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Article II. Aquifer Recharge Areas
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Aquifer recharge areas are classified as follows in the Electric City comprehensive plan:

(1) Critical Potential. Rivers, creeks, wetlands, lakes and ponds, and lands that have been specifically identified as critical recharge areas based on reliable scientific data.

(2) High Potential. Lands adjacent to rivers, creeks, wetlands, lakes and ponds that include soils that show permeability ratings in the county soil survey of more than 20 inches per hour within 60 inches of the soil surface.

(3) Moderate Potential. Lands with soils that show permeability ratings in the county soil survey of more than 20 inches per hour within 60 inches of the soil surface. (Ord. 563 § 1, 2019; Ord. 367 § 2, 2005)