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<br />~ <br />(filA <br />~~ <br />ht <br /> <br />~ <br />In <br />\9 <br />N <br />I <br />frt <br />1\ <br />I <br />00 <br />M <br />In <br /> <br />l1966034 . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2001- a4'114/04/~1 101538534 U9U034 <br /> <br />$33.00 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE BY IMPOSING SANITARY CONTROL RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT THE <br />WATER SUPPLY OF CITY OF LA PORTE WATER WELLS; ESTABLISHING <br />CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION RESTRICTIONS.WITHIN A 150 FOOT RADIUS OF <br />CITY OF LA PORTE WATER WELLS; PROVIDING -A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING <br />FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND <br />DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE <br />OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFfECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Chapter 74, Article I, of the Code of Ordinances <br /> <br />of the City of La Porte is hereby amended by adding Section 74-4, <br /> <br />"Sanitary Control Restrictions to Protect City Water Wells", which <br /> <br />shall read as follows: <br /> <br />"Sec. 74-4. <br />Water Wells <br /> <br />sanitary Control Restrictions to Protect City <br /> <br />(a) The purpose of this section is to protect the water supply <br />of the City of La Porte, by enacting restrictions on the <br />construction and operation of certain facilities within <br />prescribed distances from each of the City of La Porte water <br />wells, which are legally described on Exhibit "A" attached <br />hereto, and more fully shown on plats attached hereto as <br />Exhibits "B-1" through "B-6", incorporated by reference <br />herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes, as a means of <br />establishing sanitary control, for the health and welfare of <br />the inhabitants of the City of La Porte. (Said Exhibits are <br />attached to Ordinance No. 2001J'fIJ? copies of which may be <br />obtained from the office of the City Secretary of the City of <br />La Porte.) <br /> <br />(b) The construction and operation of underground petroleum <br />and chemical storage tanks and liquid transmission pipelines, <br />stock pens, feedlots, dump grounds, privies, cesspools, septic <br />tank or sewage treatment drainfields, all other construction <br />or operations that could create an unsanitary condition <br />within, upon, or across the properties subject to this section <br />are hereby prohibited. (Sec. 74-2, of the Code of Ordinances <br />of the City of La Porte, prOhibits private water wells within <br />the corporate limits of the City of La Porte.) <br /> <br />(c) The construction of tile or concrete sanitary sewers, <br />sewer appurtenances, septic tanks, storm sewers, and <br />cemeteries is specifically prohibited within a 50 foot radius <br />of the property line of the -lot, tract, or parcel of land, <br />upon which each City of La Porte water well listed on Exhibit <br />"A" attached hereto, is described and located. (Said Exhibit <br />is attached to Ordinance No. 2001- , copy of which may be <br />obtained from the office of the city:secretary of the city of <br />La Porte.) <br />