Sec. 366.401. - Findings, purpose and intent.

(a) The Council of the City of Jacksonville finds and declares that improperly constructed or maintained Hawthorne Group and Floridan Aquifer private wells in proximity to a Public Potable Water well within Duval County are potentially harmful to the drinking water supply of the City of Jacksonville. Further the Council finds that a Pathway Focused Approach to prevent migration of contamination from the shallow aquifer into the Floridan aquifer is reasonable and prudent to protect public water supplies. (b) The intent of this Part is to protect and safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Duval County by establishing a Pathway Focused Approach to wellhead protection that safeguards the Floridan aquifer from intrusion of any contaminants that may jeopardize present and future public water supply wells in the General Service District, less Urban Services Districts 2, 3, 4 and 5. (c) It is also the intent of the City of Jacksonville to augment the policies adopted in the Comprehensive Plan that address the protection of Public Potable Water wells. (Ord. 2004-973-E, § 2; Ord. 2008-346-E, § 3; Ord. 2009-360-E, § 1) Note— Former § 366.601 .