Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 6 Prohibitions

(a) No person shall supply water for domestic uses to two (2) or more service connections without a valid permit to do so.

(b) No person shall so supply water in violation of the conditions of his permit.

(c) No person shall make a material change in the source of domestic water supply without first notifying the Enforcement Officer of such change.

(d) No person shall discontinue or abandon such a domestic water supply without first notifying the Enforcement Officer of such discontinuance or abandonment. (§ 1, Ord. 765, eff. October 7, 1976; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)

(a) No person shall construct, reconstruct, repair, or abandon any well or test hole, except oil and gas wells, without a valid permit to do so.

(b) No person shall make a material change in the use of any well without a valid permit to do so.

(c) No person shall construct, reconstruct, abandon, or materially change the use of any well in violation of the conditions of the granted permit. (§ 1, Ord. 765, eff. October 7, 1976; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:

(a) Persons holding valid and subsisting domestic water supply permits from the State;

(b) Persons supplying water for domestic uses to a single-family or two (2) dwelling units on the same parcel of real property;

(c) Persons supplying water to agriculturally-oriented dwellings, all of which are located upon the same parcel of land and connected to the same water supply source provided none of the dwellings or group of dwellings would meet the criteria established by the Department of Housing and Community Development, Division of Codes and Standards, as being an Employee Housing Facility or Labor Camp;

(d) All water wells completed and in use on or before October 7, 1976, unless there exists a public nuisance or a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare;

(e) The construction or reconstruction of a well may be undertaken by any person without first applying for and receiving a grant of a permit in the event of great urgency due to the sudden failure of such well, and provided the work of the construction or reconstruction thereof is performed in compliance with the standards and criteria of this chapter, and further provided an application for any permit required by the provisions of this chapter is made within three (3) working days after the commencement of such construction or reconstruction;

(f) Wells drilled less than forty (40') feet in depth;

(g) Wells drilled into a side slope for slope stability control;

(h) Well points less than two (2") inches in diameter; and

(i) The location of wells installed for drainage, dewatering, or slope stability. (§ 1, Ord. 765, eff. October 7, 1976, as amended by § 8, Ord. 811, eff. July 27, 1978; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)