§ 4826.1. Water well and water well permit prohibitions.

(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 1, beginning October 28, 2014, due to drought and groundwater conditions in Ventura County, no permits for the construction of new water wells or modification or repair of existing wells shall be issued under subsection 4813(b)(1) and no person shall construct a new water well or modify or repair an existing water well under subsection 4813(b)(1) within the area described in subsections 4826.1(b)(1) and 4826.1(b)(2), except as provided in Sections 4826.2 and 4826.3.

(b)

Applicability.

(1)

Section 4826.1 initially applies to that real property in the unincorporated area of Ventura County that is within one or more of four (4) major watersheds of Ventura County, more specifically described as: (1) the Ventura River Watershed, draining to Surfers' Point; (2) the Santa Clara River Watershed, draining to McGrath State Beach; (3) the Cuyama River Watershed, draining to the Santa Barbara-Ventura County Line; and (4) that portion of the Calleguas Creek Watershed that includes the Oxnard Plain Basin, the Pleasant Valley Basin, the Las Posas Valley Basin, and the Arroyo Santa Rosa Basin, draining to Mugu Lagoon, all as shown on Appendix 2, incorporated by reference herein.

(2)

After January 31, 2015, Section 4826.1 shall apply only to that real property in the unincorporated area of Ventura County that is both: (1) within one or more of the four (4) watershed areas as designated in Section 2.A.; and (2) within groundwater basins designated by the California Department of Water Resources ("DWR") as High or Medium Priority Basins on or before January 31, 2015, pursuant to Water Code Section 10722.4 (effective on January 1, 2015) or, in the event the DWR fails to make priority designations by January 31, 2015, pursuant to Water Code Section 10722.4, within groundwater basins designated as High or Medium Priority under DWR's California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Program (CASGEM) Groundwater Basin Prioritization until priority designations are made pursuant to Water Code Section 10722.4, which shall then be applicable to this subsection.

(Ord. No. 4468, §§ 1, 2, 12-16-2014)