§ 210-3. Artesian wells; use of water-to-air air conditioners in Brevard County restricted.

(a)

Neither the county nor any person or municipality within Brevard County shall attach a water-to-air air conditioner to an existing artesian well, or drill an artesian well for use with a water-to-air air conditioner, unless a second well of equal size and depth is drilled to return to the aquifer the water withdrawn. This section shall not apply to artesian wells with water-to-air air conditioners in existence in Brevard County on the effective date of this act, but shall apply to any replacement of the well or air conditioner unless the discharge water from the existing air conditioner is being used for irrigation purposes.

(b)

Any person in violation of this section shall be fined $100.00. If said person does not correct the situation within 30 days after finding of violation in court, he shall be subject to a fine of $100.00 for every 30 days until the correction is made. The civil penalty may be recovered by the county or by the municipality in which the well is located in a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county. The suit, by direction of the plaintiff, shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the plaintiff by appropriate counsel. The payment of any such damages does not impair or abridge any cause of action which any person may have against the violator of any provision of this section.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 79-428, § 1)

Code reference— Ordinances pertaining to Standard Mechanical Code, § 2-176 et seq.