(a) No person shall conduct any drilling or redrilling within the corporate limits of the city without having obtained a permit for said drilling or redrilling under this division.
(b) The provisions of this subsection apply only to aboveground activities. It is hereby declared a nuisance for any person to conduct any drilling operations within 1,000 feet of the property line of any school of the Big Spring Independent School District without the prior written consent of the board of trustees of said district, or within 1,000 feet of the property line of any parochial school without the prior consent of the board of trustees or other governing body of said parochial school. It is hereby declared a nuisance for any person to conduct any drilling operations within 1,000 feet of a property line of any hospital, convalescent home, orphanage or nursing home located within the city limits without prior written consent of the owner thereof. It is hereby declared a nuisance for any person to conduct any drilling or redrilling operation outside the city limits closer than 1,000 feet to any occupied structure other than a school, hospital, convalescent home, orphanage, or nursing home located within the city limits without obtaining a permit for said drilling or redrilling under this division.
(c) It is hereby declared a nuisance for any person to construct any storage tank within 1,000 feet of the property line of any school of the Big Spring Independent School District without the prior written consent of the board of trustees of said district, or within 1,000 feet of the property line of any parochial school without the prior written consent of the board of trustees or the governing body of said parochial school or within 1,000 feet of any hospital, convalescent home, orphanage or nursing home located within or outside the city limits without the prior written consent of the owner thereof.
(Prior Code, § 5-152; Ord. of 3-11-1980)