A. No well shall be drilled, and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location or storage tank to be located nearer than three hundred feet (greater or lesser distance to be established at time of permitting) to any residence, hospital, school or commercial building located within the city, unless such residence or building is owned or controlled by the permittee. Provided, however, that the council may in exceptional cases, in considering any application for a permit, require a greater distance, depending on the circumstances and so specify in the permit.
B. No high pressure gas injection well or a compressor used in conjunction therewith shall be located nearer than three hundred feet to any residential or commercial building located within the city unless such residence or building is owned or controlled by the permittee. Provided however, that the council may, in exceptional cases, in considering any application for a permit, require a greater or lesser distance (to be established at the time of permitting), depending on the circumstances and so specify in the permits.
C. No pipeline shall be placed within forty feet of any existing residential, commercial or industrial structure. No residential, commercial or industrial structure, other than structures necessary to operate the pipeline, shall be erected or moved to a location nearer than forty feet to any pipeline transporting gas when the pipeline operating pressure is greater than two hundred fifty psi, unless a greater distance is recommended by the applicable code. (Ord. 415 Exh. A (part), 1998)