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(A) Prior to the commencement of drilling, each drill site shall be prepared as required by the regulations and in accordance with the plot plan submitted to and approved by the Agency.
(B) The well location shall be clearly marked by a stake or other suitable means and identified as the "well location."
(C) The drill site shall be of such size as to provide for the safe erection of the mast or derrick and all structures appurtenant thereto as indicated on the approved plot plan.
(D) Any private road used for ingress or egress of equipment to the drill site shall be constructed as required by these regulations.
(E) The proposed well shall be located in conformity with these regulations as to distances from streets, outer boundaries, public buildings and dwellings.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.010.)
(A) Prior to the commencement of drilling operations, the drill site shall be enclosed on all sides by a fence of solid wood or equivalent, not less than eight feet in height except for those sides on which there exists a natural or artificial barrier of equal or greater solidity and height. Solid wood board gates shall be installed in the fencing and shall be equipped with keyed locks. The gates shall be kept locked at all times when the drill site is unattended. Any and all supporting members of the fence shall be on the interior of such fence. The fence or wall shall be in lieu of any other fencing requirements.
(B) If by reason of location it is impractical to provide such fencing, the Agency may grant an exception to the requirements of this section; provided the Agency first finds that compliance with such fencing requirement is impractical or unnecessary and that the integrity of the neighborhood or area will not be adversely affected if such exception is granted.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.020.)
Encroachment provisions are as follows.
(A) New wells. All operations concerned with drilling, redrilling, servicing or the production of wells shall be conducted within the property lines of the leasehold.
(B) Directional surveys on certain wells required. If at the time of application for a permit the Agency determines that the applicant intends to drill, re-drill or deepen any well or wellhole whose location at the surface or at any point below the surface of the ground is within 330 feet of any exterior boundary line of any publicly owned property, the applicant shall make available to the Agency at his or her expense directional surveys of such well or wellhole.
(C) Duplicate notices and reports for the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to be filed with the Agency. The operator shall file with the Agency an executed duplicate of any "Notice of Intention to Deepen, Re-drill, Plug or Alter Casing in Well" or any other notice required to be filed by the operator with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor relating to or in connection with any work upon any existing well and an executed duplicate of the "Report on Proposed Operations" or any other report issued and delivered by the supervisor to the operator concerning the operator’s proposed operations as set forth in any of the notices. The duplicate notices and reports shall be filed by the operator on the same date the original or originals thereof are filed with the supervisor.
(D) Wells existing as of the effective date of this title. No operator or person who re-drills, services or maintains a well drilled prior to the effective date of this title shall encroach with oil production equipment on any public property, sidewalks, parkways, alleys, streets or rights-of-way until a permit therefor has been granted by the Agency. Before issuing such an encroachment permit, the Agency shall impose on the permit reasonable requirements for the safety of persons and property. The permit shall not be issued until the applicant installs temporary sidewalk enclosures sufficient to protect pedestrians and files the necessary certificates of insurance pursuant to Chapter 14.12. The temporary sidewalk enclosures shall be maintained until the oil-operating equipment has been removed from the leasehold. The operator thereof shall be liable for any damages to public property resulting from such encroachment.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.030.)
(A) No oil well shall be drilled or re-drilled within 150 feet of an existing or planned right-of-way, unless the Secretary determines, due to the degree or slope or other topographical features, that a lesser distance than one-half of the existing right-of-way in addition to the 150 feet would be safe for the traveling public and in conformity with the purpose and intent of this title. If the Secretary so finds, the distance established by the Secretary shall control.
(B) No oil well shall be drilled within 150 feet of the nearest rail of a railway which carries passengers for hire.
(C) Except as elsewhere provided in this title, no oil well shall be drilled within 150 feet of any building used for human occupancy, nor shall such a building be erected within 150 feet of any producing oil well.
(D) No oil well shall be drilled within 150 feet from the outer boundary line of the district.
(E) No oil well shall be drilled within 300 feet of any building used as a place of public assemblage, public institution or school, nor shall any such buildings be erected within 300 feet of any producing oil well.
(F) No controlled drill site location shall be closer than 1,300 feet from any other drill site. The Agency may suspend, in whole or in part, any provisions of this chapter and/or impose less restrictive requirements if the provisions of this chapter are rendered unnecessary or unreasonable due to existing special features, such as topography, use and occupancy of and the proximity of buildings on adjoining property, the height, character and structure of such buildings and the type and character of oil field development. The Agency may also impose, as a result of such special features, such additional safety requirements as it deems necessary.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.040.)
(A) All derricks and masts erected for drilling or redrilling shall meet the specifications of the American Petroleum Institute Standards 4A, 14th Edition and Redrill, 3 years Edition.
(B) Any derrick or pulling mast operating within 150 feet of any structure or public right-of-way shall be securely guyed or braced at all times the mast is in use, or, if it be a self-braced derrick or mast, it shall meet the American Petroleum Institute Standards 4A, 14th Edition and Redrill, 3 years Edition.
(C) Drilling equipment and all derricks shall be removed from the premises within 30 days following the abandonment or desertion of any well. If the well is a producing well, then only that drilling equipment and those portions of the derrick used as support for the equipment lowered into the well shall be removed within 60 days following the completion of such well. Once a well is producing, it shall be serviced only by a portable derrick. Drilling operations shall be diligently prosecuted until a well is completed or abandoned.
(D) Derricks and those portions of the derrick which were used in the drilling of a well as support for the equipment lowered into the well exist above the surface of the ground and were erected prior to the effective date of this title shall be dismantled and every part thereof removed from the drill site on or before the effective date of these regulations.
(E) All well servicing or portable pulling masts shall be removed from the leasehold or property and returned to a service yard within seven days after completion of a well-servicing operation.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.050)
(A) If a well is to be drilled or redrilled within 150 feet of any structure or street right-of-way, the operator shall notify the Agency after the operating equipment is securely in place and prior to commencement of drilling. If the operator anticipates an inspection to be made during the night on a weekend or holiday, he or she shall notify the Agency during a working day as to the approximate time and date the operator will be ready for the inspection. An operator shall not commence drilling until the Agency has made an inspection and given approval to so commence. The Secretary shall make the Agency’s inspection within a reasonable time after receiving notice from the operator and shall not give his or her approval until the applicant has complied with all the applicable provisions of the city’s code.
(B) The operator shall notify the Agency after the completion of drilling operations, and the Agency shall make a final inspection of the drill site.
(C) The Agency shall make an annual inspection of each well within the city and shall keep a record of the wells inspected and its findings as to each well. The Agency shall furnish a report of the inspection to the operator of the well or wells.
(`78 Code, § 14.16.060.)
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