(a) Permanent or temporary waste hold, storage lagoons, service ponds or similar storage facilities shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so as to prevent any drainage into ditches, natural water courses, seers, ponds, ground water, etc. There shall be a protective lining or impermeable material installed in storage lagoons to prevent the percolation of harmful chemicals or residues into the soil. All E.P.A. rules shall be followed relative to the disposal of wastewater.
(b) Storage tanks shall be diked or otherwise designed, constructed, and maintained so as to prevent any seepage or drainage beyond a five foot distance from each tank. Such seepage or drainage shall, under no circumstances, be allowed to enter upon adjacent property or any road drainage ditch, natural water course or man-made body of water.
(c) No waste, sludge, brine or effluents or any type emanating from where an oil or gas well shall, in any manner, be emptied or drained into any storm or sanitary sewer or water body or stream within the City. Such wastes shall be removed from the site in trucks, tanks or similar vehicles for disposal in suitable licensed and permitted disposal sites.
(d) It shall be the duty of the permit holder to seal gas and oil wells to protect fresh water wells from salt water or other pollution or contamination in such proper manner as is in accordance with good practice. The permit holder shall establish contingency plans for the immediate furnishing of potable water to affect residents for such period as may be required to reestablish proper potability on any polluted or contaminated well or wells. Unless otherwise enumerated or delineated by the City Safety-Service Director, the requirements to provide such immediate water supply shall be limited to residents within 1,000 feet of the well head. The permit holder shall be responsible for the obligation to provide potable water without cost to the residents receiving the same provided liability is established by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The voluntary providing of water by permit holder shall not be construed as an admission of liability. Responsibility shall include covering the cost of drilling new wells or extending City water service including tap-in fee should that be necessary.
(e) In the event that the City Safety-Service Director determined that any drilling or production of a gas or oil well causes any sour gas, (hydrogen sulfide) or gas or oil odor deemed to be a nuisance, the applicant shall take all necessary steps to eliminate escape of any sour gas and where ordered by the City Safety-Service Director, shall provide a filter retrofitted on all storage tanks and shall insure during production of any well that such filters are either cleaned or replaced in order to adequately suppress odor. (Ord. 6324-91. Passed 12-16-91.)