733.06 PLUGGING REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)    All abandoned gas or oil wells required to be plugged by Section 733.03 shall be plugged in a manner prescribed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, applicable provisions of the Ohio Revised Code and this chapter.

   (b)    In addition to requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the following shall be required:

      (1)    All wells to be plugged which are located under parking lots, roads, streets or other areas to be used for public purposes, shall be enclosed in a brick or masonry manhole fitted with a steel cover not less than thirty inches in diameter. Such cover shall be plainly marked, "Abandoned Gas Well" and shall be used for access for inspection of the well.

      (2)    All plugged wells shall be vented by a vent pipe not less than two inches in diameter and of such height as prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources, the State of Ohio and the City Fire Chief and the Building Commissioner. Such vent pipe shall have a drilled and tapped inspection hold with hole plug not less than one-half inch in diameter and not more than four feet above grade.

      (3)    It shall be the duty of the person, in the drilling of a well or the cleaning of an abandoned well preparatory to the plugging of such abandoned well, to provide for a drilling-in control gate, which shall be so constructed as to effectually cut off the flow of gas to the top of the well and which can be operated at a remote point from the well.

         (Ord. 46-1987. Passed 11-24-87.)