The following restrictions hereby shall be applied to oil and gas wells:
(a) Prior to establishing an access roadway to the drill site, the operator shall contact the City Public Works Foreman to establish the location and casing necessary for such roadway. Such casing to be of reinforced concrete pipe with a minimum diameter of twelve inches and forty feet in length with drainage maintained at both ends of the casing. The casing shall be of sufficient diameter to carry all of the water coursing through the ditch.
(b) All roadways to the separator units or oil storage tanks shall be slagged, stoned or paved with asphalt or concrete in a satisfactory manner.
(c) Any damage done to the City roadways shall be repaired or payment shall be made to the City for all expenses incurred by the City in making the necessary repairs.
(d) All equipment is to be free of mud prior to entering the roadway so no deposit is left on the roadway.
(e) No loading or unloading of oil or water is to be made from the road. Blocking the roadway is prohibited at all times.
(f) The wells, storage tanks and separator units shall also comply with the rules and regulations of the Division of Oil and Gas of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, including, but not limited to, the distances from boundaries of tracts, drilling units and other wells.
(g) Landscaping and clean up at the completion of drilling operations shall conform to the contour of the land.
(h) A gate of sufficient construction so as to prevent unauthorized vehicles on access roadway shall be constructed at a distance of fifty feet from the highway right of way.
(i) No fires shall be permitted within 100 feet of any gas well or storage tank.
(j) In order to protect the City roads both to damage and dirt, a bond in the minimum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be made payable to the City. The amount of the bond required may be set at a higher figure, based on the miles of roads to be traveled within the City and the condition of the roadways, as decided by the Public Works Foreman.
(k) A sign listing the name and phone number to be called in case of emergency shall be located on or near each well.
(Ord. 93-7. Passed 2-15-93.)