§ 34-46. Prohibited activities.  


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  • The following activities are prohibited within the designated areas of land surrounding the wells:

    (1)

    Construction and/or operation of any underground petroleum and/or chemical storage tank, liquid transmission pipeline, stock, pen, feedlot, dump grounds, privy, cesspool, septic tank, sewage treatment plant, sewage wet well, sewage pumping station, drainage ditch that contains industrial waste discharges or the wastes from sewage treatment systems, solid waste disposal site, land on which sewage plant or septic tank sludge is applied, land irrigated by sewage plant effluent, septic tank perforated drain field, absorption bed, evapotranspiration bed, area irrigated by low dosage, low angle spray on-site sewage facility, military petrochemical production, storage and/or transmission facility, Class 1, 2, 3, and/or 4 injection well, pesticide storage and/or mixing facility, abandoned well, inoperative well, improperly constructed water well of any depth, and all other construction or operation that could create an unsanitary condition is prohibited within, upon, or across all areas of land within a 150-foot radius of the wells.

    (2)

    Construction and/or operation of tile or concrete sanitary sewers, sewer appurtenances, septic tanks, storm sewers, and cemeteries is specifically prohibited within, upon, or across any area of land within a 50-foot radius of the wells.

    (3)

    Construction of homes or buildings upon any area of land within a 150-foot radius of the wells is permitted, provided the restrictions described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section are met.

    (4)

    Except for non-commercial farming, farming and ranching operations are prohibited in all cases, and livestock shall not be allowed within a 150-foot radius of the wells.

(Ord. No. 500-01-05, § 3, 6-21-2005; Ord. No. 100-02-11, § I, 5-17-2011)