Any pipeline installed within the water facilities field of the City of Lovington, New Mexico, which pipeline will be used to transport oil, gas, produced water, brine water or any other liquid associated with the exploration or production of oil, gas and other minerals shall be constructed to pass at least three hundred (300) feet from any water well within the confines of the water facilities field of the City of Lovington, New Mexico.
The provisions of Chapter 8.30, Oil and Gas Wells and Pipelines, in as much as said provisions are deemed applicable in the sole discretion of the city commission, shall govern all pipeline construction, all drilling operations, and construction or placement of any other facility for the exploration, production, storage or transportation of oil, gas, produced water, brine water or any other liquids associated with the exploration or production of oil, gas and other minerals within the confines of the water facilities field of the City of Lovington, New Mexico.
The water facilities field, which is the subject of this ordinance, is described as follows:
TRACT I
Lots 3 and 4, E1/2SW1/4, SEl/4, NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 31, Township 16 South, Range 37 East, LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following described parcels of land:
Beginning at a points. 89°50'E. 178.0 feet from the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 16 South, Range 37 East, N.M.P.M., thence S. 89°50' E. 1,000.0 feet, thence north 566.28 feet, thence N. 89°50' W. 1,000.0 feet, thence south 566.28 feet to the point of beginning and containing 13.00 acres, more or less, according to plat of original survey prepared by John W. West, AND, beginning at a point S. 89°50' E. 2,636.8 feet and N. 39°46' W. 385.0 feet from the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 16 South, Range 37 East, N.M.P.M.. Thence N. 39°46' W. 480.0 feet, thence S. 50°14' W. 100.0 feet, thence S. 39°46' E. 480.0 feet, thence N. 50°41'E. 100.0 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 1.10 acres, more or less, according to plat of original survey prepared by John W. West.
TRACT II
S1/2SE1/4 of Section 26, E1/2 of Section 35, Township 16 South, Range 36 East; Lots 1,2, 3 & 4, S1/2W1/2, S1/2 of Section 1, Lots 1 & 2, S1/2NE1/4, SE1/4 of Section 2, Township 17 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M., AND SE1/4, S1/2SW1/4 of Section 25, and All of Section 36, Township 16 South, Range 36 East, LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following described parcels of land:
Commencing at the lA comer on the east boundary of Section 36, Township 16 South, Range 36 East, thence north along the east boundary of said Section 36 a distance of 645 feet to point of intersection with the south right-of-way fence of Texas and New Mexico Railroad, thence in a northwesterly direction along said right-of-way fence a distance of 1892 feet to the southeast corner of this tract and true place of beginning, thence in a southwesterly direction at a ninety (90) degree angle to said right-of-way fence 990 feet to the southwest corner, thence in a northwesterly direction parallel to said right-of-way fence 1320 feet to the northwest corner, thence in a northeasterly direction at a ninety (90) degree angle to said right-of-way fence 990 feet to the right-of-way fence and northeast corner, thence in a southeasterly direction along the right-of-way fence 1320 feet to the southeast corner of this tract and true place of beginning, containing 30.00 acres, more or less, lying in the N1/2NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4 of Section 36, Township 16 South, Range 36 East, and in the SW1/4SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 16 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M., Lea County, New Mexico, as originally described in plat of Survey prepared by R. S. Blymn.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any pipeline not in compliance with this section. It shall be a separate offense for each day that a pipeline constructed in violation of this ordinance remains out of compliance, and upon conviction thereof, the offender shall be subject to a maximum fine of five hundred dollars for each violation. (Ord. 449 (part), 2003; Ord. 446, 2003)