§ 23B-4. Permit application.

Applications for permits shall be made to the health officer together with the required fee established by ordinance by the board of supervisors of the County of Butte. If construction, repair, deepening or destruction of a well is begun prior to obtaining a permit, the fee for such permit may be doubled, but shall not relieve any person from fully complying with the provisions of this chapter nor from any other penalties described in this chapter. Applications shall be made on forms provided by the health officer. Applications for permits to construct, repair or deepen a well shall include the following information:

(a)

Location of the well on the property/parcels and the location and size in acreage of the contiguous properties, assessor's parcel number, township, range and section of the parcels to be served.

(b)

Name, address and contractor's license number of the person who will construct the well.

(c)

The proposed depth of the well.

(d)

Proposed use of the well.

(e)

An accurate plot plan which will show the following:

(1)

Property lines with dimensions and existing and proposed buildings.

(2)

Sewage disposal systems, sewer lines, and any other works carrying or containing sewage within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed well.

(3)

All intermittent perennial, natural or artificial bodies of water or watercourses.

(4)

All other existing wells.

(5)

The approximate surface drainage pattern of the property and areas subject to flooding.

(6)

Location of the well to be constructed, repaired, or deepened.

(7)

Wells subject to section 23B-5c of this chapter and the engineered pumping capacity of the pump to be installed or replaced.

(f)

Proposed diameter of the well casing for the well to be constructed, repaired, or deepened.

(g)

Such additional information as reasonably required by the health officer. Applications for permits to destroy an abandoned well shall include such information as the health officer deems necessary.

(h)

The health officer is authorized to reduce the amount of information required to be included in a permit application for any well which comes within section 23B-5d of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3272, § 1, 6-25-96; Ord. No. 3947, § 2, 12-12-06)