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Home My WebLink About08337 ORD - 02/01/1967SECTION 2. THAT CHAPTER 24 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 24 -ii Al READING AS FOLLOWS: "SECTION 24 -11A. DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELLS AND SURFACE LOCATION THEREFOR. NO WELL SHALL BE DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI UNLESS THE PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING OF SUCH WELL EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZES SUCH DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OR UNLESS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS OTHERWISE APPROVED THE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OPERATIONS FROM A SURFACE LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY. ALL OF THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER EXCEPT THAT CONTAINED IN SECTION 24 -7 SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE SURFACE LOCATION ' OF SUCH DIRECTIONAL WELL. THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 24 -7 SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE BOTTOMHOLE LOCATION OF SUCH DIRECTIONAL WELL." SECTION 3. THAT SECTION 24 -14 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE 1958, AS AMENDED BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY REPEALED AND THERE IS HEREBY ADOPTED A NEW SECTION � 24 -14, READING AS FOLLOWS: "SECTION 24 -14. SURFACE SHUT -IN PRESSURE. NO DRILLING OR OPERATION OF ANY WELL HAVING A SHUT -IN SURFACE PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF 5000 POUNDS PSI SHALL BE PERMITTED EXCEPT AS IN THIS SECTION PROVIDED. IF, IN THE DRILLING OR REWORKING OF ANY WELL THE PERMITTEE OR OPERATOR ENCOUNTERS A SAND OR HORIZON WHICH WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN A SURFACE SHUT -IN PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF 5000 POUNDS PSIS IT SHALL BE THE DUTY AND OBLIGATION OF SUCH PERMITTEE AND OPERATOR TO PROPERLY USE SUCH DRILLING PROCEDURE AND EQUIPMENT AND COMPLETE SUCH WELL IN SUCH MANNER AS WILL TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COUNCIL SAFELY WITHSTAND AND CONTROL SUCH PRESSURE OR SHUT OFF SUCH SAND AND HORIZON IN KEEPING WITH THE THEN -KNOWN PRACTICE OF THE INDUSTRY. APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SUCH COMPLETION AND EQUIPMENT USED THEREIN MAY BE OBTAINED ON WRITTEN APPLICATION IN WHICH SUCH METHOD OF COMPLETION AND THE SPECIFICATIONS OF ALL EQUIPMENT USED THEREIN ARE FULLY DESCRIBED. CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE SUCH COMPLETION AND EQUIPMENT THEREIN OR APPROVE -2- SAME SUBJECT TO SUCH FURTHER CONDITION AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY SPECIFY." O� pp SECTION 4. THAT SECTION 24 -39 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY AMENDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SAID SECTION 24 -39, TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: "CITY COUNCIL MAY GRANT VARIANCES FROM THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: (1) UPON THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO DRILL AND OPERATE A WELL WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY IN WHICH IT IS ESTABLISHED TO THE SATIS- FACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE PROPOSED WELL WILL NOT BE SITUATED NEARER THAN 330 FEET OF ANY RESIDENCES BUILDING, OR OTHER PERMANENT STRUCTURE (OR IF NEARER THAN 330 FEET THAT WRITTEN CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE DRILLING AND OPERATION OF SUCH WELL AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE OWNER OF SUCH RESIDENCES BUILDING, OR OTHER PERMA- NENT STRUCTURE); THAT SUCH WELL WILL NOT BE SITUATED NEARER THAN 330 FEET OF ANY PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR ALLEY (OR IF NEARER THAN 330 FEET THAT WRITTEN CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE DRILLING AND OPERATION OF SUCH WELL AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION HAS BEEN OB- TAINED FROM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI); THAT SUCH WELL WILL NOT BE SITUATED NEARER THAN 400 FEET OF THE EXTERIOR OF BOUNDARIES OF LANDS UTILIZED FOR A PUBLIC OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, HOSPITALS CHURCH OR PUBLIC BUILDING (OR IF SUCH WELL IS ON OR NEARER THAN 400 FEET OF THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF SUCH LANDS THAT WRITTEN CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE DRILLING AND OPERATION OF SUCH WELL AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE OWNER OR GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH PUBLIC OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, HOSPITAL, CHURCH OR PUBLIC BUILDING) AND THAT THE APPLICANT OWNS A LEASE -3- • COVERING ALL MINERAL INTERESTS WITHIN THE DRILLING BLOCK IN WHICH THE WELL IS TO BE LOCATED OR (2) THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED WELL IS IN SUCH AN UNIMPROVED AREA OF THE CITY THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER MAY BE VARIED WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC." SECTION 5. THAT CHAPTER 214 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE 19581 AS AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME , IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 244 -51A, READING AS FOLLOWS: "SECTION 214 -51A. DIRECTIONAL WELL DRILLING SITE. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE A SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND AS A SITE OR SURFACE LOCATION FOR THE DRILLING OF ONE OR MORE WELLS WHICH MAY BE DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED AND COMPLETED WITH BOTTOMHOLE LOCATIONS UNDER DRILLING BLOCKS OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH THE SURFACE LOCATION IS SITUATED PROVIDED SUCH OPERATIONS COMPLY WITH OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE. SUCH APPROVAL MAY BE COMBINED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING OF THE FIRST WELL ON SUCH SITE OR SURFACE LOCATION. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OPERATIONS COVERED BY THIS SECTION: (A) APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE USE OF A TRACT OF LAND AS THE SITE OR SURFACE LOCATION FOR THE DRILLING OF ONE OR MORE WELLS WHICH ARE TO BE COMPLETED UNDER DRILLING BLOCKS OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH THE SURFACE LOCATION IS SITUATED SHALL CLEARLY IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE TRACT OF LAND TO BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND SHALL DESCRIBE THE PROPOSED BOTTOMHOLE LOCATION OF THE FIRST WELL TO BE DRILLED THEREFROM. APPROVAL OF SUCH SURFACE LOCATION FOR THE DRILLING OF MORE THAN ONE DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELL AND THE GRANTING OF A PERMIT TO DRILL AND COMPLETE THE FIRST WELL THEREON SHALL NOT, HOWEVER CONSTITUTE A PER- MIT TO DRILL ADDITIONAL WELLS FROM SUCH SITE. OPERATOR MUST OBTAIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE, A PERMIT FOR • EACH ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELL WHICH MAY BE DRILLED FROM SUCH APPROVED SURFACE LOCATION. (B) IF THE TRACT OF LAND TO BE USED AS THE SITE OR SURFACE LOCATION FOR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLING A WELL WITHIN THE CITY AND THE LAND UNDER WHICH THE WELL WILL BE COMPLETED ARE NOT COVERED BY THE SAME OIL AND GAS LEASE THEN OWNED BY THE OPERATOR, OR IF SUCH TRACT OF LAND ON WHICH THE SURFACE LOCATION OF A DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELL IS SITUATED IS NOT COVERED BY AN OIL AND GAS LEASE OWNED BY THE OPERATORS OR IF SUCH WELL WILL BE DRILLED UNDER AND THROUGH UNLEASED LANDS, THE CITY COUNCILS AP- PROVAL OF THE USE OF SUCH SURFACE TRACT AND THE GRANTING OF A PERMIT TO DRILL A WELL SHALL BE CONDITIONED UPON THE OPERATOR FILING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCING ANY DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OPERATIONS, WRITTEN EVIDENCE THAT THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH SUCH SURFACE LOCATION IS SITUATED OR THROUGH WHICH THE WELL WILL BE DRILLED HAS CONSENTED TO OR APPROVED IN WRITING SUCH PROPOSED OPERATIONS ON SUCH LAND." 11��SECTION 6. EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER L4 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODES 1958, AS AMENDED SHALL BE AND REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. SECTION 7. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH' SUBDIVISION CLAUSE, PHRASES OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALIDS IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE. SECTION 8. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE. SECTION 9. THE NECESSITY TO MAKE THE HEREINABOVE CHANGE IN REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE DRILLING OFOIL AND GAS WELLS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE 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 SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, -5- • AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE 1_DAY OF Yr1967. ATTEST: IT SE ROTARY APPROVED AS TO EGAL FORM THI THE __3j DAY OF JANUARY, 1967: CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS • • CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OFGE�_� 19pL. 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 15 INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; i, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO- DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, (�c „c,vzr� MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: DR. MCIVER FURMAN JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DUNNE DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR, KEN MCDANIEL R ONNIE SIZEMORE WM. H. WALLACE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: DR. MCIVER FURMAN 4f 41 JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DUNNE DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. /%/A� KEN MCDANIEL ^'°//�"°- R ONNIE SIZEMORE WM. H. WALLACE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, County of Nueces. Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally Leland 0• Barrios . ... . ......... — who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the ......... of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of LR.QA -af .. 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