This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Borough of Jim Thorpe Well Ordinance."
The intention of this chapter is to insure and
protect the quality and suitability of domestic, commercial or industrial
water supply, and to secure and maintain the minimum required isolation
distances between water supplies and sewage disposal systems or other
sources of contamination.
All wells shall be constructed at a minimum
distance or 100 feet from any existing subsurface sewage disposal
drain field, or from any location where such a drain field may reasonable
be located on adjacent premises.
Upon receipt of an application for a well permit,
the Borough, through its duly authorized Inspecting Officer, shall
within 30 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 chapter and the provisions of the Borough
Sewage Ordinance. Upon completion of the inspection, the Inspecting 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 said 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 Borough, which shall be executed by the duly authorized Inspecting
Officer. Permits shall be prepared in triplicate, and distribution
of copies shall be made as follows:
A. Original copy to be retained by the Borough;
B. First copy to be tendered to the applicant upon written
acknowledgment of receipt thereof upon the original copy; and
C. Second copy to be tendered to the applicant for the
use of a well contractor.
Upon the completion of construction; or at such
other time as the Inspecting Officer may deem appropriate, the Borough,
through its duly authorized Inspecting Officer, shall perform a final
inspection of the well to determine whether there has been compliance
with the permit issued. Upon completion of the said inspection, the
Inspecting Officer shall issue an approval of 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.
All applications for a well permit shall be
accompanied by a fee payable to the Borough of Jim Thorpe in accordance
with a schedule of fees established from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council of the Borough of Jim Thorpe.
All permits shall be in effect as of the date
of issuance, and shall remain in effect for a period of two years.
In the event that construction under the permit has not been completed
at the expiration of two years from the date of issuance, the permit
shall expire and the validity of the permit shall cease and terminate.
No responsibility or liability for the construction
of any well shall be deemed to be placed upon the Borough of Jim Thorpe,
or its officers, agents, or employees by virtue of the terms of this
chapter or otherwise.