HomeMy WebLinkAbout11325 ORD - 02/21/1973AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8879, CORPUS CHRISTI CITY
CODE, 1958, KNOWN AS THE LAND DRILLING ORDINANCE,
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 29TH
DAY OF MAY, 1968, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO REQUIRE A
PERMIT TO REENTER A PRIOR PLUGGED AND ABANDONED
WELL IN THE SAME MANNER AS THOUGH IT WERE A NEW WELL
BY AMENDING SEC. 5.1, SEC. 6.23, AND SEC. 6.31(B)
THEREOF TO SPECIFY SAID REQUIREMENTf PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR S EVE RABILITY; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 5.1, Ordinance No. 8879, Corpus Christi
City Code, 1958, as amended, passed and approved by the City Council on the
29th day of May, 1968, be and the same is hereby amended by adding an addi-
tional new sentence at the end of said section the following:
"In addition to the other requirements of this section,
a new permit is required to reenter any well which has
been plugged and abandoned as though the plugged and
abandoned well were a new well and it shall be unlawful
for any person, acting either for himself or as an
agent, employee, independent contractor or servant of
any other person, to reenter such a well without first
obtaining a permit therefor."
SECTION 2. That Section 6.23, Ordinance'No. 8879, passed and
approved by the City Council on the 29th day of May, 1968, as amended, be
and the same is hereby amended by amending the first sentence thereof to
hereafter read as follows:
"All salt water produced from any oil or gas well shall
be disposed of underground, provided a proper permit is
obtained therefor in accordance with Section 5.1 of this
ordinance, unless a permit to dispose of the water by
some other method is approved by the Railroad Commission
and where required, a revocable easement be obtained as
provided in the City Ordinance adopted April 24, 1968,
or such other regulatory ordinance as may be adopted
pertaining to same."
SECTION 3. That Section 6.31, Ordinance No. 8879, passed and approved
by the City Council on the 29th day of May, 1968, as amended, be and the same
is hereby amended by amending subparagraph B thereof to hereafter read as
follows:
"B. Wells in use as salt water or waste disposal wells
which are operating under a valid permit from the govern-
mental agency having authority, including but not limited
to the permit required in Section 5.1 of this ordinance."
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SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official pub-
lication of the City of Corpus Christi, after final passage, which publication
shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
SECTION 5. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid
or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this
City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word,
or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 6. The necessity to make the above clarifications in the
permit requirements of Ordinance No. 8879 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 of its intro-
duction 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 introduc-
tion and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its
passage andry publication, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the a2j/'L
day of Q7 z Q�7 , 1973.
ATTEST:
City Secrethry4 1
APPROVED:
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MAYORF10- Bf0
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
• oZI� DAY OF�_✓�i�FU.��cy�
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY •CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCES 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; 1, 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. -
RESPECT ULLY� -
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MAYOR Pro• em
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS - SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VUTEfS-
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWE LL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
_ THOMAS V. GONZA LES
GABE LOZANO, SR. T(/
' - J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING oVOTE: f
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.B. .�
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK Q�yL
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, tss,
County of Nueces, f '
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