§ 18-33. Hearing before city council.

(a)

After receipt of the recommendation made by the city administrator regarding an application for a permit required by this article, the city council shall then schedule a hearing thereon at the next regular meeting of the city council at which time either party may be heard by the city council prior to the final hearing.

(b)

The decision of the city council shall be final and in making its decision it shall, in addition to other considerations, have the power and authority to refuse any permit to drill any well at any particular location within the city, where by reason of such particular location and the character and value of the permanent improvements already erected on or adjacent to the particular location in question for school, hospital, park, civic purposes, health reasons, safety reasons, or any of them where the drilling of such wells on such particular location might be injurious or be a disadvantage to the city or its inhabitants as a whole or to a substantial number of its inhabitants or would not promote orderly growth and development of the city.

(Ord. No. 8204, § 10, 4-6-82)