Sec. 6-3. Wellhead protection.
(a) The minimum horizontal distance separating any municipal water well from each of the following potential contamination sources shall be as set forth below:
Distance | |
Potential Contamination Source | (feet) |
Absorption or disposal field for waste | 500 |
Cesspool | 500 |
Chemical or petroleum product storage | 500 |
Corral | 500 |
Dump | 500 |
Feedlot or Feedlot runoff | 500 |
Nonpotable water well | 1,000 |
Pit toilet | 500 |
Sanitary landfill | 500 |
Sanitary sewer connection | 100 |
Sanitary sewer line | 50 |
Sanitary sewer line (permanently watertight) | 10 |
Sanitary sewer manhole | 100 |
Septic tank | 500 |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 |
Sewage wet well | 500 |
Closed-loop food grade heat pump | 500 |
(b) The provisions of this section shall supersede any land use regulation which allows for the installation of a potential contaminant source on a parcel of land. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the installation or maintenance of any potential contamination source which is restricted or prohibited by any federal, state or local law, statute, regulation or ordinance.
(c) This regulation shall not be applicable to any potential contaminant sources constructed or in use at the time of the enactment of this section.
Source: Ord. No. 3928, § 1, 2-1-93