(a) In the event that a well or deep well injection site will be abandoned, the permit holder, applicant, owner, lessee or assignee shall notify the Community Development Administrator of such abandonment before the well has been abandoned and the equipment removed. A well shall be considered abandoned when it is either not functioning or is incapable of functioning for thirty (30) days or more.
(b) A permit holder, applicant, owner, lessee or assignee shall be required to pull and/or plug a well site upon abandonment and to remove all above ground appurtenances and to return the ground to its original grade and condition; and comply with all other rules or regulations promulgated by any department or division of the State relative to pulling, plugging and abandoning oil or gas wells, within six (6) months of abandonment.
(c) Landscaping may be preserved at the time of abandonment of the well, if feasible and if desired by the property owner.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)