[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Doylestown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-16-1991 by Ord. No. 206; amended in its entirety 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. 349]
[Amended 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 423]
Abandonment of a well will be deemed to exist where one of the following conditions occurs:
A. 
The owner or occupier of the property discontinues usage of the well for a period of two years.
B. 
The owner or occupier of the property improperly maintains the well so as to pose a threat to the public health and safety.
C. 
The well water is contaminated and unsafe for drinking as determined by the Bucks County Health Department.
D. 
The well water is near or within a contaminated cone of influence as determined by the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority ("Municipal Authority"), its engineer, or the Bucks County Health Department.
E. 
The owner of the property requests abandonment, in writing, to the Bucks County Health Department.
[Amended 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 423]
Wells may be approved for exemption by the Bucks County Health Department for monitoring purposes only if maintained to provide access to groundwater in order to comply with local, state or federal requirements and shall be exempted from the requirements of this article as long as they are covered with a locked well cap and not used as a potable nor nonpotable water source.
[Amended 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 423]
A. 
Bucks County Health Department ordered abandonment and sealing. If the Bucks County Health Department determines that a well is to be abandoned pursuant to this article, the well must be sealed. All landowners whose well is ordered to be abandoned and sealed shall, prior to abandonment and sealing, be connected to a public water system, if available, in such a way that all rules and regulations of the Municipal Authority as well as the governing plumbing codes of the Township are met for such connections.
B. 
Sealing procedures. A well abandonment permit is required to be obtained from the Bucks County Health Department.
Any person who shall violate a sealing order or sealing procedures pursuant to this article shall be subject to judgment in an amount not to exceed $1,000, which said penalty and/or fine shall be set by the District Judge. Each day the order is violated or that the property owner fails to comply with same shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.