Permits
San Diego Municipal Code § 43.0213
in effect§43.0213 Permits
(a) APPLICATIONS. Applications for permits shall be made to the Health Officer and shall include the following:
(1) A plot plan showing the location of the well with respect to the following items within a radius of 250 feet from the well:
(A) Property lines.
(B) Waste disposal systems or works carrying or containing sewage, industrial wastes, or solid wastes.
(C) All intermittent or perennial, natural or artificial bodies of water or water courses.
(D) The approximate drainage pattern of the property.
(E) Other wells.
(F) Structures, surface or subsurface.
(2) Location of the property, and the Assessor’s parcel number.
(3) The name of the person who will construct the well.
(4) The proposed minimum and the proposed maximum depth of the well.
(5) The proposed minimum depths and types of casings and minimum depths of perforations to be used.
(6) The proposed use of the well.
(7) Other information as may be necessary to determine if the underground waters will be adequately protected.
(b) FEES. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee, the exact amount of which shall be determined by the County and kept on record by the County Department of Health Services and on file in the City Clerk’s Composite Rate Book, and shall be made payable to the Director of Public Health Services.
(c) CONDITIONS. Permits shall be issued in compliance with the standards provided in this division except that such standards shall be inapplicable or modified as expressly provided by the Health Officer in such permit upon his finding that such modifications or inapplicability will accomplish the purposes of this ordinance. Permits may also include any other condition or requirement found by the Health Officer to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this division.
(d) GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF PERMIT. The Health Officer may refuse to issue a permit for any of the following reasons:
(1) The applicant is not a person authorized to perform the work as provided in this division.
(2) The applicant fails to post the required surety bond or cash deposit as provided in this division.
(3) The permit application is not in proper form.
(4) The proposed well would create a water pollution problem or would aggravate a pre–existing water pollution problem or would violate any of the standards established in this division.
(e) TERMS, COMPLETION OF WORK. The permittee shall complete the work authorized by the permit within the time and before the date set out in the permit. The permittee shall notify the Health Officer in writing upon completion of the work and submit a copy of the well drilling log and no work shall be deemed to have been completed until such written notification and a copy of the well drilling log have been received. A final inspection of the work shall be made by the Health Officer unless such inspection is waived by him, and no permittee shall be deemed to have complied with this division or his permit until such inspection has been performed or waived.
(f) GUARANTEE OF PERFORMANCE. Prior to the issuance of a permit, the applicant shall post with the Health Officer a cash deposit or bond guaranteeing compliance with the terms of this division and the applicable permit, such bond to be in an amount deemed necessary by the Health Officer to remedy improper work, but not in excess of twenty–five hundred dollars ($2500.00). Such deposit of bond may be waived by the Health Officer where other assurances of compliance are deemed adequate by him.
(g) CONTINUOUS BOND OR CASH DEPOSIT. In lieu of furnishing a separate bond for each permit as provided above, a properly licensed contractor may deposit with the Health Officer a surety bond or cash deposit in the amount of twenty–five hundred dollars ($2500.00), which bond or cash deposit shall be available to remedy any improper work done by the contractor pursuant to any permit issued under this division.
(h) REVIEW AND APPEAL. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a permit or the terms of a permit required by this article may appeal in writing to the City Council. The City Council shall, within forty (40) days after the filing of an appeal, hold a hearing on said appeal and shall mail notice in writing of the date thereof to the appellant and applicant at least five (5) days before the hearing date. The decision of the City Council shall be rendered within ten
(10) days after the initial hearing date and shall be binding upon the parties except that the determinations made by the Health Officer relating directly to the public health may not be overruled or modified by City Council.
(Amended 3–7–1983 by O–15914 N.S.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter04/Ch04Art03Division02.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/28/2026