East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. III Permits

No person, firm or corporation shall dig, bore, deepen or excavate any well or destroy any existing well unless such person, firm or corporation has applied for and obtained a permit therefor from the city health officer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 6-5.301)

No person, firm or corporation shall convert any industrial, oil or irrigation well to use as a domestic water well unless such person, firm or corporation has applied for and obtained a permit therefor from the city health officer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 6-5.302)

Each applicant for a permit required either by Section 8.64.080 or 8.64.090 shall both complete fully the application form provided by the city health officer for such permit and furnish whatever additional information the city health officer requests regarding the proposed construction, destruction or conversion of a well.

(Prior code § 6-5.303)

If, after investigation of the proposed well site and verification of the data supplied in the application, the city health officer determines that the proposed construction, destruction or conversion of the well both complies with this chapter and is not likely to cause pollution or contamination of either the underground water or the well water, he/she shall issue a permit for such construction, destruction or conversion.

(Prior code § 6-5.304)

A permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid to authorize only the proposed construction, destruction or conversion described therein on the site specified therein.

(Prior code § 6-5.305)

The city health officer may, upon ten days written notice, suspend or revoke any permit issues pursuant to this chapter where he/she determines the permittee either to have exceeded the scope of the permit or to have violated any other provision of this chapter.

(Prior code § 6-5.306)

Every person, firm or corporation to whom the city health officer has issued a permit under the provisions of this chapter to construct a well shall within thirty (30) days of the completion of the drilling, digging, boring or excavating authorized by such permit, furnish the city health officer with a log of such well. The log shall include information on the type of casing, the number and location of the perforations therein, the depth of the well and soil types at all levels of the well, as well as any other data requested by the city health officer. Where the permittee has earlier submitted such log to the state of California, the requirement of this section may be satisfied by submission to the city health officer of such a log.

(Prior code § 6-5.307)

Any person, firm or corporation whose application for a permit has been denied or whose permit has been suspended or revoked may petition the city health officer for a hearing. Such petition shall be in writing, signed by the applicant or permittee, and shall set forth in detail the facts and reasons upon which the petition is based. The petition must be filed not more than twenty (20) business days following the date on which the notice of denial, suspension or revocation was mailed to the permittee. It may be transmitted either by registered mail or in the manner required for the service of summons in civil actions. At the time and place set for the hearing, of which the applicant or permittee must be notified at least five days in advance, the city hearing officer will give the applicant or permittee and other interested persons an adequate opportunity to present any relevant facts. The city hearing officer shall receive testimony under oath. The city hearing officer may, when he/she deems it necessary, continue any hearing. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within ten days thereafter, the city hearing officer will order such disposition of the application or permit as he/she has determined to be proper and will make such disposition known to the applicant or permittee.

For purposes of this section, an attorney in private practice may be named to act in the stead of the city hearing officer and to perform the duties vested hereby in such officer.

(Prior code § 6-5.308)

No building permit shall be issued for the construction of a new building or other structure, or for the enlargement of an existing dwelling or structure unless the city health officer has certified in writing that the site for such premises is served by a water supply that is potable, adequate, and delivered under a consistent minimum pressure of twenty (20) pounds per square inch during period of maximum demand.

(Prior code § 6-5.309)