Tracy Municipal Code Art. 2 Permits

No person, as principal, servant, agent, or employee, shall dig, drill, bore, drive, repair, or destroy any well or repair, replace, install, or seal a pump for use on any well, whether the well is to be used for domestic, irrigation, testing, geophysical, or cathodic protection or other purposes, without having a valid unrevoked or unsuspended permit to do so from the Director of Environmental Health. The permit shall be valid for one year after the date of its issue. No property owner shall be denied the right to install a well or pump on his property if the work is accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No permit shall be necessary to replace or repair equipment if the sanitary seal is not broken. A fee may be charged for issuing such permit as determined by the Council after a public hearing thereon.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.201)

Every person proposing to dig, drill, bore, drive, repair, deepen, or destroy any well shall, before commencing the work, apply to the Director of Environmental Health for the approval of the well site and the method of installation or destruction and for a permit to do the work. Such applications shall be on forms furnished by the Director of Environmental Health and shall contain such information as the Director of Environmental Health may require. Such applications shall be submitted at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the proposed commencement of work on such permit application, as prescribed in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.202)

The applicant applying for a permit for the construction of the well shall assume the responsibility of complying with all the requirements of such permit and this chapter, including such rules and regulations as may be adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 5-8.203)

The permits required by the provisions of this chapter may be granted to any owner or his authorized representative and to those persons having a valid City business license and a license from the Contractors License Board of the State as a well or pump contractor.

(Prior code § 5-8.204)

In the event of an emergency, as evidenced by lack of water, repairs may proceed without a permit. For the purposes of this section, "emergency repairs" shall include the construction of a new well or the repair, deepening, or replacement of a well or pump. All work done under emergency conditions shall comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. In all such cases, the owner or contractor shall file a statement that such was an emergency repair and the reason for the repair. Applications for emergency repairs shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours after such repairs are begun, excluding weekends and holidays.

(Prior code § 5-8.205)

The Director of Environmental Health may grant special permits for limited periods of time when, in his opinion, the application of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter would be impracticable or unnecessary. In issuing such special permits, the Director of Environmental Health may prescribe such conditions as, in his judgment, will be necessary to protect the public health.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.206)

Upon the completion of a well, the licensed contractor shall file a copy of a well drillers report with the Health District. Such report forms shall be furnished by the Director of Environmental Health.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.207)

The construction, use, or installation of well pits shall not be permitted except under unusual circumstances as determined by the Director of Environmental Health.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.208)