§ 27-1. Well drilling; permits and requirements.

No person hereafter shall drill a well of any type, character or description within the city until such person shall have obtained a permit from the city for the drilling of said well, subject to the requirements of this chapter. The requirements to be met for the issuance of the permit and the conditions therefor are:

(a)

The applicant shall pay a permit fee to the city in the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each well to be drilled;

(b)

The applicant shall make adequate provision for the disposal of all water to be pumped from the well while it is being drilled and completed, which disposal shall be by some means other than draining the said water into any street, alley or other public thoroughfare within the city;

(c)

The applicant shall describe in writing the location by lot, block and subdivision, or other legal description, the property on which the well is to be drilled;

(d)

All wells shall be constructed to dispose of waste (as defined in section 373.203, Florida Statutes 1977) and water therefrom after passing through air conditioning units, by returning said water to the level from which the water was originally taken. Wells shall be drilled to a minimum depth of two hundred (200) feet or down to bed rock, whichever is reached first. At the time a well permit is applied for, the applicant shall designate in writing the manner of disposal of waste at the time the well is completed.

(Ord. No. 109, § 1, 6-1-1961; Ord. No. 480, § 1, 5-15-1975; Ord. No. 571, § 1, 7-20-1978; Ord. No. 888, § 1, 8-18-1988)