BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF LAKE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors, County of Lake, State of California, has set TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013, AT 9:30 A.M., Board Chambers, Courthouse, Lakeport, as time and place to consider a proposed ordinance amending and revising Article VIII of Chapter 9 of the County of Lake Code of Ordinances for regulation wells and preservation of groundwater. A certified copy of the proposed ordinance is available at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

This proposed ordinance will make the following amendments: delete reference to ag well exemption which expired in 1989; amend the exemption for shallow monitoring wells to allow 10 feet deep instead of 6 feet deep; correct statute citation for definition of Public Water System Well; delete exemption for hand dug well less than or equal to 30 feet deep; add a section to note that a variance can be allowed for an annular seal less than 20 feet deep below the ground surface in certain cases; adds that the current version of Bulletin 74 “Water Well Standards” as revised, is adopted by reference; deletes minimum well casing size or minimum well size; and clarifies that inserting a casing inside an existing well casing is a repair or reconstruction of a well.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at said time and place any interested person may appear and be heard.

If you challenge the action of the Board of Supervisors on any of the above stated items in court, it may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

MATT PERRY
Clerk of the Board

By: Mireya G. Turner
Assistant Clerk to the Board