CHAPTER 156: OIL AND GAS DRILLING; MINERAL EXPLORATION
Section
156.01 Definitions
156.02 Permits required
156.03 Permit application and filing fee
156.04 Permits; issuance or refusal to issue
156.05 Bond and insurance
156.06 Permit termination
156.07 Supplemental permit for deep drilling
156.08 Use of streets and alleys
156.09 Streets and alleys; obstructions; permits
156.10 Derrick and rig types–prohibitions; removal; watchmen
156.11 Operations and equipment; practices and standards
156.12 Cleanliness and sanitation
156.13 Storage tanks and separators; types and requirements
156.14 Fences required; locking gates; waiver by inspector
156.15 Fire prevention; escape of gas; burning; flaring; general requirements
156.16 Flow lines and gathering lines
156.17 Exceptions
156.18 Violations
156.99 Penalty
§ 156.01 DEFINITIONS.
(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY OFFICIAL. The Supervisor of Code Enforcement and/or any duly authorized representative of such official.
DRILL SITE. All of the land area used in the drilling or other related operations and/or mineral exploration, specifically including, but not limited to, rig locations, portable or permanent structures, shall slush pits, storage of pipe or other material, and the parking or maneuvering of vehicles, except roadways used for ingress or egress to the drill site.
PERMITTEE. The person to whom is issued a permit or certificate for mineral exploration, or drilling, operating and producing of a well under this chapter, and his or her heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
PERSON. Any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator and a fiduciary or representative of any kind.
PROPERTY OWNER. Real property surface record owner(s).
RIGHT-OF-WAY. All public rights-of-way or streets or other public property within the city.
STREET. Any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, avenue, recessed parking area, or other public right-of-way, including the entire right-of-way.
WELL. Any hole or holes, bore or bores, to any sand, horizon, formation, strata or depth for the purpose of producing any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbon, brine water or for the use as an inspection well for secondary recovery, or any of them.
(B) All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein and not specifically defined shall have that meaning customarily attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.02 PERMITS REQUIRED.
(A) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person acting either for himself or herself or acting as agent, employee, independent contractor, or servant for any person to knowingly drill any well or to conduct any mineral exploration or to install any water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facility within the corporate limits of the city without a permit having first been issued by the authority of the Supervisor of Code Enforcement and the City Superintendent in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
(B) When a permit has been issued for the mineral exploration or the drilling of a well, such permit shall constitute sufficient authority for drilling, operation, production, gathering of production, maintenance; repair, reworking, testing, plugging and abandonment of the well, and any other activity associated with mineral exploration; such permit shall also constitute sufficient authority for the construction and use of all facilities reasonably necessary or convenient in connection therewith, including gathering lines and discharge lines by the permittee and its employees, agent, and contractors, and any provision of Chapter 155 of this code of ordinances, and any other zoning ordinance of the city to the contrary notwithstanding.
(C) As to all wells, water and/or repressurizing or injection facilities and such other facilities as may be covered by this chapter existing or previously permitted within the corporate limits of the city on the effective date of this chapter or which are in existence at the time the land upon which the same are situated is annexed to the city, no additional permit or filing fee shall be required.
(D) No permit shall authorize the drilling of more than 1 well or more than 1 water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facility.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.03 PERMIT APPLICATION AND FILING FEE.
(A) Every application for a permit to drill a well or to install a water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facility, or conduct any mineral exploration, shall be in writing, signed by the applicant or some person duly authorized to sign on his or her behalf; and it shall be filed with the City Secretary. In case a permit is requested for the purpose of drilling a well or reentering and drilling to a deeper formation, the application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $150.
(B) A separate application shall be required for each well and each water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facility. The application shall include full information, including the following:
(1) The date of the application;
(2) The name of the applicant;
(3) The address of the applicant and the names and addresses of all property owners within 400 feet of the proposed drill site. The applicant need not furnish the names and addresses of the property owners if same are available on the last approved city tax roll;
(4) Proposed site of the well or water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facility, including:
(a) Name of the lease owner;
(b) Accurate description of the land;
(c) Location with respect to property lines, right-of-way boundaries and the nearest residence, commercial structure, public building or permanent accessory structure used in connection with such residence, structure or building surrounding such proposed drill site, if within a distance of 400 feet.
(5) The proposed depth of the well;
(6) Location of compressor, compressor control, or safety devices with explanation of operating characteristics of each in any application for a permit for a gas repressurizing or injection facility;
(7) The name of the person or persons to be notified in case of an emergency;
(8) Proposed hole size, casing program and cementing program; and
(9) A copy of approved Railroad Commission Form 1, Permit to Drill, shall be furnished to the City Secretary prior to commencement of drilling operations.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.04 PERMITS; ISSUANCE OR REFUSAL TO ISSUE.
(A) The Supervisor of Code Enforcement and the City Superintendent within 30 days after the filing of the application for a permit to drill a well or a permit to install water and/or gas repressurizing or injection facilities or conduct any mineral exploration, shall determine whether or not the application complies in all respects with the provisions of this chapter, and if the outer boundary of the site for the well to be drilled or the facility to be installed is located not less than 400 feet from any occupied residence, commercial structure or public building or any permanent accessory structure used in connection with any of same and the drill site is not crossed by any public streets or roads and if it does and is approved, the Council may issue a permit for the drilling of the well or the installation of the facilities applied for.
(B) If, however, the Supervisor of Code Enforcement and the City Superintendent determine that all of the provisions of these regulations have been complied with by the applicant but that the proposed drill site is not the required distance from residences, commercial structures or public buildings as required hereinabove, then the Council shall hold a public hearing on such application after giving notice at least 1 time by publication in the official newspaper at least 10 days prior to the hearing and in writing by regular United States mail to the surface owners of real property within 400 feet of the drill site and by a sign erected on the drill site premises. Such notice is not necessary to any property owner within the 400-foot radius that executes and files with the City Secretary a written waiver acknowledged before a notary public.
(C) If, following the public hearing, the Council finds that exceptional circumstances exist, it may grant such permit upon such terms and conditions as it determines to be necessary to protect the public health and safety. However, no such permit shall ever be granted for a well with the well bore to be located closer than 200 feet to the nearest residence, commercial structure or public building without the unanimous consent of the property owners within a 200-foot radius around said well and the affirmative vote of not less than 3/4 of the members of the full City Council.
(D) Written notices may be served by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage paid, in the city post office to the owners and at the addresses as shown on the last approved city tax roll, or as shown in the application pursuant to § 156.03(B)(3) if the latter is different from the tax roll.
(E) The decision of the Council shall be final and in making its decision, it shall, in addition to other considerations, have the power and authority to refuse any permit to drill any well at any particular location within the city, when by reason of such particular location and the character and vague of the improvement already erected on or adjacent to the particular location in question for residences, commercial activities, schools, hospitals, parks, civic purposes, public health or safety reasons or any of them where the drilling of such wells at such particular location would be injurious to the health or safety of the inhabitants in the immediate area of the city or to a substantial number of such inhabitants or would not promote orderly growth and development of the city. Each permit shall:
(1) By reference have incorporated therein all the provisions of this chapter with the same force and effect as if this chapter were copied verbatim in such permit.
(2) Specify the location of the proposed drill site, well, or injection facility with particularity to lot number, block number, name of addition or subdivision or by a meted and bounds description, or other available correct legal description.
(3) Contain and specify that the term of the permit shall be for a period of 1 year from the date of the permit and so long thereafter as oil and gas is produced or until such time as the permittee has permanently abandoned the operation of such well or facility for which the permit was issued.
(4) Contain and specify such other terms and provisions as may be necessary in a particular case to accomplish the purpose of this chapter.
(5) Contain and specify that no actual operations shall be commenced until the permittee has complied with the bond and insurance provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.05 BOND AND INSURANCE.
(A) A bond or letter of credit approved for form by the City Attorney shall be filed with the city in the amount of $25,000 along with the permit application for the initial well applied for by an operator. The bond shall be executed by the operator, as principal, and a corporate surety on the list of authorized insurance companies published by the State Board of Insurance of the State of Texas, as surety, in a form approved by the City Attorney and with the bond in favor of the city conditioned that the permittee will comply with all of the terms, conditions and requirements of this chapter and any permit issued pursuant hereto, and further conditioned that the permittee will repair any damages to city streets, as determined by the Supervisor of Code Enforcement of the city, caused by the equipment and vehicles used by the permittee in going to and from the drill site with such repairs to be in compliance with specifications therefor prepared and provided to the permittee by Supervisor of Code Enforcement.
(B) In addition to the bond required above, the permittee shall carry a policy or policies of standard comprehensive public liability insurance, including contractual liability coverage, for accidental death, bodily injury and property damage, naming both the permittee and city as insureds, with an insurance company authorized to do business in the state and appearing on the list of authorized insurance companies prepared by the State Board of Insurance. Such policy or policies in the aggregate shall provide for the following minimum coverages:
(1) Accidental death or bodily injury, $5,000,000 1 person and $5,000,000 total for 1 accident;
(2) Property damage, $1,000,000 total 1 accident.
(C) Permittee shall file with the City Secretary a certificate of insurance showing compliance with the above prior to receiving a copy or copies of the permit or commencing any operations on the drill site. The insurance shall not be canceled without written notice to the City Secretary at least 10 days prior to the effective date of such cancellation. In the event such insurance is canceled, the permit granted in connection with such policy or policies shall be suspended and ineffective until permittee files additional insurance as provided herein.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.06 PERMIT TERMINATION.
In the event of a failure of a permittee to comply with any provision of this chapter, the City Secretary shall issue in writing a notice to the permittee of the nature of the noncompliance and stating a reasonable time, not to exceed 48 hours, necessary to gain compliance. After lapse of such reasonable time, if compliance has not been made, the Council may suspend the permit for a period of time or cancel the permit.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.07 SUPPLEMENTAL PERMIT FOR DEEP DRILLING.
(A) Once any well has either been completed as a producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to drill such well to a deeper geological formation than that reached in the prior drilling operations without the permittee as to such well, obtaining a supplemental permit after filing a supplemental application with the City Council specifying:
(1) The condition of the well and the casing therein;
(2) The depth to which it is proposed that such well will be deepened; and
(3) The proposed casing and cementing programs to be used in connection with the proposed deepening operation.
(B) In the event the Council is satisfied that such well may be deepened with the same degree of safety as existing in the original well, a supplemental permit may be issued for an additional $100 filing fee to the permittee authorizing the deepening and operation of the well to such specified depth as applied for. In any deeper drilling or any deeper completion of any deeper production operations, the permittee shall comply with all provisions contained in this chapter and applicable to drilling, completion, operation and production of a well or wells.
(C) If the operator has removed the derrick and drilling equipment from the location, the supplemental permit shall comply with the requirements specified for a permit in § 156.04.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.08 USE OF STREETS AND ALLEYS.
(A) No permittee shall make any excavations for any purpose or construct any lines for conveyance of fuel, water or minerals on, under or through the streets or alleys or other land of the city without an express easement or right-of-way license from the city, at a price to be agreed upon, and then only in strict compliance with this code any other ordinance of the city and the specifications established by the Department of Public Works.
(B) The digging up, breaking, excavating, tunnelling, undermining, breaking up, or damaging of any street as herein defined, or leaving upon any street any earth or other material or obstruction, shall not be permitted unless such persons shall first have obtained written permission from the Supervisor of Code Enforcement, and then only in compliance with specifications established by him or her.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 159.99
§ 156.09 STREETS AND ALLEYS; OBSTRUCTIONS; PERMITS.
No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is within any of the streets or alleys of the city and/or streets or alleys shown by the master plan of the city, and no street or alley shall be blocked or encumbered or closed in any drilling or production operation or for any mineral exploration except by written permission of the City Traffic Engineer, and then only temporarily.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.10 DERRICK AND RIG TYPES–PROHIBITIONS; REMOVAL; WATCHMEN.
(A) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any persons to use or operate in connection with the drilling or reworking of any well within the corporate limits of the city any wooden derrick or any steam-powered rig. The drilling rig or derrick and other structures, material and drilling equipment shall be removed from the premises within 30 days from the date of completion of the well, as shown on the appropriate Railroad Commission form, and thereafter, when necessary, such completed well shall be served by portable rigs, which shall be removed from the premises within 15 days from the completion of the servicing operation. At all times from the start of erection of a derrick, mast, or a pinpole, until the well is abandoned and plugged or completed as a producer and enclosed as herein provided, the permittee shall keep a watchman on duty on the premises at all times when other workers or permittee are not on such premises.
(B) In the event that any person is granted to drill or conduct mineral exploration within such corporate limits, the permittee shall proceed with the drilling operations with the highest degree of care so as not to injure adjoining property or persons in any manner. All wastes must be contained within the drill site, as set out hereinafter, without any subsurface disposal and upon the completion of such drilling operations, the grounds around the well shall be immediately cleared of all drilling mud and/or all oil, salt water or water, and shall be made to conform in appearance to the lands in the neighborhood wherein such drilling operations are so conducted.
(C) Caliche drilling pads shall also be removed in the cleanup operation except the portion thereof within the fenced area around pump jacks. All cleanup and removal operations required above shall be completed within 30 days of the date of completion of drilling operations.
(D) Steel slush pits shall be used in connection with all drilling and reworking operations. Such pits and contents shall be removed from the premises and drill site within 30 days after completion of the well. No earthen slush pits shall be used. However, cuttings from the drilling operations may be disposed of on the drill site according to the following requirements:
(1) Disposal shall be in a pit lined with black 6 millimeter PVC lining material.
(2) Cuttings shall then be covered with not less than 24 inches of top soil and the surface otherwise brought back to the same level and substantially the same appearance as the surrounding ground.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.11 OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT; PRACTICES AND STANDARDS.
(A) All drilling and operations at any well performed by a permittee under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the practices of a reasonable and prudent operation in the Permian Basin Area. All casing, valves, and blow-out preventors, drilling fluid, tubing, well head, Christmas tree, and well head connections shall be of a type and quality consistent with such practice. Setting and cementing casing and running drillstem tests shall be performed in a manner and at a time consistent with the practices of a reasonable and prudent operator. Each permittee under this section shall observe and follow the regulations of the Railroad Commission of the state.
(B) An internal combustion engine may be used in the drilling operations of the well, or wells, and if an internal combustion engine is used, mufflers shall be installed on all engines so as to reduce noise to not more than 70 decibels at any point 100 feet beyond the drill site; all of the installations to be done in accordance with accepted practices for fire prevention purposes. For production purposes, only electric power may be used. Drilling operations must be conducted in such a manner that percolating or ground water will not be adversely affected, including the prevention of vertical movement of percolating water.
(C) All oil drilling and production operations shall be conducted in such a manner as to minimize, so far as practicable, dust, noise, vibration or noxious odors, and shall be in accordance with the best accepted practices incident to drilling for the production of oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances.
(D) Except in case of emergency, no materials, equipment, tools or pipe used for drilling or production operations shall be delivered to or removed from the site except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on any day. On drillstem tests, only 1 trip will be allowed at night between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless an emergency exists.
(E) Firefighting apparatus and supplies as approved by the Fire Department of the city shall be maintained on the drilling site at all times during drilling and production operations. No refining process or any process for the extraction of products from natural gas shall be carried on at the drill site, except that a dehydrator and separator may be maintained on the drill site for the separation of liquids from natural gas. Any such separator shall serve only 1 well.
(F) All production equipment used shall be so constructed and operated so that noise, vibration, dust, odor or other harmful or annoying substances or effect will be minimized by the operations carried on at any drilling site or from anything incident thereto, to the injury or annoyance of persons living in the vicinity; nor shall the site or structures thereon be permitted to become dilapidated, unsightly or unsafe. Proven technological improvements in methods of production shall be adopted as they, from time to time, become available if capable of reducing factors of nuisance or annoyance. There shall be no venting of gas into the open air except as allowed by the Railroad Commission in residential areas.
(G) The well site shall not be used for the storage of pipe, equipment or materials except during the drilling or servicing of the well and the production facilities allowed on the site.
(H) No refinery, dehydrating or absorption plant of any kind shall be constructed, established or maintained on the premises at any time. This shall not be deemed to exclude a simple gas separation process.
(I) All electric lines to production facilities shall be located in a manner compatible to those already installed in the surrounding area or subdivision.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.12 CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION.
(A) The premises shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. The permittee shall prevent any mud, waste water, oil, slush, or other waste matters from flowing into the alleys, streets, lots or leases within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) All permittee premises shall be kept clear of high grass, weeds and combustible trash within a radius of 100 feet around any oil tank, tanks, or producing wells. All waste shall be disposed of in such manner as to comply with the air and water pollution control regulations of the state, this code and any other applicable ordinance of the city and removed as required in § 156.10.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.13 STORAGE TANKS AND SEPARATORS; TYPES AND REQUIREMENTS.
(A) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to use, construct or operate in connection with any producing well within the city limits, any crude oil storage tanks, except to the extent of 2 low-type tanks for oil storage, not exceeding a 500-barrel capacity for each well connected thereto or, in the alternative, low type tanks of sufficient capacity to hold 24 hours of production from such well; the tanks to be so constructed and maintained as closed tanks and properly vented. A permittee may use, construct and operate a steel conventional separator, heater treater, vapor recovery unit and such other tanks and appurtenances as are necessary for treating oil with each of such facilities, to be so constructed and maintained according to API standards. Each oil/gas separator shall be equipped with both a pressure relief safety valve and burst plate. All such tanks shall be placed above ground, and the tanks shall be placed upon a suitable earth or concrete pad.
(B) The use of a central tank battery is permitted so long as not more than 2 tanks as specified are used for each well connected to the battery plus 1 500-barrel water tank.
(C) The tank or tanks shall be enclosed within a conventional type fire wall constructed of compacted earth; sufficient water shall be used during the fire wall construction to assure adequate compaction.
(D) The firewall enclosing the tanks shall have a minimum capacity equal to 2 times the volume of the tanks enclosed.
(E) (1) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to locate a storage tank or separator site nearer than 175 feet to any residence or commercial or public building within the city.
(2) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to locate a storage tank site or separator site between 175 feet and 400 feet from the nearest residence or commercial or public building within the city without the unanimous consent of all of the property owners within 400 feet of the site and the affirmative vote of 3/4 of all of the members of the City Council cast at the time of the consideration of the drilling permit application or at a subsequent meeting.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.14 FENCES REQUIRED; LOCKING GATES; WAIVER BY INSPECTOR.
(A) Any person who completes any well as a producer shall have the obligation to enclose such well, together with its surface facilities, by a substantial chain link fence 8 feet high, with slats woven through the links to make it sight-proof and with concertina wire, barbed wire or other security wire on the top, and properly built and thereafter maintained so as to ordinarily keep persons and animals out of the enclosure, with all gates thereto to be kept locked when the permittee or his or her employees are not within the enclosure.
(B) The well site, drill site, tank site, tank battery site, pump station site, or compressor site shall not be used for the storage of pipe, equipment or materials except during the drilling or servicing of the well, tanks, pump stations or compressor stations, and all such sites must be kept fenced with a safety and solid screening fence not less than 8 feet in height above the ground, as described in division (A) above, and thereafter maintained in good serviceable condition. Gates must be kept securely locked when permittee or his or her employees are not within the enclosure.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.15 FIRE PREVENTION; ESCAPE OF GAS; BURNING; FLARING; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Any permittee engaged in the drilling or operation of an oil and/or gas well or the operation of any facility used in conjunction with the production of oil and/or gas within the corporate limits of the city shall take reasonable precautions to prevent gas from escaping into the air, and shall not flare or burn gas from a torch or any similar means within the corporate limits of the city; provided, gas may be burned for a limited time when necessary to complete any oil and/or gas well upon the original completion or upon the recompletion or workover jobs upon oil and/or gas wells, so long as the same does not constitute a fire hazard to the property of others within the vicinity of such oil and/or gas well.
(B) The permittee shall place a sign at each well location or site to identify the well.
(C) Each permittee shall fully comply with Special Order Amending Rule 36 of the General Conservation Rules of Statewide Application State of Texas Having Reference to Oil and Gas Operation in Hydrogen Sulfide Areas, adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, in Oil and Gas Docket No. 20-65, 354 on March 15, 1976.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.16 FLOW LINES AND GATHERING LINES.
(A) Each permittee shall place an identifying sign at each point where a flow line or gas gathering line crosses any public street or road and it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to remove, destroy or deface any such sign.
(B) Each permittee shall also place a warning sign at each point where a line carrying H2S gas crosses any public street or road and it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor to remove, destroy or deface any such sign.
(C) No permittee shall make any excavation for any purposes or construct any lines for conveyance of fuel, water, or minerals, on, under, or through the streets and alleys of the city without express permission of the Supervisor of Code Enforcement, in writing, and then only in strict compliance with this code and any applicable ordinance of the city; provided, however, emergency repairs may be made without such permission when in the good faith opinion of the permittee, the delay required to obtain written permission would involve a hazard to person or property.
(D) The gathering lines and flow lines hereinafter installed in the corporate limits of the city, for the purpose of transporting oil, gas and/or water in conjunction with the operation of any well, tank or tank battery, injection or gathering system; are hereby limited to a maximum operating gauge pressure of 250 psi unless otherwise specifically approved by the Supervisor of Code Enforcement. The location of any such gathering lines and flow lines, if not specified in the permit, must be specifically approved by the Supervisor of Code Enforcement.
(E) The pipeline shall be tested prior to being placed in service.
(F) The companies responsible for any and all pipelines now existent or hereinafter installed within the corporate limits are hereby required to furnish the city an "as built" plot plan showing the location of all their facilities for permanent record with the city.
(G) All pipelines within the corporate limits, other than the utility lines of the city and the franchised distribution system of Pioneer Natural Gas Company, designed or utilized to transport oil, gas or water in connection with the production and transportation of oil and/or gas or for repressurizing operations shall hereafter be installed with the minimum of cover or backfill specified by the then applicable ASA code for such pipelines.
(H) The Supervisor of Code Enforcement is authorized to approve a lesser cover or specify a greater cover or backfill in special cases when in the opinion of the oil and gas inspector, such variation is advisable and/or will not increase the degree of hazard.
(I) The requirements for construction in public right-of-way must conform to such ordinances of the city regulating such construction.
(J) The digging up, breaking, excavating, tunneling, undermining, breaking up, damaging of any street as herein defined, or leaving upon any street any earth or other material or obstruction, shall not be permitted unless such persons shall first have obtained written permission from the Supervisor of Code Enforcement, provided, however, emergency repairs may be made without such permission when in the good faith opinion of the permittee the delay required to obtain the written permission would involve a hazard to person or property.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.17 EXCEPTIONS.
On well bores located no closer than 1,320 feet to any occupied residence, commercial structure or public building, the regulations contained hereinabove regulating decibel levels of sound, steel slush pits, and restricting nighttime operations and nightwatchmen shall not apply.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
§ 156.18 VIOLATIONS.
Subject to § 156.06, it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provision hereof, whether or not such section contains the specific language that such violation or failure to comply is unlawful and is an offense.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 156.99
§ 156.99 PENALTY.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of a permit issued pursuant hereto, or who shall fail to comply with the terms hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than $100 nor more than $500, and the violation of each separate provision of this chapter, and of such permit, shall be considered a separate offense, and each day's violation of each separate provision thereof shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 411, passed 8-14-2006)
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