A. Releases: No person shall discharge, or permit the discharge of, any regulated substances or petroleum products, whether treated or untreated, to soils, air, ground water or surface water in any recharge area or protection zone, that may have a deleterious effect upon the ground water in the city, unless the release is in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
B. Review Of Development Plans: All development plans that lie within the primary recharge area and secondary recharge area, zones 1, 2, 3, and 4, shall be reviewed by the planning commission and city council. Any development that will result in a loss of the beneficial use of ground water or that may have an adverse or negative effect upon local ground water quality shall be rejected. Plans that are rejected may be revised by the developer and resubmitted to the city for subsequent review by a registered geologist. Developments that do not lie within either the primary or secondary recharge area and/or zones 1, 2, 3 and 4, may proceed with the development plan processing requirements of the city. The city shall be reimbursed for all expenses they incur in considering the request.
C. Permitted Uses: The following uses shall be allowed within the ground water protection zones:
1. All Zones And Recharge Areas:
a. Uses established before the effective date hereof, and used continuously and in the same manner thereafter, which uses may continue, subject to all of this chapter, provided any such use is not judged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be a nuisance under the provisions of federal, state or local laws or regulations;
b. Use of single- or multiple-family residential dwellings, commercial or institutional uses established on or after the effective date hereof, connected to a sanitary sewer system;
c. Uses incidental and accessory to the uses set forth in subsections C1a and C1b of this section.
2. Zone 4:
a. The tilling of the soil and the raising of crops, provided fertilizing and the use of pesticides is accomplished within federal, state and local guidelines;
b. The pasturing of livestock, provided all forage is raised on the pastured area;
c. Uses incidental and accessory to the uses set forth in subsections C2a and C2b of this section.
D. Prohibited Uses: Except uses established before the effective date hereof, and used continuously and in the same manner thereafter, which uses may continue, on or after the effective date hereof, the following uses or conditions shall be and hereby are prohibited within ground water protection zones and recharge areas, regardless of whether such uses or conditions may otherwise be included as part of a use allowed under this chapter:
1. Zones 1 And 2, And Primary Recharge Areas:
a. Sanitary sewer lines within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a wellhead or spring collection area, unless it meets all federal, state and city regulations and requirements;
b. Underground storage tanks;
c. Stormwater infiltration structures;
d. Any "pollution source", as defined in section 8-2-4 of this chapter, or in the Utah administrative code section R309-113;
e. Use of fertilizer, unless prior written approval by city.
2. Zones 1, 2, And 3, And Primary Recharge Areas: Agriculture industries, including, but not limited to, intensive feeding operations, such as feed lots, dairies, fur breeding operations, poultry farms, etc.
3. All Zones:
a. Surface use, storage or dumping of hazardous waste or material, expressly including industrial or commercial uses of agricultural pesticides (except when such pesticides are used in farming applications within strict compliance of the manufacturer's recommendations of use, subject to approval and/or inspections by local officials);
b. Sanitary landfills;
c. Hazardous waste or material disposal;
d. Septic tanks/drain field systems. (1991 Code § 13.12.050, as amended)