This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Pocono
Township Well Ordinance."
The intention of this article is to ensure and protect the quality
and suitability of domestic water supply and to secure and maintain
the minimum required isolation distances between water supplies and
sewage disposal systems or other sources of contamination.
Upon receipt of any application for a well permit, the Township,
through its duly authorized Sewage Enforcement Officer, shall within
15 days perform an inspection of the premises on which the well is
to be constructed. The inspection shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of this article and the provisions of the Township
Sewage Ordinance. Upon completion of the inspection, the Sewage Enforcement
Officer shall either issue a permit to the applicant indicating the
approved location for the well and special instructions for construction,
if any; or refuse to issue the permit and, in such event, shall provide
the applicant with written reasons for such refusal.
All permits shall be issued on a form provided by the Township,
which shall be executed by the Sewage Enforcement Officer. Permits
shall be prepared in triplicate, and distribution of copies shall
be made as follows:
A. Original copy to be retained by the Township.
B. First copy to be tendered to the applicant upon written acknowledgment
of receipt thereof upon the original copy.
C. Second copy to be tendered to the applicant for the use of a well-drilling
contractor.
Upon the completion of construction, or at such other time as
the Sewage Enforcement Officer may deem appropriate, the Township,
through its Sewage Enforcement Officer, shall perform a final inspection
of the well to determine whether there has been compliance with the
permit issued. Upon completion of the inspection, the Sewage Enforcement
Officer shall issue an approval of well operation upon the original
permit or deny such approval due to noncompliance with the permit
issued, in which latter event written reasons for such denial shall
be noted on the original permit.
All applications for a well permit shall be accompanied by a
fee payable to the Township of Pocono in accordance with a schedule
of fees established from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Commissioners of the Township of Pocono.
[Amended 11-1-1993 by Ord. No. 64]
Upon written request of the applicant and upon payment of the required fee, the Zoning Hearing Board of Pocono Township shall schedule a public hearing and consider the applicant's request for waiver of any of the requirements of this article under the standards for zoning variances set forth in Chapter
470, Zoning, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code, as it may be amended from time to time.
No responsibility or liability for the construction of any well
shall be deemed to be placed upon the Township of Pocono or any of
its officers, agents or employees by virtue of the terms of this article
or otherwise.