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Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division (EMD), recommending the Board provide conceptual review and authorization, as required by Board Policy A-3, for the EMD to prepare amendments to the County of El Dorado's Ordinance Code Chapter 8.39 - Well Standards, and Chapter 8.43 - Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling, to comply with revisions to local and State regulations.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Chapters 8.39 and 8.43 of the County Ordinance Code require amending to incorporate and comply with local and state regulations. Pursuant to Board Policy A-3 amendments to county ordinance code must be presented to the Board of Supervisors for conceptual review and authorization. Environmental Management Division (EMD) will be working with other county departments and divisions, as well as external stakeholders as appropriate, such as well drillers, SAGE (Surveyors, Architects, Geologists and Engineers), Builder's Exchange, and franchise waste haulers, on the development of the ordinance amendments
EMD recommends the Board provide conceptual approval and authorize EMD to amend Chapters 8.39 and 8.43 of the Ordinance Code to comply with local and state regulations and return to the Board with the amended ordinances for Board consideration (first and final readings). Examples of regulatory revisions are given below.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Chapter 8.39 - Well Standards
The County Board of Supervisors first adopted the Well Ordinance in 1990, which was modeled after the State's model document. Since that time several changes to regulations and land use policy have occurred, most notably the passage of the voter approved County General Plan (GP) in 2005. GP Objective 5.2.3 requires well water quality and quantity testing, limits development of parcels dependent upon groundwater to one (1) dwelling per five (5) acres, and stipulates that Environmental Management shall develop, administer and enforce the W...
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