HomeMy WebLinkAbout07495 ORD - 02/10/1965AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 214 -13 SO AS TO PRO-
VIDE THAT WELLS MAY BE DRILLED TO A DEPTH IN
EXCESS OF 10,000 FEET BY SPECIAL PERMIT OF THE
CITY COUNCIL; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING SEVERANCE CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS
AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY CHANGING SECTION 214 -13
TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 214 -13. MAXIMUM DEPTH.
"IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO DRILL A WELL WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS TO A DEPTH IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND FEET, EXCEPT BY
SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTED AT A HEARING HELD AFTER
APPLICATION SHOWING THAT THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC
WILL NOT BE ENDANGERED BY DRILLING TO A DEPTH IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND
FEET."
SECTION 2. ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH SHALL BE AND ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
SECTION 3. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVI-
SION, CLAUSE, PHRASE, OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD
INVALID, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULA-
TIONS RELATE.
SECTION 14. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICA-
TION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ONE TIME, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL
CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 5. THE NECESSITY TO CHANGE THE TERMS OF REGULATIONS
CONCERNING THE DRILLING OF -SOIL AND GAS WELLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREINABOVE SET FORTH CREATES A PUBLIC EMER-
GENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF
THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY
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ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE
MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUS-
PENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS
INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AM EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE_Z DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1965.
�l MAYOR "
' V � THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CTTY SECRETARY J
APPROVED AS LEGAL FORM 41SV
/0 AY OF FEBRUARY, 1965:
A�_lna�w
CITY ATTORN Y /
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
fY� DAY OF
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI), TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE,FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; Iy THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO -
DUCEDy OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
`MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED 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.
-^ THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOL ING,VOTEA
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACEy JR.
,
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AN
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, lss:
County of Nueces. 1
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day
Leland G. Barnes who being first duly sworn, according to °°y °
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ixlnssified- . Ada ErtLaiW--- h1ans.gor..... of the Corpus Christi Caller and Th TS RAVRKRING` Clty Se etary
City of Carpus Christi, Texas f13
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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