13.04.240 Privately owned water wells.
A. Appropriate use of privately owned wells is allowed on individual parcels. The use of the water from a well shall only be utilized within the boundaries of the parcel on which it is situated or at the discretion of the utilities director.
B. Installation of Water Meters on Private Wells. Within twelve months of the adoption of the city’s groundwater sustainability plan, a well meter shall be installed at the private owner’s expense at all properties where private well water is used for any of the following:
1. Nonresidential purposes in any quantity;
2. Irrigation of greater than one-half acre of landscaping;
3. Two acre-feet of usage annually.
The water meter shall be public and property owners shall enter into a private well metering agreement with the city for meter reading.
C. Existing well service that crosses property lines shall be corrected in conformance with this section with any new development or subdivision. (Ord. 1704 § 4, 2021; Ord. 1597 § 24, 2014)