No person shall hereafter install or operate any new or additional private well in the City of Glen Cove, to withdraw water from underground sources for any purposes whatsoever, without first having obtained a permit therefor from the City of Glen Cove.
[Amended 5-27-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
Every person seeking a private well permit shall make written application to the Director, setting forth the purpose of the new or additional private well, the proposed size and depth, the capacity of the pump or pumps to be attached thereto, the manner and the extent by which the water is to be recharged into the underground sources, if any, and the maximum amount of water to be withdrawn from said well, to be computed at the rate of gallons per minute. A permit fee as set forth from time to time by the City Council shall be filed with each application.[1]
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Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the city offices.
A. 
The Director, upon receipt of such application, shall within twenty days approve or disapprove the application and attach thereto findings consistent with his or her decision.
B. 
The Director may, as a condition to his or her approval, require the metering of the proposed new or additional well.
The application, together with the decision of the Director, shall be heard and passed by the City Council upon the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty set in accordance with Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).