All permit holders shall use care at a drilling site to keep the area around the drilling site free of mud which could be carried onto public streets by any vehicle or other equipment used at the drilling site. The City shall have the authority to require the permit holder to remove any mud carried onto public streets from a drilling site and clean the public streets to its satisfaction. Failure to reduce mud at a given location, as requested by the City, shall be grounds for revocation of a permit or forfeiture of the bond posted under this chapter or both.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)
The applicant or permit holder shall:
(a) Restore the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City damaged or destroyed in the operation of drilling or preparing to drill to their former condition immediately upon the completion of drilling;
(b) Clear the area of all litter, rubbish, machinery, derricks, buildings, oil or other substances used or allied to the use of drilling or producing operations;
(c) Hold the City harmless from any and all liability arising from the issuance of a drilling unit authorization permit for an oil or gas well or brine disposal site;
(d) Pay to the owners of any realty, crops, building, improvements, goods or chattels located in the area, except persons who are parties to the drilling unit, any extra cost of insurance on such property imposed by reason of the granting of the permit or the operations carried on there under. The permit holder shall hold the City harmless from any and all liability arising from the granting of such permit;
(e) Install landscaping around all well sites, tank batteries and brine disposal sites as established by the Planning Commission and required by Chapter 1153. All landscaping shall be completed within six (6) months after setting the storage tanks.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)