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AN ORDINANCE
NO.
AMENNDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 11TH DAY OF JULY,
1950, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2818, ENTITLED "CORPUS CHRISTI OIL AND
GAS ORDINANCE, AND AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED ON
THE 19TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1950; BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2953, WHICH
AMENDED SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2818, BY AMENDING SECTION 7 OF
SAID CORPUS CHRISTI OIL AND GAS ORDINANCE (SECTION 24 -55 CORPUS
CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958), AS AMENDED, SO AS TO PROVIDE SPECIAL
PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AND NUECES BAY; PROVID-
ING THAT THE REGULATION OF DRILLING AND OPERATING WELLS IN CORPUS
CHRISTI BAY AND NUECES BAY SHALL BE GOVERNED ONLY BY THE PROVI-
SIONS OF SECTION 7; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; PROHIBITING THE
DRILLING OF ANY WELL IN THE BAY PARK AND RECREATION AREA; LIMIT-
ING BAY DRILL SITES IN CERTAIN STATE DRILLING TRACTS; PROHIBITING
THE DRILLING OR OPERATION OF ANY WELL WITHOUT A PERMIT; PROVIDING
FOR THE REQUIREMENTS AND CONTROLS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT TO
DRILL AND OPERATE A WELL; PROVIDING FOR A FILING FEE TO BE PAID
IN CONNECTION WITH EACH APPLICATION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC LIA-
BILITY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.INSURANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE'ISSUANCE
OF A'PERMIT BY THE CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING THE EFFECT OF THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE PERMITTEE OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE MAIN-
TENANCE OF INSURANCE, PROVIDING INDEMNITY TO THE CITY; PROVIDING
FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND REGULATORY BODIES;
PROVIDING FOR PRECEDENT OPERATIONS AND SAFEGUARDS; PROVIDING FOR
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DRILL SITE; PROHIBITING THE INTRODUCTION
OF HYDROCARBONS, CHEMICALS AND SUBSTANCES INTO THE BAY WATERS;
PROHIBITING PIPE LINES WITHIN THE BAY PARK AND RECREATION AREA;
PROHIBITING THE USE OF WOODEN DERRICK AND STEAM RIG; PROHIBITING
THE USE OF BUTANE, PROPANE OR LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS AS FUEL
UNLESS PERMISSION IS OBTAINED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL; PROHIBITING
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THE COMPLETION OR OPERATION OF A WELL IN SAND WHICH NOTWITHSTAD-
ING A BOTTOM HOLE REGULATOR RESULTS IN SURFACE SHUT -IN PRESSURE
EXCEEDING 7,500 POUNDS; PROHIBITING PRODUCTION OF A WELL DURING
ELECTRICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES; PROVIDING FOR LIMITATIONS OF
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AT WELL SITE AND PROHIBITING OPERATION
OF TANKS AND OIL AND GAS SEPARATORS AT THE WELL SITE; PROVIDING
FOR FENCING OR SCREENING THE WELL DRILL SITE OR THE BAY DRILL
SITE; PROVIDING FOR ACCESS AND EXAMINATION OF DATA BY CITY
OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES AND EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING WHAT CONSTI-
TUTES VIOLATIONS AND OFFENSES UNDER THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
FOR PENALTIES AND FOR REVOCATION OF PERMIT; PROVIDING THE EFFECT
OF THIS ORDINANCE ON WELLS DRILLING OR COMPLETED AT THE DATE OF
PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE NON- REPEAL OF CER-
TAIN OTHER ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING THAT THE INVALIDITY OF ANY PARTICULAR
PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF
THE REMAINING PROVISIONS 1-11 110,512MING 81-
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 2818, passed and approved
by the City Council on the 11th day of July, 1950, and entitled
the "Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Ordinance ", and Ordinance No.
2953, passed and approved by the City Council on the 19th day
of December, 1950, (amending Section 7 of said Ordinance No.
2818), be and the same are hereby amended by amending Section
7 of said Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Ordinance (Section 24 -55
Corpus Christi City Code, 1958) to hereafter be and read as
follows:
"Section 7 - Special Provisions Relative to Corpus
Christi Bay and Nueces Bay.
(a) Regulations. The regulation of the drilling and
operation of oil or gas wells within any portion of either
Corpus Christi Bay or Nueces Bay which is within the City Limits
of the City of Corpus Christi, and the prohibition of the drill-
ing of any well within certain areas of Corpus Christi Bay,
shall be governed only by the provisions of this Section 7, not-
withstanding any other provisions of the Corpus Christi Oil and
Gas Ordinance. All regulations and prohibitions herein imposed
shall be in addition to the regulations of all other Regulatory
Bodies having jurisdiction including but not limited to those
of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Commissioner of the
General Land Office of the State of Texas, Secretary of the
Army, and the Chief of Engineers .
(b) Definitions. For the purposes of and under this
Section 7, the following words and terms wherever and whenever
used or appearing in this,Section shall have the scope and mean-
ing hereinafter defined and specified in connection with each:
(1) The words "person ", "well ", and "permittee"
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SHALL EACH BE AS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF SAID CORPUS CHRISTI
OIL AND GAS ORDINANCE.
(2) THE WORDS "BAY DRILLING BLOCK" SHALL INCLUDE AND MEAN THE
ENTIRE SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE AREA INCLUDED AND EMBRACED WITHIN A SINGLE
STATE NUMBERED DRILLING TRACT IN CORPUS CHRISTI BAY OR NUECES BAY, AS
SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAPS ON FILE IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS.
(3) THE WORDS "BAY DRILL SITE" SHALL MEAN A SPECIFIC DEFINED
AND LOCATED SURFACE AREA IN THE FORM OF A SQUARE, NOT EXCEEDING 200 FEET IN
LENGTH AND 200 FEET IN WIDTH, IN STATE NUMBERED DRILLING TRACTS 42, 59,
59A, 72A, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 AND 79.
(4) THE WORDS "STRAIGHT WELL" SHALL MEAN A WELL DRILLED FROM
THE SURFACE TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF WITH NO PORTION OF THE HOLE HAVING
A DEVIATION OF MORE THAN 5 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL. '
(5) THE WORDS "DIRECTIONAL WELL" SHALL MEAN A WELL DRILLED FROM
THE SURFACE TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF WITH SOME PORTION OF THE HOLD HAVING A
DEVIATION OF MORE THAN 5 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL.
(6) The words "Bay Park and-Recreation Area" shall
mean that portion of water, land, and submerged land in Corpus\
Christi Bay that exists within a shore line zone extending from
the U. S Naval Air Station on the southeast to Indian Point
on the northwest and being more specifically described as all
,that portion of water, land and submerged land in Corpus Christi
Bay that lies between the shoreline of said bay and the follow-
ing described line which is approximately 1224 varas (3400 feet)
from the centerline of Ocean Drive or Shoreline Drive,_to -wit:
Beginning at a point in the line common to State
Tract-79-and the Restricted-Area-adjacent-td the U- S.-'Naval
Air Station as shown on "Map of Corpus Christi Bay in Nueces
County showing subdivision for Mineral Development" issued by
General Land Office, May 5,' 1950,,the i,ambert Grid Coordinates-
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(Texas South Zone) of;said point being X = 861632.7 and
Y = 268634.4;
Thence N. 75° 29' 01" W. 2730.44 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 67 and 79 the coordinates
of which are X = 858989.43 and Y = 269318.80; said point being
on the East boundary line of the City Limits of Corpus Christi
as set out in call No. 77 of the Corpus Christi Annexation
Ordinance No. 6636.
Thence N 69° 07, 26" W. 2082.19 varas to a point on
the line common to State Tracts 77 and 78, X = 857043.93
and Y = 270060.78;
Thence N. 65° 30, 47" W. 2029.06 varas to a point on
the line common to State Tracts 76 and 77, X = 855,197.37 and
Y = 270,901.80;
Thence N. 56° 54' 51" W. 1,942.43 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 75 and 76, X = 853,569.90
and Y = 271,962.16;
Thence N. 44° 25' 40" W. 1,900.91 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 74 and 75, X = 852,239.25
and Y = 273,319.66;
Thence N. 18° 43' 02" W. 2,120.54 varas to a point
on the line common to -State Tracts 73 and 74, X - 851,558.77
and Y = 275,328.05;
Thence 42° 37' 15" W. 1,902.45 varas to a point
in State Tract 72A, on a projection of the line common to State
-- Tracts 60 and 61, X = 850,270.54 and Y =- 276,727.§1'(om;
Thence N. 11° 20' 31" W. 937.48 varas to a point in
State Tract 72A on 'a projection of the line common to State
Tracts 72 and 73, X = 850,086.17 and Y = 277,647.14;
Thence N. 8° 13' 0811 E. 1873.40 varas to a point in
State Tract 59A on a projection of the line common to State
Tracts 59 and 60, X = 850,353.89 and Y = 279,501.o4;-
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Thence N. 70 271 43" W. 656.05 varas to a point
in State Tract 59A on a projection of the line common to State
.Tracts 60 and 72, X = 850,268.69 and Y = 280,151.53;
Thence N. 150 481 15" E. 2176.78 varas to a point on
the Southwest line of State Tract 58, X - 850,861 --54 and
Y = 282,246.02;
Thence N. 290 481 24" E, 1,223.37 varas to a point on
the Northwest line of State Tract 58, X= 851,469.65 and
Y = 283,307.55; '
Thence N. 490 191 59" E, 2,628.43 varas to a point on
the line common to State Tracts 40 and 43, X = 853,463.34 and
Y = 285,020.40;
Thence N. 53° 561 18" E, 1,924.33 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 26 and 40, X = 855,018.94 and
Y = 286,153.17;
Thence N. 450 011 50" W. 500 varas on the line com-
mon to State Tracts 40 and 26 to the most easterly corner of
State Tract No. 41, X = 854,665.19 and Y = 286,506.53. This point
being common to call number.65 in City of Corpus Christi Annexa-
tion Ordinance No. 6636.
Note: Coordinates are in varas.
(7) ALL TECHNICAL OR OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WORDS OR PHRASES
NOT SPECIFICALLY DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THAT MEANING CUSTOMARILY
ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO BY PRUDENT OPERATORS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
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(c) Drilling Prohibited in Bay Park and Recreation Area.
No well shall be drilled from any surface location within the Bay
Park and Recreation Area and no permit shall be issued by the City
of Corpus Christi for any well to be drilled from any surface
location within said area. This prohibition shall not preclude
said City from issuing a permit pursuant to the other provisions
of this Section for the drilling of directional wells from sur-
face locations on State Numbered Drilling Tracts 42, 59, 59A, 72A,
73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, and 79 in Corpus Christi Bay which loca-
tions are seaward and outside the Bay Park and Recreation Area
even though such directional well will be bottomed at a location
on the same Tract within the Bay Park and Recreation Area, or
even though such a directional well drilled from such permissable
location on State Numbered Drilling Tracts 59A or 72A will be
bottomed at a location on State Drilling Tract 803 the surface
of which is entirely within the Bay Park and Recreation Area.
(d) Limited Bay Drill Sites In Certain State Drilling
Tracts. That portion of water and submerged land in State
Numbered Drilling Tracts 42, 59, 59A, 72A, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,
78, and 79, lying seaward and outside the Bay Park and Recreation
Area constitutes a secondary public park and recreation area;
and such portion of each such numbered tract shall have no more
than two Bay Drill Sites and each Bay Drill Site in any such
Drilling Tract shall be located at a minimum distance of 1200
feet from the other authorized Bay Drill Site in such Drilling
Tract. More than one well one may be drilled from a single
Bay Drill Site.
(e) Permit. It shall be unlawful and an offense for
any person acting either for himself or as agent, employee,
independent contractor, or servant of any other person, to com-
mence to drill, to drill, or to operate, any well within any
portion of Corpus Christi Bay or Nueces Bay lying within the
city limits of Corpus Christi, or to work upon or assist in any
way in the prosecution or operation of any such well, without a
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permit for the drilling and operation of such well having first
been issued by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
in accordance with the terms of this Section. No permit shall
cover more than one well.
(f) Application for Permit and Filing Fee. Every ap-
plication for a permit to drill and operate a well in Corpus
Christi Bay or Nueces Bay shall be in writing, signed and sworn
to before a Notary Public by the applicant or some representative
of the applicant having due and legal authority to enter into
contracts binding upon the applicant; and it shall be filed with
the City Secretary and be accompanied by a filing fee of $,1 r o d
in cash or by cashier's check in such amount payable to the City. tl
No application shall request a permit to drill and operate but
one well. The said application shall clearly identify the Bay
Drilling Block; the exact location thereon of the proposed well
drill site; and if the well is proposed to be drilled on the
permissable drilling portion of any of the particular State Drill-
ing Tracts identified in subparagraph (d) hereof, the exact
designation and location thereon of the Bay Drill Site permitted
hereunder upon which such drilling will be conducted. (After
two Bay Drill Sites in any such particular State Drilling Tract
have been so designated in applications filed with the City
Council, any additional well proposed to be drilled on such Tract
shall be located and drilled on one of such two Bay Drill Sites
theretofore designated). The said application shall state the
vertical depth to which it is proposed that the well be drilled;
shall state whether said well is to be drilled as a straight
well or as a directional well, and, if the same is to be drilled
as a directional well, the proposed bottom hole location of said
well. Each such application shall have attached thereto the
following:
(1) Certified or photostatic copy of all oil and
gas leases, and assignments, showing the applicant to be the
owner of all of the mineral leasehold working interest under the
PARTICULAR BAY DRILLING BLOCK.
(2) A CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES FROM A RELIABLE INSURANCE
COMPANY OR COMPANIES AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN TEXAS EVIDENCING THAT
THE APPLICANT HAS IN FORCE A POLICY OR POLICIES OF PUBLIC LIAB8LITY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE ISSUED BY SAID COMPANY OR COMPANIES INSURING
THE APPLICANT AGAINST CLAIMS FOR BODILY INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WHICH
MIGHT BE SUSTAINED BY THE CITY OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BY REASON OF
THE DRILLING OR OPERATION OF SAID WELLS WITH COVERAGE LIMITS FOR BODILY IN-
JURY OR DEATH TO ANY ONE PERSON OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 AND NOT LESS THAN
$300,000 FOR ANY ONE ACCIDENT AND FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OF NOT LESS THAN
$300,000 FOR ANY ONE OCCURRENCE; AND WITH ENDORSEMENTS TO SAID POLICIES
RUNNING TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND OBLIGATING THE INSURERS TO GIVE THE CITY SECRE-
TARY WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF SUCH INSURANCE NOT LESS THAN 15
DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF CANCELLATION. IN THE EVENT OF NOTICE OF CANCEL-
LATION OR TERMINATION OF SUCH INSURANCE THE PERMIT HOLDER SHALL, PRIOR TO
CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION, FILE A NEW CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES TO THE
SAME EFFECT AS THOSE TO BE CANCELLED AND UPON FAILURE TO FILE SUCH NEW
CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES, THE PERMIT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATE.
(G) ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. ALL APPLICATIONS FILED PURSUANT HERETO
SHALL BE EXAMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IF SAID COUNCIL SHALL FIND THAT
SUCH APPLICATION COMPLIES IN ALL RESPECTS WITH THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION
AND THE DRILLING AND OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED WELL IS NOT PROHIBITED BY
ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS SECTIONS THEN SAID COUNCIL SHALL ISSUE OR CAUSE
THE CITY SECRETARY TO ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT A PERMIT TO DRILL SUCH WELL
AS APPLIED FOR IN SAID APPLICATION. THE TERM OF SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE FOR
A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AND AS LONG THEREAFTER AS THE PERMITTEE IS ENGAGED IN
CONTINUOUS DRILLING OPERATIONS OR OIL OR GAS IS PRODUCED IN COMMERCIAL
QUANTITIES FROM THE WELL DRILLED PURSUANT TO SUCH PERMIT, PROVIDED THAT IF
AT ANY TIME AFTER DISCOVERY OF OIL OR GAS THE PRODUCTION THEREOF IN COMMER-
CIAL QUANTITIES SHOULD CEASE THE TERM SHALL NOT TERMINATE IF THE PERMITTEE
COMMENCES ADDITIONAL REWORKING OPERATIONS WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS THEREAFTER
AND IF THEY RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF OIL OR GAS, SO LONG
THEREAFTER AS OIL OR GAS IS PRODUCED IN COMMERCIAL
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QUANTITIES FROM SAID WELL. SAID PERMIT, WHEN ISSUED FOR SAID WELL SHALL
BY REFERENCE HAVE INCORPORATED THEREIN ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7
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WITH THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF THIS SECTION 7 WERE COPIED VERBATIM
IN SAID PERMIT; AND THE PERMIT SHALL BE IN DUPLICATE, WITH ONE COUNTER-
PART TO BE DELIVERED TO THE PERMITTEE AFTER THE PERMITTEE HAS EXECUTED
AN ACCEPTANCE ON THE OTHER COUNTERPART TO BE RETAINED BY THE CITY
SECRETARY.
(H) EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE OF PERMIT. THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT
AND ITS ACCEPTANCE BY THE PERMITTEE SHALL IPSO FACTO BIND AND OBLIGATE
THE PERMITTEE, HIS OR ITS EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, FOR SO LONG AS ANY DRILLINGS PRODUCING, OR OTHER OPERATIONS
ARE BEING CONDUCTED ON OR WITH REFERENCE TO THE PERMITTED WELL, AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) TO MAINTAIN IN FORCE AND EFFECT A POLICY OR
POLICIES OF PUBLIC LIABILITY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE WITH THE
MINIMUM COVERAGES SPECIFIED IN THE FOREGOING SUBPARAGRAPH (2) OF PARA-
GRAPH (F) AND TO FURNISH ANNUALLY TO THE CITY SECRETARY CURRENT CERTI-
FICATES OF INSURANCE AND ENDORSEMENTS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE REQUIRED
IN SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH.
(2) TO UNCONDITIONALLY INDEMNIFY THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, COUNTY OF NUECES, STATE OF TEXAS AND ALL OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
BODIES AGAINST AND AGREE TO PROMPTLY PAY TO SUCH GOVERNMENTAL BODIES
FOR ALL PROPERTY DAMAGE OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE CAUSED TO PROPERTY
OWNED BY THE CITY OR SUCH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES THAT MAY ARISE
BECAUSE OF ANY AND ALL DRILLINGS PRODUCING, OR OTHER OPERATIONS,OF THE
PERMITTEE.
i (3) TO MAKE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE TERMS AND
• REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 7; AND TO MAKE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL
DRILLING, COMPLETION, OPERATING AND ABANDONMENTS REQUIREMENTS OF ALL
FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND OF ALL FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORY BODIES
HAVING JURISDICTION.
(4) TO CONDUCT ALL OPERATIONS RELATIVE TO THE
DRILLING, COMPLETION, AND OPERATION OF-AID PERMITTED WELL WITH
x ADEQUATE RIGS, TOOLS MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND RECOGNIZED PRO-
CEDURES, IN A PRUDENT MANNER SO AS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PROTECTION
AND SAFEGUARDS AGAINST: DAMAGE AND HAZARDS TO LIFE, HEALTH,
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welfare, and property of the public, blowout, cratering, surface
damage, fire, explosion, pollution of the waters, navigation,
noise, unsightliness and detriment to the beauty of the surround-
ing area.
(5) To keep the well drill site and the Bay Drill
Site free and clear of all litter, trash, and waste; and to prevent
the introduction into the waters of the Bay of oil, gas, liquid
hydrocarbon, chemicals, drilling mud, drilling fluid, and other
foreign substance and substances.
(6) To install, lay, maintain, and operate no oil,
gas, or other hydrocarbon pipe line or lines on, under, or across
any water or submerged lands within the confines of the Bay Park
and Recreation Area, unless specific written permission for the
use thereof is obtained from the City Council.
(7) To not use and to not operate in connection
with the drilling of any well any wooden derrick or any steam
pressure rig; and to not use as fuel in any drilling or produc-
tion operation any butane, propane or other liquified petroleum
gas, unless specific written permission for the use thereof is
obtained from the City Countil.
(8) To not complete and to not operate any well
in a sand or horizon which would result in surface shut -in
pressure in excess of 7,500 pounds per square inch, provided,
however, that this provision shall not preclude the installation
of bottom hole regulators for the reduction of surface shut -in
pressures�to the maximum above permitted surface shut -in pressure
and if a well cannot be so produced from such sand or horizon, J
it shall be the duty of the permittee to properly and adequately
seal and shut off such sand and horizon in keeping with the then
best known practice of the industry
(g) To shut off all production from the well during
an electrical storm and during a hurricane.
(10) If such well be completed as a producing oil
or gas well, to erect, operate, and maintain at the well drill
site and the Bay Drill Site only such Christmas -tree, well -head
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connections, safety valves, regulators, protective piling, and
water knock -out equipment, as are reasonably necessary to produce
` such well, navigation lights, signals and devices prescribed by
any regulatory body having jurisdiction, and the fencing or screen
specified in subparagraph (11) hereof. No storage tanks and no
oil and gas separators shall be constructed or maintained on or
adjacent to the well drill site, the Bay Drill Site, or in Corpus
Christi Bay or in Nueces Bay.
(11) To fence or screen the well drill site and
or the Bay Drill Site and the surface equipment in such manner
as will not detract from the beauty of the bay in accordance with
plans submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Works
of the City; and to at all times maintain the same in good repair
and appearance.
(12) To permit any duly authorized official, re-
presentative, or employee of the City of Corpus Christi the right
of access at all reasonable time and times to the well drill site,
the Bay Drill Site, the well, and the right to examine such well
and geological data as the permittee is or may be required to
file with the Railroad Commission of Texas.
(i) Violation and Offense. It shall be unlawful and
an offense for any person to violate or fail to comply with any
provision of this Section (7,or any provision of a permit issued
hereunder.l Any violation or failure to comply with the laws of
the State of Texas, or any rule, regulation, or requirement of
any State or Federal regulatory body having jurisdiction in ref-
erence to drilling, completing, equipping, operating, producing,
or abandoning, an oil or gas well or related appurtenances,
equipment or facilities, or in reference to fire protection,
blow -out protection, safety protection, water or bay pollution,
or navigation, shall also be unlawful and an offense under this
Ordinance.
(j) Penalties and Revocation of Permit. Any person
-.7ho sr all do or perform an unlawful act or commit an offense as
in
specified in paragraph (i) hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not less than Five Dollars and not more than Two Hundred
Dollars; and the violation of each separate provision, law, rule,
regulation, and requirement, shall be considered a separate offense,
and each day's violation of each separate provision, law, rule,
regulation, and requirement, shall be considered a separate offense.
In addition to the foregoing penalties, it is further provided
that the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, at any regu-
lar or special meeting thereof, may, provided ten days notice has
been given to the permittee that revocation is to be considered
at such meeting, revoke any permit issued hereunder in the event
the permittee has done or performed an unlawful act or committed
an offense as specified in paragraph (i) hereof. In the event
the permit be revoked, the permittee may make application to the
City Council for a reissuance of such permit, and the action of
the City Council thereon shall be final.
(k) Effect on Wells Drilling or Completed at the date
of the Passage of this Ordinance. Any person who at the time of
the passage of this Ordinance is engaged in drilling a well or
operating a producing well within that part of Corpus Christi Bay
or Nueces Bay which is within the city limits of the City of
Corpus Christi, shall have a period of 120 days subsequent to the
date of the passage of this Ordinance within which to file an ap-
plication for a permit for the drilling and /or operation of such
well; and the filing fee prescribed by paragraph (f) hereof is
waived as to such application.
(1) Non - Repeal of Certain Ordinances. This Ordinance
shall not be construed as repealing, altering, or otherwise
affecting the validity and binding force of any ordinance per-
taining to fire prevention, health, sanitation, or safety of
persons or property heretofore enacted by the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
(m) Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. All ordinances
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AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. IF EVER AND WHENEVER IN THIS
ORDINANCE, RESTRICTIONS, PROHIBITIONS, OR PROVISIONS CONFLICT, AND IF
EVER AND WHENEVER RESTRICTIONS, PROHIBITIONS OR PROVISIONS IN THIS
ORDINANCE CONFLICT WITH LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OR WITH REGULATIONS
OF STATE OR FEDERAL REGULATORY BODIES HAVING JURISDICTION, IN EACH
INSTANCE THE MORE RESTRICTIVE RESTRICTIONS REGULATIONS PROHIBITION
OR PROVISION SHALL APPLY.
(N) SEVERABILITY. IF ANY SECTIONS PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL, FOR ANY REASON,
BE ADJUDGED INVALID OR HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE INVALIDITY OR
UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SUCH PARTICULAR SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION
CLAUSE, PHRASE OR PROVISION SO DECLARED SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY
OR CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE REMAINING PROVISIONS HEREOF, BUT THE SAME,
AND EACH OF THEM, SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
(0) IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES HEREIN PROVIDED FOR VIOLATION
OF THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED
BY INJUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL PROCEEDING PROVIDED BY LAW, TO ENFORCE
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND TO PREVENT VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF
THIS ORDINANCE, AND TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM POTENTIAL INJURY UNDER THE
POLICE POWER OF THE CITY AND ITS POWER TO PREVENT AND ABATE NUISANCES."
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS AD FOR THE FI ME AND
PAS D O ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE DAY OF
19 1 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON
' M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR. QdA
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINA NICE AS READ FOR H ECP TIME AND P SSED
TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE —f /—DAY OF 19
BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG r
JACK R. BLACKMON (/
JOSE R. DELEON I%
M. P. MALDONADO f
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.
THAT THE FOR 1 ORDINANC W AD R THE THI
FINALLY ON THIS THE CGDAY OF 19_
THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. LINIARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MAE
W. J. ROE
W. H. WAE
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE
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CITY SECRE ARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
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CITY ATTORNEY
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RESTRICTED AREA IN
CORPUS CHRISTI BAY, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS
All that portion of Corpus Christi Bay thatr—lies be-
tween the shoreline of said bay and,the following described
line which is approximately 1224 varas (3400 feet) from the
centerline of Ocean Drive or Shoreline Drive;
Beginning at a point in the line common,to State
Tract 79 and the Restricted Area adjacent to the U. S. Naval
Air Station as shown on "Map of Corpus Christi Bay in Nueces
'County showing subdivision for Mineral Development" issued by
General Land Office, May 5, 1950, the Lambert Grid Coordinates
(Texas South Zone) of said point being X = 861632.7 and
Y = 268634.4;
Thence N. 750 29' 01" W. 2730.44 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 67 and 79 the coordinates
of which are X = 858989.43 and Y = 269318.80; said point being
on the East boundary line of the City Limits of Corpus Christi
as set out in call No. 77 of the Corpus Christi Annexation
Ordinance No. 6636.
Thence N 690 07' 26" W. 2082.19 varas to a point on
the line common to State Tracts 77 and 78, X = 857043.93
and Y = 270060.78;
Thence N. 650 30' 47" W. 2029.06 varas to a point on
the line common to State Tracts 76 and 77, X = 855,197.37 and
Y = 270,901.80;
Thence N. 560 54' 51" W. 1,942.43 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 75 and 76, X = 853,569.90
and Y = 271,962.16;
Thence N. 44° 25' 40" W. 1,900.91 varas to a point
on the line common to State Tracts 74 and 75, X = 852,239.25
and Y = 273,319.66;
Thence N. 180 43' 02" W. 2,120.54 varas to a point
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on the line common to State Tracts 73 and 74, X = 851,558.77
and Y = 275,328.05;
Thence N. 420 37' 15" W. 1,902.45 varas to a point
in State Tract 72A on a projection of the line common to State
Tracts 60 and 61, X = 850,270.54 and Y = 276,727.97;
Thence N. 11° 201 31" W. 937.48 varas to a point in '
State-Tract 72A on•a projection of.the line common to State
-.'--Tracts 72 and 73, X . 850,086.17 and Y•= 277,647.14;
Thence N. 80 131 08 E. 1873.40 varas' to a point in
• Y
State Tract 59A on A projection of the line common to State
Tracts 59 and 60, X . 850j353.89-and Y = 279,501.04;
Thence N.'7° 271'43" W. 656.05 varas to a point
in State Tract 59A on a projection of the line common to State
Tracts 60 and 72, X w 850,268.69 and Y . 280,151:53;
Thence. N. 15 48 -1 E. 2176;78', varas to a point on
-`-the Southwest line of State Tract 58, X 850,861.54 and
Y = •282,246.02;
Thence N. 29° 481 24" E, 1,223.37 varas to a point on
the Northwest line of State Tract 58, X. 851,469.65 and
Y . 283,307.55;
Thence N. 49° 191'59" E, 2,628.43 varas.to a point, on
the line common to State Tracts 40 and 43- = 853,463.34 and
Y = 285,020.40; ;
Thence N. 530 56, 18" E, 1,924.33 varas to a point
i•: on the line common to State Tracts 26 and 40,.X . 855,018.94 and
Y'a 286,153.17;
Thence N. 450 011-50" W. 500 varas on the line com-
mon to State Tracts 40 and 26 to the most easterly corner of '
State Tract No. 41,'X = 854,665.'19 and'Y . 286,506.53. This point
being common to call number 65 in City of Corpus Christi Annexa=
tion Ordinance No. 6636.
Note: Coordinates are in varas. ,