(A) Any operator 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) Each operator 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.
('68 Code, § 19½-15) (Ord. 10-1987-55, passed 10-20-87; Am. Ord. 01-2007-07, passed 1-23-07) Penalty, see § 118.99