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(a) Material, equipment, tools or pipe used for drilling or producing operations shall not be delivered to or removed from an oil well site except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., unless an actual emergency exists at the oil well site which requires such delivery or removal at a different time.
(b) Products removed from the site of a producing well shall be removed from the site only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
(Ord. 269-66. Passed 4-27-66.)
All permit holders shall keep the streets and highways near the drilling site free of mud, gravel and other similar foreign substances. All mud, gravel and other similar foreign substances upon the streets and highways caused by the drilling or operation of a well shall be removed immediately by the holder of the permit for such oil well. In addition to the penalty provided in Section 832.99, failure of a permit holder to remove mud, gravel or other similar foreign substances immediately from streets and highways shall be grounds for revocation of a well permit.
(Ord. 269-66. Passed 4-27-66.)
The escape of deleterious gas, commonly known to the oil industry as "sour gas," shall be prevented insofar as it is possible to prevent the escape of such gas into the atmosphere from a well or from tanks or pipelines to which a well may be connected.
(Ord. 269-66. Passed 4-27-66.)
(a) Prior to the commencement of drilling, the entire well site shall be enclosed and completely surrounded by a fence not less than four feet six inches in height, of a type to be approved by the Director of Public Safety. Access to the drilling site shall be through proper gates, which shall be closed when not being used for transportation to and from the site.
(b) All producing wells, tank batteries, pumping units and equipment appurtenant thereto shall be enclosed and completely surrounded by a fence not less than six feet in height, of a type to be approved by the Director of Public Safety.
(Ord. 269-66. Passed 4-27-66.)
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