(a) No gas or oil well storage tanks, separators or other equipment associated with the gas or oil well shall be placed closer than 500 feet from any boundary line of the drilling unit and 500 feet from any structure suitable for occupancy.
(b) A drilling unit shall contain not less than twenty acres and be located within a single individually taxed lot. Lots may not be pooled to form a drilling unit.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Boundary line of a drilling unit” means the perimeter of the lands within the drilling unit as depicted on the site plan submitted pursuant to Section 929.02
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(2) “Drilling unit” means the total area of all property included in any one application for a drilling permit.
(Ord. 18-2004. Passed 5-10-04.)