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ORDINANCE 750ORDINANCE NO. 750 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6.04 OF THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" WHICH SAID CHAPTER RELATES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 6. 04 of the "El Segundo Municipal Code" is amended by adding thereto Sections 6. 04. 133, 6. 04. 135, 6. 04. 205, 6. 04.263, 6.04.265, 6.04.267 and 6.04.275 which shall read as follows: "6.04.133 SECTION 504.5 ADDED -- NONCONFORMING ELECTRODE WELL DEFINED. 'Nonconforming electrode well' is one which, at the effective date of this ordinance, has not been constructed in conformance with Section 520. 1, or is not main- tained in conformance with Section 519 of this Chapter. "6.04.135 SECTION 509 AMENDED -- PIPE LINE TREAT- MENT. Every new water main and every repaired section of an existing water main must be cleared of coliform bacteria by the proper application of chlorine in sufficient quantities to give a minimum of fifty (50) parts per million of available chlorine. The new or repaired pipe shall be thoroughly flushed before and after chlorination. If the first application of chlorine is not suffi- cient, the procedure shall be repeated until the water will meet the standards set forth in the United States Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards. Means or methods providing equiva- lent treatment may be used if approved by the Health Officer. "6.04.205 SECTION 520.1 ADDED -- CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRODE WELLS. All electrode wells hereafter constructed shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer in such a manner as to exclude contamination or pollution of any usuable underground water. "6.04.263 SECTION 523.4 ADDED -- HEARINGS. Any per- son whose application for a permit has been denied, or whose per- mit has been suspended or revoked, may petition the Health Offi- cer for a hearing. Such petition shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall set forth in detail the facts and reasons upon which his petition is based. The time limit within which the peti- tion must be filed is twenty (20) business days following the date on which the notice of denial, suspension or revocation was mailed to the applicant. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the applicant not less than five (5) business days prior to such hearing, either by registered mail or in the manner re- quired for the service of summons in civil actions. At the time and place set for the hearing, the Health Officer will give the applicant and other interested persons an adequate oppor- tunity to present any relevant facts. The Health Officer may place any person involved in the matter, including the applicant, under oath. The Health Officer may, when he deems it necessary, continue any hearing by setting a new time and place and by giving notice to the applicant of such action. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within ten (10) days thereafter, the Health Officer will order such disposition of the application or permit as he has 4 A Fi "determined to be proper and will make such disposition known to the applicant. "6.04.265 SECTION 524 AMENDED -- DESTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS. All water wells, unless made to comply with Sec. 513 and 519 hereof, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer by filling with cement grout, puddled clay or similar impervious material, as approved by the Health Offi- cer, to thoroughly seal the well including all voids, annular spaces, gravel envelopes or other spaces, as necessary to pro- tect the aquifer. "6.04.267 SECTION 524.1 ADDED -- DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRODE WELLS. All electrode wells, unless in compli- ance with Section 519 of this Chapter, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer in such a manner as to exclude contamination or pollution of any usable underground water. "6.04.275 SECTION 525.1 AMENDED -- DISINFECTION AND BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF DOMESTIC WATER WELLS. Every new, repaired or reconstructed domestic water well, after completion of construction, repair or reconstruction, and before being placed in service, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all foreign substances. The well, including the gravel used in gravel - packed wells, the pump, and all portions of equipment coming in contact with well water shall be disinfected with a solu- tion containing at least fifty (50) parts per million available chlorine, which shall remain in the well for a period of at least twenty -four (24) hours, or by an equivalent method of disinfection satisfactory to the Health Officer, and such procedure shall be repeated, as necessary, to produce water meeting bacteriologi- cal standards as set forth in the United States Public Health Ser- vice Drinking Water Standards. No well water from a new or re- constructed well shall be used for domestic purposes until the water meets such bacteriological requirements. " SECTION 2. Sections 6.04. 100, 6. 04.110, 6. 04.120, 6. 04.190, 6. 04. 2 30, 6. 04. 240, 6. 04. 2 50 and 6. 04.2 60 of Chapter 6. 04 of the "El Segundo Municipal Code" are amended to read as follows: "6.04. 100 SECTION 504.1 AMENDED -- WATER WELL DEFINED. 'Water Well' means any drilled, excavated,jetted, or otherwise constructed excavation which is used or intended to be used to extract water from or inject water into the under- ground for any purpose, or to observe or test underground waters. This definition shall not include (a) salt water wells, (b) wells under the jurisdiction of the State of California, Division of Oil and Gas, except those wells converted to use as water wells, or (c) wells used for the purpose of (1) dewatering excavation during construction, or (2) stabilizing hillsides or earth embankments. "6.04. 110 SECTION 504.2 AMENDED -- ELECTRODE WELL DEFINED. 'Electrode Well' means any artificial exca- vation in excess of 50 feet deep constructed by any method for the purpose of installing electrodes or electrical conductors including, but not limited to, cathodic protection wells and grounding rod wells. "6.04.120 SECTION WATER WELL DEFINED. operating well which is no tion 519 of this Chapter. 504.3 AMENDED -- ABANDONED 'Abandoned Water Well' is a non- ; maintained in conformity with Sec- l'-M "6.04.190 SECTION 519 AMENDED -- WELL SEALING. All water wells and electrode wells shall be kept sealed and maintained in a manner that will prevent the entrance of pump leakage, surface drainage, or any other contamination or pollu- tion into the well or the aquifer, except that nonconforming elec- trode wells need not comply with this section until such time as the electrode is expended, or the well is reconstructed, or the well is no longer being used for its intended purpose, unless, in the judgment of the Health Officer, such exception constitutes a threat to the quality of an aquifer. "6.04.230 SECTION 523 AMENDED -- WELLS - DRILLING AND DESTROYING. No person shall drill, dig, bore, deepen or excavate any well, or destroy an existing well, without first making application and securing a permit from the Health Officer. "The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Health Officer which shall include the location of the proposed or existing well, the type of casing, the manner of sealing and any other data required by the Health Officer. "6.04.240 SECTION 523.1 AMENDED -- RECONSTRUCTION OR CONVERSION OF EXISTING WELL FOR DOMESTIC USE. Any person intending to convert any industrial, oil or irrigation well for use as a domestic water well, shall first apply and secure a permit from the Health Officer. "The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Health Officer which shall include the location of the well, the type of casing, the manner of sealing and any other data required by the Health Officer. "6.04.250 SECTION 523.2 AMENDED -- PROCESSING OF APPLICATION FOR WELL DRILLING. Upon receipt of an appli- cation the Health Officer shall make an investigation. If the appli- cant has complied with all applicable laws and regulations and the proposed well location will comply with this Chapter, and the drill- ing, digging, boring, deepening, excavating, converting, destruc- tion or design of the well will not create a condition which in the opinion of the Health Officer can pollute or contaminate the under- ground water or the water produced by the well, the Health Officer shall issue the permit. "6.04.260 SECTION 523.3 AMENDED -- VALIDITY OF PER- MIT FOR WELL DRILLNG . A permit shall be valid only for the location described on the permit. Construction, reconstruction or destruction of a well shall be carried out in compliance with all appli- cable regulations and requirements of the Health Officer and with all ordinances and laws of the County of Los Angeles and of the State of California and shall comply with the terms and conditions specified in the permit. If any of such conditions, regulations, ordinances or laws are not complied with, the Health Officer may suspend or re- voke the permit by mailing or personally serving written notice of suspension or revocation upon the applicant. " SECTION 3. Sections 6. 04.280 and 6. 04.290 of the "El Segundo Municipal Code" are repealed. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall become effective at mid- -3- 4 *'N night on the thirtieth day from and after the final passage and adoption thereof. SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circula- ted within said City of El Segundo, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED. APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 1970 . ATTEST: a.e � J. 1—t y—'C I e (SEAL) -4- 44LDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, ........JAITF, D.. RQUGJi ........... City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. . UQ . . is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. .. 750....... of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6.04 OF THE 'EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE' WHICH SAID CHAPTER RELATES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH CODE. "; which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the ..1.4th... day of ....DecexDbv!x...... 19..:70...... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen . Balmer.,. Frederick.. UQGUL,. Nagel,. and..... . . X.�Ly4r. Stephens ; ........................... NOES: Councilmen , None; ..... . , ... .. .. ..... . .. . .. . . ABSENT: Courkc�jipep Vol A ...................................... I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance No. ........ was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: ........ ............. . C . y Clerk of the City of Segundo,- California (SEAL) By......................., ............ Deputy 940 •[� Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CAIAFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as CITY OF EL RMUNDO ) e___.__ �___�__ _- being first duly sworn, deposes and asys: That he is. and at all of the times bereinamw nwmUoned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Loa Angeles, State of California; that be was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the - ..... _ --- - - - - -- Pr.in i � - 1. ��_- - - - - ------------------------ ------------- ......-------...------------------------------........................ Editor of EL MOUNDO ZED. a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weedy in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preoeding the Publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, s newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political Code of time State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class. profession, trade. calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, pr ofessimW trades, callings. races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nos was it at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions. trades, calling&, races or doxxiin- ations, or any of such eYsms. professions, trades, callings, races or denominations. That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page........... mumbered hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full true and correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures euaolly as published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller Wan nonpareil and that the body of the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance. resolution or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ment; that the - - - - . ..... 75.Q .................. _ - — ---------- - --------- -- ..... ---...................................... of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated. was published and printed in said news- paper at least _ -__ -- O!1 c_2... week l.y, by --- -- -011 e ................ consecutive publication .-- -- S commencing on the --------- '2-3........ day of - --- . .D_e.Qe1 bar ...... ... ............ A- D. ..... 7.Q..... and ending on the .............. 2-3 day of 2 C efG!J ........ ............... -_ A. D. 19 ... and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- larly issued. to -wit: _ p_ c ec�b e ._ 3._ > - - -.]. 9�� _.__._._ _.._---- _ ............ ...... S and aware to before me this ........ day of A. D. 19.7./.... City clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, County Of Los Angeles, State of California. By...--..-..----------------_----. -------------------------------------------------- - ------- _. Deputy City Clert at said City.