HomeMy WebLinkAbout10519 ORD - 10/13/1971AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 8879, AS AMENDED, OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS BY AMENDING SEC. 5.111 "TENURE OF
DRILLING PERMIT' THEREOF TO PROVIDE_ EXTENSIONS AT COUNCIL
DISCRETION ON STATED GROUNDS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. ORDINANCE NO. 8879, AS AMENDED, OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, SEC. 5.14 "TENURE OF DRILLING PERMIT ", IS HEREBY AMENDED TO
HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"5.14. TENURE OF DRILLING PERMIT. THE TERM OF A DRILLING PERMIT
SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR, UNLESS WITHIN SUCH YEAR OPERATIONS
ARE COMMENCED, IN WHICH EVENT THE TERM SHALL CONTINUE AS LONG THEREAFTER
AS PRODUCTION IS OBTAINED OR DRILLING, REWORKING, RECOMPLETION OR WELL SERVICE
OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH NO CESSATION OF ALL SUCH PRODUCTION AND OPERA-
TIONS FOR MORE THAN NINETY (90) CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND UNTIL THE WELL IS PLUGGED
AND ABANDONED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND A RELEASE OF THE PERMIT
ISSUED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. HOWEVER, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE PERMIT
HOLDER, ENDORSED WITH COMMENT BY THE PETROLEUM SUPERINTENDENT, PRESENTED TO
THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTENSION OF SAID PERMIT PERIOD FOR AN AGGREGATE PERIOD OF
NOT MORE THAN TWELVE (12) MONTHS, OR FRACTION THEREOF, MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION,
BE GRANTED BY THE CITY- COUNCIL ON MOTION IF THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS (1) THE
CITY BY ACT OR OMISSION HAS SUBSTANTIALLY CAUSED THE DELAY IN MEETING ORDINANCE
REQUIREMENTS, OR (2) ACTS OF GOD, OR CONDITIONS TOTALLY BEYOND THE CONTROL OF
THE HOLDER, HAVE CAUSED THE INABILITY TO COMPLY."
SECTION 2. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID BY FINAL
JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, 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 3. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AFTER FINAL PASSAGE, WHICH PUBLICA-
TION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE
AND RECITING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
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SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8879 AS OUTLINED
ABOVE WITHOUT DELAY CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY 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 SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE 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, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS
THE 1 - ?Vk DAY OF 11( ��, 1971.
ATTEST:
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YS E QMAYOR
THE CITY OF CO CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF 1971
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS p
DAY OF A�4�, l9 Ll
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION 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; I, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
TFULLY,
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF COR IiQCHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
BONNIE SIZEMORE
L-f-
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWI G VOTE:
BONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
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ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
.
GABS LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
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nirTnir iraprviova AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nuec
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ....... . ..........
Leland G. Barnes ............ — who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he Is the
..... . ..... . ...... ....... of the Corpus Christ! Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
as7amendid ----- by -amending Se%. 5.14 "Tensure of Drilling Permit ----------
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in -the..Zimse . ......
on the 18th day of October
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ...1 1. b Aday r ............... . . .
Kenneth Holt
Notary Public, Nuecea County,
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