The Director of Public Works shall be authorized to issue, subject to the criteria of this chapter, revocable permits for the purpose of drilling and maintenance of groundwater monitoring wells in the City.
(Prior code § 20-9-1)
Upon written application for a permit to drill or maintain a groundwater monitoring well, the Director of Public Works shall evaluate such application and approve or deny it based on sound engineering principles, including, but not limited to, such factors as location, depth, and size of the well, the types of soils present at the well site and nearby land uses. Any decision hereunder by the Director of Public Works shall be appealable to the Council.
(Prior code § 20-9-2)
All applications for a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be accompanied by a processing fee in an amount established by City Council resolution. Such fee is not refundable.
(Prior code § 20-9-3)
The applicant shall, upon approval of an application, post a faithful performance bond sufficient to insure restoration of the subject site to its pre-project condition, in an amount as determined by the Director of Public Works in the reasonable exercise of the Director's discretion.
(Prior code § 20-9-4)
It shall be the responsibility of each permittee to maintain liability insurance for the protection of the public in an amount to be determined by the Director of Public Works in the reasonable exercise of the Director's discretion.
(Prior code § 20-9-5)
The permittee shall be responsible for all claims and liabilities arising out of work performed pursuant to the permit, or arising out of permittee's failure to perform the obligations with respect to the drilling and maintenance of groundwater monitoring wells. The permittee shall, and by acceptance of the permit agrees to, defend, indemnify, and save and hold the City, its officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all suits, claims, and action brought by any person for bodily injury and/or property damage and/or arising out of work performed pursuant to the permit or in consequence of permittee's and his or her agent's failure to perform the obligations with respect to the drilling and maintenance of groundwater monitoring wells.
(Prior code § 20-9-6)
After issuance of a permit under this chapter, no modification or relocation of such monitoring wells shall occur without the written approval of the Director of Public Works. Such consent shall be given or denied and the reasons for such denial stated therein within 10 days of application of the permittee.
(Prior code § 20-9-7)