For the purposes of this chapter the following words and terms shall have the scope and meaning hereinafter defined and set out in connection with each:
City block. A "city block" is designated and described as a city section, square or rectangular, whether vacant or built upon, and completely surrounded by streets, or otherwise designated and shown upon the plat or map of the city as a regularly constituted block, comprising a unit within itself, unattached to other property.
Completion or completion date. "Completion" or "completion date" shall mean that test date shown in those forms required by the Texas Railroad Commission to indicate that all well drilling activities are complete and the well is ready for production as the prerequisite to receiving an allowable from the Texas Railroad Commission.
Lease. The word "lease" shall mean any tract of land subject to an oil, gas and mineral lease or other oil and gas development contract, or any unit composed of several tracts and leases but operated as one lease, and any tract of land in which the minerals are owned by an operator or someone holding it for him, but which, due to the fee royalty ownership, is developed and operated as a separate tract.
Minimum site plan. A site plan and map accompanying each permit application that includes as a minimum the following information:
(1) the proposed wellhead location, graphically displayed;
(2) the proposed access route, from the proposed wellhead to the public thoroughfare proposed for access;
(3) the probable location of all pits;
(4) the probable pipeline route;
(5) the probable location of any separator, tank, or other similar equipment;
(6) the approximate size and shape of the well site (footprint).
Permit. The word "permit" shall, depending on the context of its use, mean a Level A, Level B, or Level C drilling permit required to be issued under this ordinance as a prerequisite to beginning oil or gas drilling activity in the city limits of the city or an annual operating permit for an operating oil or gas well.
Permittee. The word "permittee" shall mean the person to whom a permit is issued for the drilling and operation of a well under this chapter, that person's administrators, executors, heirs, successors, and assigns.
Person. The word "person" shall include both the singular and the plural, and shall mean and include any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, club, society, cooperative, trust, municipal corporation or political subdivision whatsoever.
Technical words or phrases. All "technical" oil and gas industry words or phrases used in this chapter and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.
Well. The word "well" shall include and mean any hole or holes, bore or bores, to any sand, formation, strata or depth for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbon, or any of them.
Wellhead. The word "wellhead" for the purposes of this chapter shall mean the exact center of the location where the driller inserts the drill bit for purposes of drilling the well; the wellhead for the purposes of this chapter shall also be known as the "hole."
(Ord. No. 2272, § 1, 1-26-93)