Chapter 13.28
PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS
Sections:
13.28.020 Approval of private well or water system.
13.28.010 Prohibition.
No person, firm, corporation, or entity shall hereafter drill or install, or cause to be drilled, a private water well, or establish a private water system, serving one or more users, buildings, businesses, or residences, within the town of Concrete, unless approved in the manner set forth in this chapter. [Ord. 419 § 1, 1997]
13.28.020 Approval of private well or water system.
(1) The town council may, on such terms and conditions as it determines to be appropriate, grant approval for a well or private water system if a connection to the town of Concrete water system is not possible, upon a finding that the same should be allowed to protect public health, safety and welfare.
(2) The fact that a water main or line must be extended to connect to the town of Concrete water system shall not be a basis for such approval, nor be a basis for determining that a connection to the town of Concrete water system is not possible.
(3) Such approval shall be granted by written agreement between the applicant and the town, and shall be conditioned upon such terms as approved by the town council, including the obligation to connect to the town of Concrete water system when determined to be available by the town, to pay for any main and line extensions determined to be necessary for such connection by the town engineer, to waive the right to protest any LID or ULID, and such other terms and conditions as determined the town council to be in the interests of public health, safety and welfare.
(4) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the town to enter into such an agreement or grant such approval for a private well or water system. [Ord. 419 § 2, 1997]
13.28.030 Violations.
Any person, firm, corporation, or entity violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Such person, firm, corporation or entity shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, and each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. [Ord. 419 § 3, 1997]
13.28.040 Exceptions.
This chapter shall not apply to the installation, digging or drilling of a water well or water system by a municipal corporation within its own corporate borders. [Ord. 419 § 4, 1997]