(1) Activities may only be permitted in a critical aquifer recharge area if the applicant can demonstrate that the proposed activity will not adversely affect the recharging of the aquifer and that the proposed activity will not cause contaminants to enter the aquifer.

(2) The proposed activity must comply with the water source protection requirements and recommendations of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, state Department of Health, and the Whitman County Health Department, and as provided in the city’s wellhead protection plan.

(3) The proposed activity must be designed and constructed in accordance with erosion control and surface/stormwater management requirements in the current edition of the city’s Design Standards. (Ord. 03-18 §34, 2003).