A. “Abandoned well” means any well that has not been used for over one calendar year and may present a potential threat to the public health and safety.

B. “Agricultural well” means any well used solely to supply water for agricultural purposes, including but not limited to irrigation other than residential landscaping.

C. “Applicant” means a property owner or the agent of a property owner applying for permission to dig, drill, bore, jet, drive, deepen, reperforate, excavate, construct, reconstruct, change or repair a well within the corporate limits of the town.

D. “Cathodic protection well” means any well designed or used to protect pipelines, tanks, cables, power lines and other facilities from corrosion.

E. “Dewatering well” means a well or group of closely interrelated wells designed, installed and used for the purpose of lowering the water table during excavation.

F. “Domestic well” means a well used or intended for the purpose of delivering potable water for human consumption. This term shall include any water well, agricultural well, industrial well or other type of well which is used to provide potable water for human consumption.

G. “Domestic irrigation well” means any well designed or used for the purpose of irrigating any residential, commercial or industrial landscaping or for maintaining residential, commercial or industrial waterscapes including but not limited to fountains, swimming pools, spas, etc.

H. “Groundwater contamination recovery well” means any well constructed or used for the sole purpose of recovering or otherwise alleviating groundwater contamination.

I. “Groundwater monitoring well” means any well constructed or used for the sole purpose of observing or monitoring groundwater conditions related to suspected groundwater contamination.

J. “Observation well” means any well installed and used for the specific purpose of monitoring water level response during pump tests.

K. “Potable water” means water of a quality which meets the Regulations Relating to Domestic Water Supply Quality and Monitoring issued by the California Department of Health Services.

L. “Property line” means the legally established line separating one piece of property from another or separating a public right-of-way from private properties.

M. “Pump test” means a test conducted in a well wherein water is pumped for the purpose of determining optimum well yield or aquifer hydraulic properties (permeability, transmissivity, storage, etc. as defined in hydrogeologic literature).

N. “Repair, pump” or “pump system repair” means any maintenance to the water abstraction equipment suspended in the wellbore necessitating the removal of that equipment from the wellbore. This definition is not intended to include maintenance to above ground components.

O. “Repair, well” means maintaining the subsurface portion of the wellbore and/or casing and screen assembly that requires removal of the pump, motor, etc. from the wellbore. Well repair includes but is not limited to deepening, reperforating, reconstruction, recasing or relining.

P. “Sewer” means a pipe carrying waste water from any structure or a part of a community or individual sewerage system.

Q. “Well” means any drilled, bored, dug, jetted, or driven or artificial excavation of any kind for the purpose of extracting water from, or injecting water into, the underground. This definition shall include (without limitation) agricultural wells, cathodic protection wells, domestic wells, domestic irrigation wells, groundwater contamination recovery wells, groundwater monitoring wells and observation wells. This definition shall not include: (1) oil, gas or geothermal wells constructed pursuant to state law except those wells converted to use as water wells; or (2) wells used for the purpose of stabilizing hillsides or embankments. This definition shall include dewatering wells that are retained for controlling groundwater levels as a site feature following project occupancy approval and not abandoned after completion of the excavation project. (Ord. 465 § 1 (part), 1991; Ord. 355 § 3, 1977)