§ 7.36.040. Permits.

A.

Applications. Applications for permits shall be made to the health officer and shall include the following:

1.

A plot plan indicating the exact location of the well with respect to the following items within a radius of five hundred feet of the well:

a.

Property lines,

b.

Sewage disposal systems or works carrying or containing sewage,

c.

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

d.

Drainage pattern of the property,

e.

Existing wells,

f.

Access roads,

g.

Any agricultural, recreational or commercial entity;

2.

Location of the property;

3.

Name and license number of the person who will construct the well;

4.

Proposed depth of well;

5.

Proposed use of well;

6.

Such other information as may be necessary to determine if underground waters will be protected.

B.

Fees. Persons applying for permits under this chapter shall pay a fee in an amount set by resolution of the board of supervisors, not to exceed the county's costs of administering this chapter.

C.

Conditions. Permits shall be issued subject to compliance with the standards provided in this chapter, except that such standards shall be inapplicable or modified by the health officer when, upon his finding, inapplicability or modification will accomplish the purposes of this chapter. A permit to be valid must comply with all state and county laws, rules, and regulations.

D.

Term—Completion of Work. The permittee shall complete work authorized by the permit prior to the expiration date set in the permit. The permittee shall notify the health officer in writing upon completion of the work, and work shall not be deemed to have been completed until such written notification has been received.

E.

Guarantee of Performance. Prior to the issuance of a permit, the applicant shall post with the health officer a cash deposit or bond to guarantee compliance with the terms of this chapter and the applicable permit, such cash or bond to be in an amount deemed necessary by the health officer to remedy improper work, but not in excess of the total estimated cost of work. Such deposit or bond may be waived by the health officer where other assurances of compliance are found adequate by him.

F.

Prohibitions. No permit shall be issued to any person who is not a licensed well-drilling contractor, provided that a permit may be issued to any person exempt from the provisions of the Contractors' License Law, Chapter 9, Division 3, of the Business and Professions Code (commencing with Section 7000).

G.

Appeal Procedure. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a permit or terms of the permit may request in writing that the matter be heard by the board. If such request is made, the health officer shall schedule the matter for review by the board and shall give not less than ten days' written notice of the time and place thereof to the applicant. At the time and place of the hearing the board shall allow the applicant and other interested parties an adequate opportunity to present any facts pertinent to the matter at hand. The board may place any person involved in the matter, including the applicant, under oath. The board may, when it deems necessary, continue any hearing by giving notice to the applicant of such action. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within ten days thereafter, the board shall order such disposition of the application or permit as it has determined is proper and shall make such disposition known to the applicant. Determinations made by the health officer relating directly to the public health, or to Chapter 7 of Part I of Division 5 of the California Health and Safety Code, may not be overruled or modified by the board.

(Ord. 99-10 § 5, 1999; Ord. 75-459 § 1 (part), 1975.)

(Ord. No. 11-04, § 1, 6-7-2011)