(a) Plat statement.
(1) When an existing oil or gas well is located on the subject property to be platted, all plats must contain a statement that no building, not necessary to the operation of an oil or gas well, shall be constructed within the setbacks required by the current gas well ordinance and adopted fire code. If, upon appeal to the city council, a variance for a lesser distance is approved, the statement shall reflect the distance granted by the council.
(2) The plat statement note shall read as follows:
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DISTANCE LIMITATION TO AN OIL OR GAS WELL BORE
Pursuant to the Fort Worth city code, no building(s) not necessary to the operation of an oil or gas well shall be constructed within the setbacks required by the current gas well ordinance and the adopted fire code from any existing or permitted oil or gas well bore. The distance shall be measured in a straight line from the well bore to the closest exterior point of the building, without regards to intervening structures or objects.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) [Reserved.]
(Ord. 17851, § 1 (App. C, Ch. 6, Art. IX), passed 10-30-2007; Ord. 18705-07-2009, §§ 5, 6, passed 7-14-2009)