Upon abandoning an operation because of failure of the well or wells to produce oil or gas in paying quantities or the abandonment of pipelines for the gathering or transmission of gas, natural gas liquids, or oil, it shall be the duty of every person owning any oil or gas well within the city and the owners of all pipelines for the gathering or transmission of gas, natural gas liquids, or oil, and of the officers, agents, and employees of such owners, to begin to remove any above ground property owned by them, including but not limited to, all derricks, machinery, concrete foundations, above ground pipelines, meters, and raisers and any and all other objects that interfere with the leveling of such land, and to grade, level, and restore such property to the same surface condition as nearly as possible as when the oil or gas well thereon was first commenced. Such clearing to begin within 30 days from the day of such abandonment and to continue in a workman-like manner, which shall not exceed 60 days. Abandonment of a location terminates the oil and gas permit.
(Prior Code, § 113.079) (Ord. 1583, passed 1-8-2008)