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Monroe adopts wellhead protection overlay to limit uses near wells
Summary
The council approved an ordinance creating a wellhead protection overlay district (section 5-6-8) to restrict certain land uses near municipal wells; the measure was approved after a public hearing with no registered speakers.
The Monroe Common Council approved an ordinance establishing a wellhead protection overlay district (section 5-6-8 of the City Code) intended to protect the city's drinking-water sources by restricting certain land uses and activities within a defined distance of municipal wells.
Staff explained that the overlay formalizes and strengthens existing local plans to protect newer wells and that the district adds zoning "teeth" to prevent runoff and other activities that could compromise the public water supply. The ordinance was offered by the judiciary and ordinance committee, no speakers registered for the hearing, and the council adopted the measure by roll call.
