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9-1115.5 required in the standards adopted pursuant to this Chap- 9-1115.10 VIOLATIONS. ter. The Director of the Environmental Health Division (h) Dewatering Wells. The Director of the Environ- shall be responsible for enforcement of this chapter.Any mental Health Division shall be notified prior to installing violation of this Chapter shall constitute a public nuisance dewatering wells in areas of known contamination. The subject to enforcement under the provisions of Title 8, Director shall be notified immediately of areas where Division 5 of this Code, also known as the Housing and contamination is encountered, and cease operation until Nuisance Abatement Code. clearance from the Director is obtained. (Ord. 3675; 3817) (Ord. 3675) 9-1115.11 RIGHT TO APPEAL. 9-1115.6 WELL STANDARDS. Any appeal of a notice of violation shall first be filed The Board of Supervisors shall adopt uniform stan- with the Environmental Health Division within thirty(30) dards for the construction, installation, alteration, and days of notification of the violation. Upon receipt of a modification of the facilities subject to this Chapter based written appeal,the Director of Environmental Health shall on investigation, inspection, and tests and accepted stan- designate a hearing official,which official shall schedule dards. These standards may be amended as necessary by an office hearing to attempt to resolve the matter. The the Board of Supervisors.The standards shall not conflict matter will be set for hearing not less than seven(7)days with the requirements of this Title or the laws of the and not more than twenty-one(2 1)days from the date of State of California.All well facilities shall be constructed receipt of a written appeal. Notice of the office hearing or modified only if they comply with the adopted stan- shall be sent to the appellant by registered or certified dards. mail. Notice shall be sent to the appellant, the owner if (Ord. 3675) different from the appellant, and anyone else who has requested in writing to receive such notice. If the matter 9-1115.7 SPECIAL REQUIREMENT is resolved with a determination that a violation did occur SEAS• or continues to occur, the cost of the office hearing shall In all areas of the County where poor quality water be added to the expenses incurred by the County in could infiltrate good quality groundwater due to well abating the nuisance and shall be billed to the owner as construction, special requirements will be set to protect part of the Statement of Expense. If the matter is not the good quality water. These areas of water quality resolved at the office hearing, the appellant may file a problems shall be identified by the Director of the Envi- written appeal to the Board of Supervisors. The written ronmental Health Division based on the best available appeal must be filed with the Clerk of the Board of information and adopted pursuant to Section 9-1115.4. Supervisors within thirty (30) days of receipt of the (Ord. 3675) written decision of the hearing official.The written deci- sion shall advise that the owner has thirty (30) days to 9-1115.8 PROHIBITED USES. bring the subject property into compliance or file a writ- The following uses are hereby prohibited. ten appeal with the Board of Supervisors.If the property (a) Well Pits. The construction, use, or installation is not brought into compliance and no appeal to the of well pits. Board of Supervisors has been filed within the time (b) Separate Wells. The provision of water to a specified,the Environmental Health Division shall submit residence from an off-site private, domestic water well a resolution to be placed on the consent calendar of the located on a separate recorded parcel. Board of Supervisors approving the Statement of Ex- (Ord. 3675) pense. If the matter is appealed to the Board of Supervi- sors and the appeal results in a finding of a violation, the 9-1115.9 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED. cost of the hearing before the Board of Supervisors will It shall he unlawful to maintain or use any residence, be added to the cost of abatement and included on the place of business, or other building or place where per- Statement of Expense. sons reside, congregate, or are employed which is not in (Ord. 3817) compliance with the requirements of this Chapter and the standards relating to wells made and established by the 9-1115.12 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Board. DIVISION FEES AND FINES. (Ord. 3675) Fees for inspections or permits issued pursuant to this (San Joaquin county 10-96) 532