Chapter 146: Water Well Protection

§ 146.02 Prohibited Uses

The text in force on August 11, 2010, and every version since 2010.

Unofficial compilation built from the City's published 2010 Code chapters and the text of adopted ordinances. Effective dates are inferred from adoption records; scanned chapters were OCR'd. The City of Tiffin's adopted Code of Ordinances governs. Not legal advice.

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146.02 PROHIBITED USES

The following uses, within the designated separation distances of the well site described above, shall be deemed to constitute a nuisance and shall not be permitted in the Tiffin Water System District:

1. Well house floor drains – 5 feet;

2. Water treatment plant wastes – 50 feet;

3. Sanitary and industrial discharges – 400 feet;

4. Floor drains from pump house to surface:

A. None within 5 feet;

B. 5 to 10 feet – water main materials enclosed in concrete permitted;

C. 10 to 25 feet – must be water main material;

D. 25 to 75 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

5. Floor drains to sewer, water plant wastes, storm or sanitary sewers or drains:

A. None permitted within 25 feet;

B. 25 to 75 feet – must be water main material;

C. 75 to 200 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

6. Force mains:

A. None permitted within 75 feet;

B. 75 to 400 feet – must be water main materials;

7. Land application of solid waste – 100 feet;

8. Irrigation of wastewater – 200 feet;

9. Concrete vaults and septic tanks – 100 feet;

10. Mechanical wastewater treatment plants – 200 feet;

11. Cesspools and earth pit privies – 200 feet;

12. Soil absorption fields – 200 feet;

13. Lagoons – 400 feet;

14. Chemicals:

A. Application to ground surface – 100 feet;

B. Above ground storage – 100 feet;

C. On or underground storage – 200 feet;

15. Animal pasturage – 50 feet;

16. Animal enclosure – 100 feet;

17. Animal wastes:

A. Land application of solids – 100 feet;

B. Land application of liquid or slurry – 100 feet;

C. Storage tank – 100 feet;

D. Solids stockpile – 200 feet;

E. Storage basin or lagoon – 400 feet;

18. Earthen silage storage trench or pit – 100 feet;

19. Basements, pits, sumps – 10 feet;

20. Flowing streams or other surface water bodies – 50 feet;

21. Cisterns – 50 feet;

22. Cemeteries – 200 feet;

23. Private wells – 200 feet;

24. Solid waste disposal sites – 1,000 feet.

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