Sec. 26-10.  Connection to water systems.

 

(a)   All premises, residential, commercial or industrial businesses within the city limits and the city's two mile extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction shall be directly connected to a public water distribution main if the property is located within three hundred (300) feet of a public water distribution main.  Connection to a public water distribution main will be required upon failure of an existing domestic well or at the time of new construction.  Well failure is defined as the point at which the well is no longer functional and the drilling of a new well is needed.

 

(b)  All new private water wells for premises located within three hundred (300) feet of a public water distribution main will be prohibited after March 15, 2021, unless approved by the public works director.

 

Source:  Ord. No. 5725, § 3, 03-15-21