the well will not create a condition which in the opinion of the Health Officer can pollute or contaminate the underground water or the water produced
by the well, the Health Officer shall issue the permit."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part)))
Section 523.3 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 523.3. VALIDITY OF PERMIT FOR WELL DRILLING. A permit shall be valid only for the location described on the permit. Construction, reconstruction or destruction of a well shall be carried out in compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements of the Health Officer and with all ordinances and laws of the County of Los Angeles and of the State of California and shall comply with the terms and conditions specified in this permit. If any of such conditions, regulations, ordinances or laws are not complied with, the Health Officer may suspend or revoke the permit by mailing or personally serving written notice of suspension or revocation upon the applicant."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part)))
Section 523.4 is added to the public health code to read as follows:
"Section 523.4. HEARINGS. Any person whose application for a permit has been denied, or whose permit has been suspended or revoked, may petition the health officer for a hearing. Such petition shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall set forth in detail the facts and reasons upon which his petition is based. The time limit within which the petition must be filed is twenty (20) business days following the date on which the notice of denial, suspension or revocation was mailed to the applicant. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the applicant not less than five (5) business days prior to such hearing, either by registered mail or in the manner required for the service of summons in civil actions. At the time and place set for the hearing, the Health Officer will give the applicant and other interested persons an adequate opportunity to present any relevant facts. The Health Officer may place any person involved in the matter, including the applicant, under oath. The Health Officer may, when he deems it necessary, continue any hearing by setting a new time and place and by giving notice to the applicant of such action. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within ten (10) days thereafter, the Health Officer will order such disposition of the application or permit as he has determined to be proper and will make such disposition known to the applicant."
(Prior code § 6.24.090 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 2 (part))
Section 524 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 524. DESTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS. All water wells, unless made to comply with Section 513 and 519 hereof, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer by filling with cement grout, puddled clay or similar impervious material, as approved by the Health Officer, to thoroughly seal the well including all voids, annual spaces, gravel envelopes or other spaces, as necessary to protect the aquifer."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part))
Section 524.1 is added to the public health code to read as follows:
"Section 524.1. DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRODE WELLS. All electrode wells, unless in compliance with Section 519 of this Chapter, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer in such a manner as to exclude contamination or pollution of any usable underground water."
(Prior code § 6.24.090 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 2 (part))
Section 525.1 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 525.1. DISINFECTION AND BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF DOMESTIC WATER WELLS. Every new, repaired or reconstructed domestic water well, after completion of construction, repair or reconstruction, and before being placed in service, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all foreign substances. The well, including the gravel used in gravel-packed wells, the pump, and all portions of equipment coming in contact with well water shall be disinfected with a solution containing at least fifty (50) parts per million available chlorine, which shall remain in the well for a period of at least twenty-four (24) hours, or by an equivalent method of disinfection satisfactory to the Health Officer, and such procedure shall be repeated, as necessary, to produce water meeting bacteriological standards as set forth in the United States Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards. No well water from a new or reconstructed well shall be used for domestic purposes until the water meets such bacteriological requirements."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part))
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