It shall be unlawful for any person (including but not limited to any natural person, firm, corporation or entity) to mine groundwater within Sierra County, or for the owner of real property to allow groundwater of any nature to be mined, where the water extracted is exported, by any means, from Sierra County and/or is used on other than the parcel of land upon which the extraction occurs or upon contiguous parcels of land to the parcel on which the extraction occurs, without securing a permit from Sierra County in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 865, eff. 4/16/98)