HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0123-1967 "' ~ER~, the oil, gl~ ~d ~lneral exp~o~a~ion In the
that ~lliflg ffO~ oil ~fld ga~ Could occu~ within the ~latively
V}IER~A$, it is wJthin the reasonable exePcise of the
police powel-e Si' the City ~2d 'iS t~ the publle' tn~es~ to
· s~bltsh lflte~m re~la~ione fO~ such contel o~ potential
o~-~gas.~eI1 drilling ~1~I~' the Ct~ limits ~d ~hat such
~I~RIM. 8, finalisee$on off l'el~-,l=;loml and lneo~oratlon
. ~nte,f, he aeove~eae~l~d City Code should be aeeeeplia~d as
pP~fly ~d del/be~a~ely.~ ~a~ble, h~ev~, ~n&e~m regulation
~0~ ~~ ~ ~$ o~ain~ by the Council or the City
of ge~t. Alaskal . ·
1. ,.. It ia hereby de~e~ml~e~, found and 4eelared to be in
the public tnte~est, health aa~ ~a~ of t~ ~es~dents and
tn~bLt~t~ of the C~ty of Ren~ to enae~ interim ~egulat/on
wlt~n the City limits of'oil ~ ~a8 well d~lltng.
~. '.. · That the City it~o~ey ~d othe~ appropriate offtctalsaPe
~d ~ he,by to p~e~e foF i~eo~1o~ InC..the ~enai Code
as ~e~ded~ oo~nsive ~egulaZlons of oll ~d gee cell d~1lllnF
U ~h~ be eo~dueted siren the o1~
~. ': ~at the lpeetfic ~gulatlons of 'tht~ ordinance fo~ the
inge~ period shall be as leg foP~ tn t~at~exce~t titled
attached he,ets and specifically ' ~fe~e~ce
1~eo~or~cd..hGreLn b~
~ though eo~e~ed ~ul!~ he,eta, s~d ~e~lationa beari~ at
the botZom off thei~ pa~es, ~be~s eo~e~c~ng ~tth ~ and con-
~. Elq~ROENC~ DECLARED: A~ emergency lo hereby declared to
e-xi8~ and the ~ules governing the introduction of reading, passaee
AttelL:
~ranees I'd: ~
Pkilsen. City Clerk
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.'~l I' .M il'Il*Al. (
§ 40.15. Drilling oil or gas wells,
Section 1. l)efiniti,ms.) For flu, {,.rp.,~. of this or,ii
{lall~, th~ foil.wing words filial [~'l'{l{s W]t~'l'i'Vr~r filial
used or appea, lng in this ordhmn,'~ shall havo th,. sc-!, .....
moaning h(.reinnfior defined nmi set out in conneelioh ',~'hh
elich:
(a) The word "In'rsol~' ~hall im'lu,h' ],oih Ih,' sin~uh,r
iiw plural; and shall menn and hu'h,d,' any pyre(m, h,lh'hhml.
~ ~,rfllive, triter, munh'ilml (~(,rj,orfltion ,,r l,olilh'al
(J)) Tin. word "will" slmll hwh. h, find m,.nn ally ilo{ ....
for the lm:'lmse of l;rmh1('in~ awl rt,eov.rhl~ nny o11, gas Ii,fid
}~?tl'O('lir])oll, or lilly Of
(e) The word "p,.rmill,*e" shall m(.nn file person to whr,m
i~ i~sm'd a permit for tho drilling nnd OlU'ralion of fl w,.ll und,.r
th{~ or(llmtne(', and ld~ or it~ fldmhfi~h'ntors, ox(,eulors, h,.ir-.
id) All h.('hnh'al or oil and gns industry words or phra-,.-
used h,.rein and not ,p,.eifieally d(.fined herein shrill haw
m(,aning cu.h,mnrily nitrilmhd)l(~ tiwreto by prmh,nt ,q,,,ra-
· lots in th,, oil lind gfls huluMry.
(e) The word "]ens(." ll~ th,it te.'m is used hen, in ~hall m,,an
ally tract of land subjvet to an oil. gas and minernl h,a~,' ,,r
,,, ,,,,,t g,,, ,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,.,,t =y ¢,,,.,:,,-,!
f several trncts ltll(l lea.e, i)ut ojwrate(l its olio lease, lind
tract of lam[ in which thc m{nernls nrc owned by fin
or .omeone hohlh~g un(lot il or him, but which, dno I,, fl{,'
royally own(,rshil~ is devt.lol)t'd and oln,ral.(l ns a ~,'l,.~r.,:'
I ruer.
Section 2. Permit.) It ~hall he unlawfnl nnd n. ,,ff,'~;~
for nny person acting 0{lher for himself or acting ns ag,';;~-
onlpl(~yt, o, ind(.pt, lldollt eOlllraetor~ or s(,rVfllll of filly
thd city limilz of tho city or lo work Ill,on or flasi~t ill ally
in the in'od{letion or opornlion of tiny ~ueh well wilh,,t::
i),,rwit for lhe drilling find -l,('rflt{oll of sue]l w(,ll h:n'ine Cfl
' ~ bt, eli issued by th,' attthority of the (.ity eouacil in fiec.rd;~:.te
;. with the terms of this ordhhmee.
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40.15
S.e!i,,n 3. ,qlr,.,.l. nmi alh,ys.) N,, w,.ll ..l|i;,{l bo drill~.d
and n,, p,.rmil shall h,. issued for any w.ll to N, drilled at any
location which is within any of th. str~.-l:; or :slloy~i of tho city;
and no street or alh.y shall b,, blocked or incuml,ored or closed
in any drilling or production operation ~xeopt by special per-
mit by -rd,,r of tin. city council, find then o.ly temporarily.
S,,eti-n 4. W.II loenliou.) No well ~hall he drilh,d and no
permit 4~all 1,(, issm.d fin' any woll to lm (lrill,.d at nny loc:trion
whie]f ].4 IH,llrev lJiltil two hlllldr('i] fi,et of :my re~i(h.nce or
comnt(,reinl hulhling without th(, al)l)tieant having first
eure(l the wrillen l..'mi.~ion of tim owner or owH(*r$ thereof.
8ecti,m 5. Aiq)liealion and filing foe.) Every aPl,liealion
for a la,mdt to drill and operate a well ~hall l,e in writing,
signed l,y fi.. nlq4.;.,,~ or .;somc p~:r~on duly authori~d to
sign ~nm(, on his behah', and it ~lmll be filcd with the city
secretary and be neem::lmni-d with a filing fee of riw hundred
dollars in cash. No application shall request a permit to drill
and operate but one well, the said al,plieatjon slmll include full
information, including the following:
(a) The date of ~aid applieathm;
(b) Name of the applicant;
(e) A,hh'.s$ of tho applicant;
(d) Proposed site of tho well, including:
(1) Nnmo of the mineral owner and surface owuer;
(2) Name of the lease owner;
(3) Brief (h,seripfion of the land;
(e) Typo of derrick to be used;
(f) The proposed del)th of the well.
Section fi. Issuance or refusal of permit.) Thd city coun-
cil, within tw.fity days after the filing of the applicatioa for
a permit to drill :md operate ~$ we}I shall determine whether
or not said applleation complies in all respects with the pro-
vision8 of this ordinnace, and ~ it doe~, the city council shall
{hen fix the amount of the principal of tho bond and insur-
an~e provhled for in section 8 herein, and altar such deter.
ruination ~hall issue a permit for the drilling and operatlou
of th~ well applied for. ~ach permii issued under this ordi-
.. nance shall:
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Il) By rvf,.r,,m.,, haw im.,,~l.,r-'d,',l lh,.r,.i..I1 I~;,. l,r,,~'i.
thi~ or,limme,, w,.n, e,,l,h,,l v,.rl.lllm il, ,;fid
(~) Sl,,,eit'y Il.' well l,wali-n wilh l,arlieuhu'ity to I.l
~er, block nmnl,~,r, ri;m., of addition or ~ul.iivi~d.~h ,,r ,,:i...r
avai!M,h, correct h,gal
(3) Conlni:~ and .i.'eil~' thal 11.. tvrm ,,1' m.:h l,,','.,il .hall
be for fl i)(,ri,)d of om, ?.ar from lhv dill,, (,f Ih,. l,,.rmit and
lon~ tl~,,r,.flft(.r as flu. {),.tm{ii(.,, ]~ ,..~;l~,.,l in drillh,fz
t'~ 'he well drilled l,ur~uant Io such 1..trail, pr,;vi,l,,,l
i.. 2ny time afler discov,.ry of ,ill or ~as lhe
not {r. rmhmh, if the p,.rnliih,. (~(glJrlll'li(q'h additional
dueed in eommercifll quantiti,.~ from ~ahl w(.ll;
(4) Contain and sp,,elfy ~.vh eonditim~ as fire by
ordhmnce fluthoriz~d;
(5) Slu,eify tho lotfll (l('l,l}~ to whivh th,. w,.il may
drilh, d, not exceeding lhe proj,,ei,.d del)th;and,
((;) COIIIiI{II and spveify that IlO actnal Ol)Orfltion~ ~}mll
corem.need until the p(.rmitt(.,~ shall fih~ m.l hav(~ al,l,r,;I
fin iml,,mnity bond in tho dosignatml l)rincilml flmou.~ a-
dot,,rminod by tho city council and eonditi,,n,.d as sl,a.ifi,.,l
svetion 8 hvroof. Said p,.rmit, in d.plieal, original~, ~h.ll
signed by thc eily nmnagor of Ih. city, and prior 1o
~m pvrmittve ~hall bo signed l,y th,. p,,rmittec (wi:h
mi to by retained by tho city and one by tho l,vrmiu,'~n
~d when so ~igned ~hall constitute Ih,. permitto,/~
and open, ting license and the eontraet,.d ohligatio. ,,f
I.,rmiltee to comply with tho l,,rms of smd~ l,,.rmiL and
bond, and this ordinance.
If the p.rmit for flu. well bo refused, or if the
notifivs the city council in writing tim/ he does nol ,,I,.,'~
ace,.pt flu, l,vrmit as tvndvn,d m.l wishes to witMn~'
aPlflieation, or if 11.. bond of the ~q~lflicant be m,t .l,i,r,'~'g
and thy al,l~licant re)lilies the city council in writing IL.d
wislu.s 1o wifluh'aw his flpplication, then upon the hal,l
s,f ~ni,{ ovvnt~ lhe cash duposii pn,vidod t%r to h,, fib.,{ ~.
the application shall bo rolm'ned to fl.~ applicant, vxe,,{,~
ih-r,' shall I,~ r,.tah.,,i fli,.r,.from Ly th,. city one
doHar.i as a l,r,,v~'~-h,K f,...
Section 7. 'l'~.rmhmlio. of l.'rmll.) Wh,.~ a pormit
operafiv~ witho.t .ny avtion on the part of th. city unless
~ithin nim.ty days from th. dale of iss.a~ce actual drilling
period et' il.. dri{li.g ol,,,rati.~.~ or {{.. evs~afion of th~ produe-
li0n of ,ill ,,,' gas fro., Ih,. w,.ll .fh.r pr.dm:lion shall have
~mmt. r...d, shall Ol),,r;H(. t.,) tornih,ale a~)d va.e,.l tile
and ti,. w,.ll shall b,. e,,r.d,l,.r,;,l as al,an,h)nvd for fill
0f thi~ ordimm,.,,, and ii .hall i,v tmlawt'ul lher,.afl~r lo coil-
tinue thy (,l),.rati,,n or drilling of such well without th~ issu-
Section N. Permiltvv'~ ill~llranee and bond.) In tho event
a pern,it by issm~d by th~ city eom,ell ulJdr~r the t,~rm~ .f thi~
0rdinanee for ti.. drilling and opvrations of a well, no actual
~illing opvrations shah be eomm,.ne~d until the permittce
~hall file with the vity svervtary a bond and a eortlfie:,~o
~surflnce, tis fl~llows: ~ ~ -
~(h] 'K bond in th,. l,Hneil,al ~um of such m~mbor of d~llar8
~ ha~ been so dvtcrmin,.d by the city council, but not to be
legs than twcnty-fivv lh,,{~m.l dollar~. Said bond to be exe-
~d by ~ relifll,le insurance company authorized to do busi-
ac~s i~, the stni,., fl~ s,r~dy, ami with npplieant ~ principal,
~nning to th,, city for th, l,~m~fit of the city and all persons
~ncernvd, conditioned tlmt the permlttee will comply wit~
~e terms and con,ltl ions of this oMinan~ in the drilling and
operation of thu well. Said boml shrill become ertl.clive on or
~fore thc dale thy mmm is fih.d wilh the clty ~,'crctury and
remain in force and effect for ut lca~t a period of 8ix
~ubsequent to it., expiration of the term of the p~rmit issued,
~d in addition the bond will be conditioned that tho permittce
~I1 promptly pay off fines, pemfltics and oth,~r assessments
~poscd upon permlttve by reason of his breach of any of the
k~,. provisio~s and condition~ of this ordinance, and that
· e pcmfittce m~ ill prompUy restore the sirects and sidewalks
~d other public property of the city, which may be disturbed
0r damaged in the op~ration~, to their fomncr condition; and
· at the pvrmittoe will pro~?tly clear ail premises of ail
.~t~r, ~rasl~, waste, and other substances used, allowed, or
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occurring i. flu, ,lrilli.g m' l-'o, hwiJ,g op,,ratit,t~% and
when oi,m'alion, 9~r tim drilling of th,. well (;r wells were
commenc,.d; and that the lu.rmi~tee will imlemnifv and
th,. city }mrml,.,s fr,,m any and all liabilily growi~fg mit ,d
uttribulabh, lo th,. granting ,,f such p,,rmit. If al m,v
~lh,. city eoum. il shall d,.em any l.,rmiih.e's {,md ~,, 1,,.'
~"{.n{ fl,r a~y r~.as,m, ii may r,.,lUin. {h~. pormilt~.,. ~,, file
f, .~ bond.
Ii', aft,.r eoml)h,iior{ of a w(.II, l),'rmitwe has eo;nI)li,,,t
all of tlm provisions of this ordimmc(. ~ut'h as to
d,,rriek, eleuring pr(,mises, ('t(~., h,, may .{,l,ly {o th,. ('iiy
¢il {o have g:ii(l I)(md ~(.du(.(,d i() fl sum ()f not h.s~ th;m
thou)and dollars t%r th(. n'maimh,r ,,t' Iht. lime said w,.tl pro
fhle(.$ without reworkh;g. During reworki~,g
amount of th,, Imml shall I.~ in(m,as,.d t(, the original
(b) Ia addition to the bm,l r~.quire, l in paragraph
this section, Ihe lwrmittee shall em'fy a lmlicy or 1.,IM .....
stan,lm'd c,,ml.',,imnsivo Im{,lie liability insumne., im'lu, lir.~
,.,,mr.cimd liability ~',~vi,ri.g bodily i.jm.i,,s and
dlllnllgv, {tUlllillg tlR, p,.rmilt(,, ami th,, (.iiy, in an
eonipany uuthori~,d to do Imsim,ss witifin t}m stal,., ~aid
polh.y m' policies in tho aggr,.gflto stroll pr. vide. for ih,, f,,{.
.%ling minhnum coverages:
(1) Bodily injm'ies om. immh',,d thousund doll.rs
p,.,son; three hundred th,msand dollars on,.. aec,
dellt.
(2) l'roperly damage, two hundr,,d tlmnsand
P,.rmittei~ shall file with tlw city soerelm,y of the city ,,,,rld
tonics of said insurance as above stated, and shall
writt,,n approval th,.reof by tho city mmmger, who shall
th,.reon within ten days from the date of such filing. Said
smamce policy or policies shall not be cancelled without wri~
tva notice to rite city seer~.tm'y al least tea days prior
,,ffi.etive dat,, of such eanc~.llation. In the ,,vent said
"m~ce policy or polMes are cancelled, the p~.rmtt granted
termim~t,,, and permittee's rights to operate under said
si{all e,,aso until pm'mittoe files additional .insurance as
· viih. d her,.in.
If, aft,.r eo.,pl,.tion ,,f a wi. Il pcrmitt,.o lu,s em.plied with
all of the provisions of this ordimmce, smd~ m{ to removing
~errick, clearing lin.raises, ~,lc., ht~ may al,ply to tim city
ell to haw. said insurance polici., reduced ~ follows:
(1) Bodily inju,'ios fifty thousaml dollars om~ pr. rson; one
(2) Prop~.riy damage fifty tholmand dollar8
for the remahul~,r of the ti.m ,aid well l)-,d,cc~ without
working. I)uring reworking Ol;~.ration% thc amount of th, in.
suranct, p,liey ,,r I)olieie~ ~hall be inerea~(.d to the original
~ount.
~ctlon 9. Appointment ,,f o11 and gas inspector.) The
dry council shall appoint an oil and gas i~speetor, and his
wmpensatlon shall b, s¢.t by the city council; and said inspe~.
{0r may lm tm,eyed fit th, will of tho said city council. It shall
~ the duty of the oiI and gas inspector to enfor~ th~ provi-
sions of this ordimmce.
Section 10. Permit required for conduits on streets and
~leys.) No pm'mit{oo shrill make any excavations or con.
~truet m~y lim.s t~r the conveyance of fa,d, water or mim~rals.
on, under or thr, mgh tim str,.ets and alh.ys of the city with,mi
express pm'mission of the city council, in writing, and then
0nly in strict compliance with the ordinances.
Section 11. De,.per drilling.) Once any well has either
keen completed as a producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it
shall be unlawful and an offon~e for any p~rson to drill such
well to a deep,r depth than that reached in the prlor drilling
operations without the permittee as to such well obtgining
z~pplemental permit after filing a supplemen[al application
with the city secretary specit~ing:
(1) TI~e then condition of the well and the casing therein;
(2) The depth to which it is proposed such well be deep.
eaed;
(3) The proposed easing program to bo used in connection
with proposed deepening operations;
(4) An evide.ee of adequate current tests showing that the
e~sing strings ia said well currently passed th~ ~a:i,e tests ~
~e in this ordinance provided for in case of the drilling of tho
oHginal well.
' i;
orlgi~,;d w,.P., a ~,~ll)i)l,'m*'r)l;H l)''trait amy b(. i~.,,z,.,I
~d,li~i,,nai fili,.g fi'- t,) Ih(, p,,rmitt,.v aulh-rizing lb(. ,l,.,.t,,.r,.
lng and-l)Vralion of th- w,,ll l,, ~m'h ~,l.'eifivd del)th ~
for.
In any d,',*l);'r drillln~ or sasy ,l(.vl,.r co;.l~letiou of
d,.,.l,,.r l,r-d.di-. ,,p,.rati,,n~ ih,. p,.r;.ilt,',. ~hall v,,ml,ly
all .th,.r pr,,vi.i,,.~ ,,,.a.in,.,l i;; thi~ ,,r, li,an,',, a.,l
t,, th(. ,lrilli.~. e~..l,l.ii,,n and ,,l,,'ra~i,,. ,,r a w,41 ,,r
~,,elion 1~. l),,rriel: a.d ri~.) It ~1.,II I,,, ,ml;awful and
rillis)g or r,,v,'orkil)~ of ~,);>' w,.ll svithin th- eity limit-.
~.,).(l,.n ,l,,rri,'~ ,,r ar,r M"am'l)°w''r('d ri~, a,,i all ,,n~;;....
shall t). vqui~)p.,l wifl~ a,l,~qilah, m.t'fl,,ra approw.,l hv lh
aml ffn~ in~l)('vt,,r; ,)r to I)Vrsssit any ,h'illil)~ riff or d,,rrD, k
fha. ~i~ly ,l;,y~ aflvr eompl,.li,,;l or ;si)a;.lon;n,,nt of
At all fi;m,~ fi'otis the ~tart of (,r,,(,tio;~ of a derrick, or a n:a-t.
or u gin-Itoh', uutil fit. well i. aband.ued un,l plugged .r
pleted aa a produv-r and vnel.svd wilh a fi,ucc as
vided, lll~ In'rmiltvv shall l:..p a watchman on duty
prvmi~.~ at all limes; provid.d, h.wvver, it ~hall not I.,
~ary ir) k(,r,]) till extra ~Vltl(~lJlllltll O11 (hlty o)~ thr, IJremi~.~
other WOr~lll(*ll of l..r;.itt,'(' ~:r() on ~aid l)retl)ise~,
8(.ello)i 1;L I'it~.) ~l(,~,l 4.sh lilts ~hall l)e uz,,d in ,',,;~;.'
lion with nil drilling a:;(l r,,working ,,l)('rations. Such l,i~-
,~co;st(,nl~ ~hall !., r, emov,yd fr,)m thy l)r(,mis('~ and th. drilii:.~
.j~it(, within ~ixly days after eomi,lvtion of ~l~e well. Xo
~lu>h pits vhall 1)(.
~eetion 14. Drilling ol.'ralim)s, .q.ilm~,,nt.) All
lllld oI)-rulion ~st lsny w. II l)(,rfln'm('d I)y ;: l)ermitt.e un,l,'r
ordimmee )hull be eonduetvd iss neeor(lanes) with th~)
tic-s of th(, reasonably I)rml,'ut ol).rat')r. All ea~is;g, w:lv,...
ami blowont l)r(rvenl.r~, drilling fluid, tubing,
f'hri~t:;sas trey, and w~.ll h(,a~l conn(,eti.;;~ shall I)~ of
ami quality ,~o;,~i~tc. nt with the Imst l,raetiev~ of such
ably l, ru, i,.nt ,)p,.ra~)r. Netting ami e.;n(.nting
runnilsg ds;ill ~tem tests shall l)e pvrfi,rmr.d in u mnnn,'r
4O0
.I a tim,' ,.,,,,,:i~ I, ;,I wills Ih,, I...~! 10raetic,'.~ 'f sm'h
l, rad,.ut .l,vr. ti.;;, t';aeh l~-;'mitlv'' im,b,r this ortliu,ss~ee ~hall
ot,~;,.rv,..u,l f,,ll,,w ti;. rvvomu..;J, latio~.4 and '.r re;..latit,ns
~,.eti,,;) 15. l'r~.mi~,.~ to b~ kept el,.an and sanitary.) The
._ pre.)i~('~ ~hnil i,. k,.l)t in ;s cl(.m) and smfitary eomlition, free
from rul)l,i~h of ,.w,ry (.h;traelvr, to thy s;slisfaetion of the
health offiv(,r, .t all tis;)('s drilling Ol)Vrafi',ss~ or reworkin~
0l),.rati,,.s ar(. I,(.i;)g eondud,.d, and sss long th(*rvafl,'r lsz ;iii
a~)d/or gs*~ is i.,ing l)r(),hu'vd thvn~f~'om, It shall i). u.lawful
f~r any i)vrmitt('(', lhvir ;sgvnt ;,r vml)loyo(', to permit wilhin
tho e.q)m'aW limit~ of fl.' ,'ity, any mud, w.t(,r, w;s~t- oil,
0r oil and/,,r ffas well loeat.d wiflfin the e.rporaW limit~
th~' eity, or fn,m any lm'mi~es within lhe city, &,ycleped or
~ing dvw,lolmd for oil and/or gas purpo~v~, into the
~treet~, Iota, lul;d or lva~vs within the corporate limits of the
gity.
Beetion H;. Muffl.r~ r. qulre(l.) Motive power fl)r all oper-
ations nftvr eoml)l.tion of drilling oi).rations shail be ele~
trieity or prol)vrly nmfflod ga~, gasoline or die~s,l engines;
~ueh muft'h,rs to be approved I)y the oil and gas inspector
prior to th.ir
~eelion 17. ~tor;sge ~.nks nmi svlmrator~.) It shall be
lawful and al; offen~e fo~ ally ])(.~'sol~ to USO, eo;tMru(R or oper-
ate in eonn(,etion with m~y I)roduelng well within ti:o city lim-
its any etude oil 8forage tank8 (exe. I)t to tho extent of t:vo
ate.l tanka for oil ntorago, ;,ot .xeeeding five hundred barrels
capacity va(d) and ~o eon~trueted and maintain('(l as to
vaportlght. A l).rmitt(',' may uae, construct and operate
~[eel eonv(,ntimml s.I);maor, smd ~ueh other steel tanks and
appu~ennt)eva a~ nn, n.evamu'y for treating oil wi~ eneh of
8ueh faeilitiv~ to b(, ao m)nstruet.d and maintained a~ to
vapor-lighl, l,;aeh oil, g;~ aet)m'utor ~hall be equipped with
both n r~.gulafion pre.sure relief ~afety valve and a bursting
head. fill aueh tank~ and ~eI)arator~ zhall bo placed antler
ground. ~ny oil or ga~ proflueed may b~ tranav)~efl out~ifle
0f tho city limit~ by und(~rground
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~,.c~i,m lr4. J"r~,,'~'.) A~y I'''r.~''n v, Ju* co:.[,, 't"~ :s;,~'
:..og~,lh-r with it~ .urfae- [.citili... by a ~ub:mm~ial ~',,~.,.r,4.
,I~ek l'ez;e~ ~uffiei~q~tly high ami l,r.lwrly built :~o a~ to
aarily k¢.ep perso~ and :mimal~ ~ut of lh~, .net,,..re with
,.~ tlwreto to be k,.pt l.ekcd whe. th~. l.'rmiite" or his ,.:~.
ow.es are not within th,, e.el.,sart', it is provided.
Ii~erction, may waiw' ti.* rr',l'ir~'m'nt of any loner, ur
~ozi 19. Noi~' andoll.'r lmi..;tl.','s.) All oil
dr,,. } ami l*rodm'tion °l)°rati"n~ ~hall bt. comhlet~'d iii
f.r :mil l,roducti"n ¢:f ,~il, ~:t~ and oth~.r h).llroe,trl,u:~
drilli~ flllil l)r,)duction np.thod~ shall 1.' adr)l)t~'d a- th,.y i~-
faclol'~ of nlsl~aJJ('~' and :tlllJOy;tlICi',
~,,ciion 20. lel:iri.g or burni.~ of ga~ or I.'rmiiti.~
burned ga~ to o~eape within eorl,orat° limit~ l)rohilfit''l.)
ga~ woll within the eorl.~rau m ·
similar m,,an~ within the corporat,' limil~ of tit. eily.
,~a$ may bo burm,d for a limited tim~' whoa noee.-ary ~"
oll aml or gas well upon tiw original eoml'l'?
' etlon of work ow~r j,}l,~ upo:~ od ;tim
or upon the reeoml
~as well~, ~o lm~g ~ the ~ame dm'~ .or eon~titute a fire
to th~, prop.try of otl.,r~ wit hht the vielnity of ~uch .il ami ..~
~eetlo~ gl. rite prevention.) It fihall hereafter b,,
lawfal to operate a well for oil aad./or g:t~ without a
. . . ,. · ., ~ ~ ~d'thetatlk~at~datW"
tmhiwa,h'~ b~:.glatdo~,;rth~ tq ~ .r.toal,,.:tt
m,..hal -i.eh lira, ext,,mlmg ?om th,~ tank l~tt y .- .~:.i
mim,d )0' ti.. ~ity fh'e delmrim,'.t ~o that foamit(' or
~clwmleal~ may be lmmped thr-u~h st~ch lh~e and th,'
on the ttmks into such tanks to extinguish fires in the tankF.
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~I l,l'l-;I.l.ANko' :: !'''' "; /"I':"N:~' ,Ii 40.15
.,~,;..,lll:sh, fir,' I'i~ht;zl'.' :'l,l)"''"! ~:s :u.{ .~ltl)l,li''-~,
~e city fir,' d,'t,"~m"'l -h;dl },,' m:dt,tai.,',{ "' Ih,'
~te at ail lil."~ dtll'in~ ,h'llll,g a:.l [,ro(J,letioh
~I machin¢'ry, "quil'z''eni a:.i h~tall:~tl,m~ ,,. alt drillin~
gtes within th,- eity limits stmlt e,,.f,;rm with ~u,'l)
merits a~ lfilty frOlli tJllle to tJlllO J)(' i~sliS'iJ by th,, fire dr,part-
meut.
Section 22. Al):in,hmmr.zit tirol l,lu~ging.) Wh,.m~vor any
~elI is aJlillllJolirlJ 1[ ~hall t,,~ th,, ,,I,ligation ,,f ih,' l.'rmittoo
plug one hmMr,',l t'.s't I,,.low th(' SliI'I';H'(* eIISiII~
~e top of the l;iu~ (me Imndred fi.(.t ahoy,' th,. ~urfa(',' rasing
~ctJon; and t(, ~,.t a fifty t'o.t c(.meJK plug in the top of the
~ pullod or r,,z.,,w.d i'r.m a w~.ll. During inili:d
0peratio.- il wi!! b,. tho ,d,ligatio:s of the i,~'rmiit°e and the
,~rator of {tw w,,ll to fh,o,l linc w~,ll with .... i .... fluid
~ejgJling not ll,~s Iii:Ill Ii,Il l,Oan,l~ per galloll, ami il,~ w,,ll will
~ kept filh,,l to tl:e top with said lllll~J-iadell fl.ld at fill times;
mud-laden fluid of 11,, flt.,ve sl,.eifieations will 1,. h.ft in thc
well bore bi,low and betwe,'n e,,mezst ph:gs, Any additional
provisions or I,reeauliomsrY moasures pro~erib~,d by th~, state
or the commission of the state in eom~eetion with th. abando.-
meat and plugging of a well shall be eomplied with by the
Section 23. Disposal of salt water.) Permlttee shall make
adequat~ provisions for th. disposal of all salt water or other
~purltles which ho may bring to the su~aee, sueh disposal
Io be made in ~uch lllallllOf tis to not eontami.ate tht, water
~upply, presont or pr~sp¢.etlw', or to injure surface veg.tfltlon.
8octlon 24. Violation of laws or regulations.) A~O' v~ola-
~on of the law~ of the stat~, or any rub,s, regulatlon~ or re-
quirements of any state or foderal regulatory body having
jurisdiction in reforeno~ to drilling, eompleti:~g, equipping.
operating, produeit~g, mainl:fi.ing, or abando.i~g an oil or
~s well or related appt:rtenanee~, equipmont or facilities, or
in refor~mce to firewall~, fire proteetiot~, blow-out protection,
~fety protection~ or eonvenhmee of personn or prop.try, ~h:tll
~so be a violation of 1his ordinance and shall bo punishable
~ accordance with tho provisions hereof.
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Section 25. I'ewdty.) ~t ~haH 1,~ uMawful a~d an -(fla.-,.
for any per,.on to vb~ate or n,gh.ct to comply with a~q.'
vision hereof irrespective of whMh-r or n-t th,. v,,rha~,.
each section hereof contai.s file sl,~'cifie lltI~tl~l~o !~l~t~
violation or w,gl,.et is unlawful and is an off~.ns-. Any
who shall viohtte any of the provisions of thin ordinanc..
any of the provisio.s of a drilli.g anti .w,rati.g p~.rmit
pm.suant h. rcto. or any eonditi-n of th. b,md fil,.d hy
permith,e pttl'sllallt to this ordimme-, or who si~all n,.~l,.ct
comply with the terms hereof, shall !.. &.,.meal guilty of a
demeanor ~ml shall, on eo.viction th,.rm~t, h. finod in any
not less than five dollars nor mm'e than two hundr~.,! d,,lhsr-:
and the violation of each separah~ provision of this
and of said permit, and of said t.md. shall b,. eon.id,.r,.,l
separate offense, and each day's violation of oaeh
provision thoreof shull be eonsld.re,l a s.parate
addition to the for.going penalties, it is further provid,,d
the city eosmcil at any regular or sl.'cial sessbm or
thov,.of: muv. provi&~d telt days notice, has been given t,,
l?mtittoe tfsat revocation is to be eonsld~.red at such
revoke or s.spend any p.rmit issued umh. r this ordimtn,','
un&r which drilling or produei.g operations are being
duetod in the ew,nt the permittee th.reof has violat.d
provision -f said permit, said bond, or this ordina.c,'. I.
evont the permit be rewaked, the pes~nittee may make al,ph'
sutton to the city council for a reissuane- of such p. rmil.
the action of tls. city council thereon shall be final.
§ 40.16. General regulation~ and licensing.
b3eeti, m 1. Cr.elty.) lq,) person shall cru,dlv tre;t~
animal in the city in any way; any person
beat~, un,lerfeeds, overloads, or abamlo.s any animal
be deem,,d gailty of a viohttion of thi:~ se.tion.
Section 2. Dangerous animals.) It shall 1,e unl:twfl;1
pe~it any dangerous animal or vicious animal or'
to ~n at large within tl.e city; exhibitions or
animals which are ferns naturae in the eyes of the law may
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conductod only ul,"" s,,e. ringa l, ormit t'r,,,, tt.' ehb't
police.
Seeti,m :~. N,,L ~.s.) It -hall !,,. unlawf.l V, harh,,r or k,.op
any animal:, whims ,lis~urb thc' l,,':w(' l,y l,,ud nois,'~ at any
time of th,. day .r night.
Section 4. Strays.) It shall b~. uulawful to permit any
~ttle. }lOVSO, swhl(', sl.,ep, goats, or l,,,ultry t., run at large
in tls- city; n~y sm'h animal running at btrge in any
place i. the city shall I.. iml,'mnded i. the mam~,'r l,rovided
~ this ordinance. It shall furth,'r be unlawful to picket
or tie any such a.imal in any of the streets of the city for
the purpose of grazi.g or feeding.
Section 5. Killi.g dang,,rous animals.) The members of
the police del,aftra.hr or any other l,er~m in the city, are
authorized to kill any dang.rous animal~; ,,f any ki.d wltan it
is necessary for the protection of any person or propt~rty.
8eetion 8. Diseased animals.} No domestic animal af-
~icted with a eo.tagio, a or infectious dismtse shall be allowad
~n at large, or to b. exposed in any public place wh.rcl~y
~e heal~l~ of mall or beast may he affe,.ted; nor shall such
diseased anlmnl lm shipped or rem,Wed from the pr.misos
of the ownor th.reof, except under the supervision of the chiof
of l~llce or the h~mlth officer.
It is hereby made th. duty of th,. health officer ~ secure
such disposition of any dis.ased a.im:d and such treatment
~ of aff.ctod premises as to prey.hr the eommunieation and
spread of the contagion or infection, exeopt in cases whore the
s~le veterinarian is empowered to
~etion 7. llousing.) No person shall cause or allow any
s~ble or place whm'e any animal is or may be kopt to
anelean, or u.wholesome, smd it shall be unlawful to keep any
live swine or pigs in the city.
It shall l)e unlawful to k~'.p ,,r have any goats anywhere in
the city..r any cattle or ,diiekons within 150 feet of all~ resl-
dense, other than the residence of the l,.rson so koeping or
Wing such animuls, anywhere in tls. dry.
8.ction 8. Lieens. roquired.) No dog shall be permitted
~ Be or remain i. the city without h.ing lleenso,l as here-
inafte~' provided.
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