To protect the private and public health, safety and general welfare of residents of the City and of the public generally from the danger of fire, accident, explosion, gas, public nuisances and other hazards dangerous to public peace, health and safety as a result of the drilling and operations for oil and gas within the City, the potential for serious contamination of surface and ground water and any public or private water wells within the City; disturbance of the City's peace and serenity through noxious odors, dust and loud noises; threat of fluid spills and other damages to the surface of same; and threat of damage to private and public facilities caused by heavy equipment, it is necessary to limit the number and regulate the spacing, drilling and operation of oil and gas wells and incidental facilities within the City and abutting zoning jurisdiction of the City and as an incident thereto it is further necessary to provide for a fair and just basis of participation in the limited number of wells so drilled and in the production therefrom.
(Ord. 907. Passed 9-26-77; Ord. 1589. Passed 6-12-07.)