For the purposes of this chapter, all terms used that are defined in the IDAPA regulations and are not defined in this chapter are defined as provided in the IDAPA regulations as of the effective date of this chapter. The following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ADMINISTRATIVE: A regulatory review and/or action performed by an employee or contractor of Payette County and not deemed a legislative or quasi-judicial action.
APPLICANT: Any person, owner, operator, partnership, company, corporation and its subcontractors and agents who has an interest in real estate for the purpose of exploring or drilling for, producing, or transporting oil or gas.
DEPARTMENT: The Idaho department of lands.
DEVELOPMENT: Any work which actively promotes bringing in production.
FIELD: The general area underlaid by one or more pools.
GAS: Any petroleum hydrocarbon existing in the gaseous phase.
GEOPHYSICAL OR SEISMIC OPERATIONS: Any geophysical method performed on the surface of the land utilizing certain instruments operating under the laws of physics respecting vibration or sound to determine conditions below the surface of the earth which may contain oil or gas and inclusive of, but not limited to, the preliminary line survey, the acquisition of necessary permit, the selection and marking of shot hole locations, necessary clearing of vegetation, shot hole drilling, implantation of charge, placement of geophones, detonation and backfill of shot holes, and vibroseis.
OIL AND CRUDE OIL: Petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary production methods and are not the result of gas condensation before or after it leaves the reservoir.
OIL AND GAS: Oil or gas or both.
OIL AND GAS WELL: A hole drilled into the earth for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances.
OIL AND GAS WELL SITE: A defined area of surface operations surrounding a proposed or existing oil and gas well or wells where an operator has disturbed or plans to disturb the land surface in order to locate an oil and gas well, and accessory structures and equipment necessary for drilling, completion, recompletion, work over, development and production activities.
OWNER: The person who has the right to drill into and produce from a pool and to appropriate the oil or gas that he produces therefrom, either for himself or for himself and others.
PERSON: Any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary or other representatives of any kind, and includes any government or any political subdivision of any agency thereof. The masculine gender, in referring to a person, includes the feminine and the neuter genders.
POOL: An underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil or gas or both; each zone of a structure that is completely separated from any other zone in the same structure is a pool.
PRODUCER: The owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas or both.
RESERVOIR: A subsurface volume of porous and permeable rock in which oil or gas has accumulated.
ROAD REPAIR AGREEMENT: A written agreement between the owner/operator and the local highway jurisdiction obligating the operator to repair damage, excluding ordinary wear and tear, if any, to public streets, including, but not limited to, bridges, caused by the operator or its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or representatives in the performance of drilling or production of any wells authorized by the city or county.
ROADWAY: Any street, avenue, boulevard, road land, parkway, place, viaduct, easement for access, or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway; or a street or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by official action; or a street or way in a plat duly filed and recorded within the right of way boundaries whether improved or unimproved and may be comprised of pavement, shoulder, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas, and lawns.
A. Arterial Route: A general term including expressways, major and minor arterial streets; and interstate, state or county highways having regional continuity.
B. Collector Street: A street that provides for traffic movement within neighborhoods of the county and between major streets and local streets and for direct access to abutting property.
C. Local Street: A street that provides direct access to residential, commercial, industrial, or other abutting land for local traffic movements and connects to collector and/or arterial streets.
1. Marginal Access Street: A minor street parallel and adjacent to an arterial route and intercepts local streets and controls access to an arterial route.
2. Cul-De-Sac Street: A short local street having one end permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround.
3. Loop Street: A minor street with both terminal points on the same street of origin.
4. Alley: A public serviceway used to provide secondary vehicular access to properties otherwise abutting upon a street.
WELL: An oil and gas well or an injection well, including, but not limited to, directional drilling wells (for example, any well hole drilled into the ground). (Ord. 2013-02, 8-5-2013)