[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Larksville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 9-13-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989 (Ch. 150 Art. I, of the 1987 Code)]
All well drillers operating in Larksville Borough shall obtain
a permit for drilling of wells from the Larksville Borough Building
Inspector in order to prevent waste of water and loss of artesian
water pressure.
Any well driller operating within Larksville Borough shall provide
the Larksville Borough Building Inspector with a copy of any and all
reports made to the Department of Environmental Protection with regard
to the drilling of any wells, and if no reports are required, the
well driller shall supply a notice of intention to drill and a subsequent
completion form, which shall include a complete description of the
strata through which the well passes and a record of the water derived
from said well.
A.
A condition of the permit for the drilling of any water wells within
Larksville Borough shall be a commitment from said well driller that
he will not permit a flowing artesian well to drain or flow on the
surface of the land thereby reducing artesian pressure for adjacent
property or wells and wasting the natural resource water.
B.
A condition of receiving a permit from Larksville Borough Building
Inspector shall be a commitment that said well driller will cap and
seal any well to the extent that the supply of water derived from
said well exceeds the needs of the dwelling house and that said well
driller will not permit water to drain across the surface of the land
and be wasted.
C.
Said well driller shall seal and grout the well from the entire length
of the drilled well.
Any well driller who fails to comply with any provisions of
this article shall be assessed a daily fine of $100 for noncompliance.
A fee of $25 shall be paid by any and all well drillers with
regard to the permit for drilling each well in Larksville Borough.
