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Every owner of property or of a residence using or having the occasion to use water in the borough on that premises, whether leased, used, occupied, or owned, shall establish individual service connections with the nearest borough water main; except, in areas of the borough where water services have not been provided or are not accessible to any residence or other building within a distance of 200 feet therefrom, wells and other water collection devices may be constructed; provided, however, that as soon as the borough constructs a water main in these areas, any private well within 75 feet of a community sewer line must be abandoned or removed by any owner or builder thereof whose property line is within 200 feet of the water line. If the owner of property fails to comply with the requirement of abandonment or removal of such wells, the assembly may condemn them as a nuisance and proceed to remove them and fill them up and to connect the owner’s facility to the public water line at the expense of the owner, and the cost thereof shall be assessed against the property and collected with interest and costs. The requirement of abandonment or removal of such wells shall not apply to any landowner who receives a waiver of the separation distances required under the procedures set forth in 18 AAC 72.021. [Ord. 87-27-O §2, 1987. Formerly §13.02.110].