[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Oakwood as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
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Editor’s Note: Former Article I, Water System, adopted
as Title 13, Ch. 13.16, of the 1980 Code, was repealed 4-9-2018 by
Ord. No. 18-4-9-1.
[Adopted 2-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-2-13-01]
Except for such uses or methods in existence before the effective
date of this article, the use or attempt to use as a potable water
supply groundwater from within the corporate limits of the Village
of Oakwood, as a potable water supply, by the installation or drilling
of wells or by any other method is hereby prohibited. This prohibition
expressly includes the Village of Oakwood.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be
subject to a fine of not more than $750 for each violation. Each day
that this article is violated shall be deemed a separate violation.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
limited-liability company, corporation, association, joint-stock company,
trust, estate, political subdivision, or any other legal entity, or
their legal representatives, agents or assigns.
Any water used for human or domestic consumption, including,
but not limited to, water used for drinking, bathing, swimming, washing
dishes, or preparing foods.
The President of the Village of Oakwood is hereby authorized
and directed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Illinois EPA") in which
the Village of Oakwood assumes responsibility for tracking all sites
that have received no further remediation determinations from the
Illinois EPA, notifying the Illinois EPA of changes to this article,
and taking certain precautions when siting public potable water supply
wells.
