Sec. 14A-40. - Special ground water protection area.

The compliance agency may designate areas where ground water quality problems are known to exist and where a well will penetrate more than one aquifer. The compliance agency may require in these designated areas special well seals to prevent mixing of water from several aquifers. Where an applicant proposes well construction, reconstruction, or destruction work in such an area, the compliance agency may require the applicant to provide a report prepared by a registered geologist or registered civil engineer (California Business and Professions Code Sections 7850 and 6762 respectively) that identifies all strata containing poor quality water and recommends the location and specifications of the seal or seals needed to prevent the entrance of poor-quality water or its migration into other aquifers.

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Designation procedures. The compliance agency shall not designate a special groundwater protection area without obtaining the approval of the board of supervisors. Prior to designating any area as a "special ground water protection area" within the meaning of this chapter, the compliance agency shall hold at least one public hearing before the board on the issue of designation of such area. Notice of the public hearing shall be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in Kings County once a week for two successive weeks with the last date of publication occurring at least ten days prior to the hearing date. In addition, the compliance agency shall provide written notice by mail to all owners of property directly overlying the proposed special groundwater protection area. For the purposes of this section, the owners of property shall be those shown on the Kings County Assessment Roll.

(Ord. No. 587, § 2, 8-29-00)

Secs. 14A-41—14A-49. - Reserved.