(A) No well shall be drilled within the city limits without properly setting surface casing to a minimum depth of 800 feet. No well shall be drilled within the city limits without cementing the surface casing by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all of the annular space behind such casing to the surface of the ground; and without cementing the production string by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all the annular space behind the production string to at least 600 feet above the highest oil and/or gas bearing horizon; and in the event a protection string of casing be required under the terms of this chapter without cementing the protection string by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all the annular space behind the protection string to at least 600 feet above the highest oil and/or gas bearing horizon.
(B) It is provided however, that in noncongested areas or for other reasons he or she may feel valid, the Oil and Gas Well Inspector, if it is evidenced to him or her by the permittee or operator that the well completion is to be consistent with safe and acceptable completion methods, he or she may, in his or her discretion, recommend to the Common Council for approval the waiver of all or any part of the requirements set forth in this section.
(Prior Code, § 18-14)