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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8294, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS "THE BAY DRILLING ORDINANCE" REGULATING OPERATIONS
FOR PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS, SO AS TO MORE CLEARLY DEFINE
AND REGULATE OPERATIONS THAT MAY BE CONDUCTED ON CERTAIN
ISLANDS IN THE BAY PARR AND RECREATION AREA UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES BY ADDING A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH "C" TO SECTION
6.2, ORDINANCE NO. 8294; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PRO-
VIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, certain islands lie within the prohibited section as
described by the metes and bounds description of the Bay Park and Recreation
Area as provided in Section 6, Ordinance No. 8294; and
WHEREAS, in particular the dredging of the La Quints, Channel across
Ingleside Point left a sizable island in Carpus Christi Bay, which island was
annexed to the City through Ordinance No. 2994 , passed and approved by
the City Council on yex,,.e T111 19_1U and
WHEREAS, a well site can be more readily camouflaged on a land area;
and
WHEREAS, drilling a surface location outside the prohibited line
could preclude development of hydrocarbon resources under State Tract 5;
and
WHEREAS, the surface and mineral rights of the island created by
the dredging of the La Quints, Channel are privately owned; and
WHEREAS, the drilling and production of hydrocarbons under the
conditions as described in this ordinance in certain areas will not cause
pollution of the environment, and will be consistent with the purposes of
the aforesaid Bay Drilling Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 8294, as amended, Corpus Christi City
Code, be and the same is hereby amended by adding Subparagraph (c) to Section
6.2, of said ordinance, said paragraph to read as follows;
"(c) Well and producing structures may be permitted on islands
for the purposes of this subparagraph, "island" means any natural island or
any land peninsula made into an island by dredging except for islands made
entirely of spoil) within the Bay Park and Recreation Area as existing on
11848
December 21, 1966, all under the following conditions and subject to the
following requirements:
1. That the location on the island does not appear
to be a threat to public safety or health, nor does it
appear that it constitutes a threat to the preservation
of the Bay Park and Recreation Area as a park and
recreational area or will be a pollution hazard.
2. That the island in question has at least 10 acres of land
area all with a three (3) foot elevation above mean high
tide.
3. That permittee be required to fence operational area
with a chain link fence.
4. That all facilities be required to be screened with
permanent planting of shrubbery or similar type
plants in such manner so as to partly camouflage
the entire well into such that the facilities are
not visually objectionable from a distance of 1,000
feet.
5. That if more than one well is drilled on.the island,
all wells be required to be clustered as is required
elsewhere in thi's ordinance for operations conducted
in the water and the nearest well in the cluster area
will be no less than 100 feet from the shoreline at
mean high tide.
b. That tank storage facilities on the island be limited to
500 bbls for petroleum produced and 200 bbls for salt
water produced.
7. That the production equipment to be used be constructed
in such manner as to have as low a profile as is consis-
tent with reasonable safety, industry practice, and cost,
and that the configuration of the equipment planned to
be used be approved by the City Petroleum Superintendent
prior to consideration of any application by the Bay
Drilling Committee.
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, by publishing the caption of this
ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Ze� DAY OF
Ci Attorney
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the fi at time and passed
to its second reading an this the day of M— /_ 19 %3 . by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Cabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the foregoing ordinance was
to its third reading on this theay
following vote:
time d passed
19, by the
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzales
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the fore going�orydinan�e was ead for t e thibyrd time and passed
finally on this the `Z� ofd/ 19 the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzales
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
PASSED AND APPROVED, this
ATTEST:
City Secret
APPROVED:
)L(N DAY OFI 19
City AVtor4y
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally
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of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
I Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christy Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in .... .
on the—P.911day 19-7-3, audzzwznk .....
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Richard D. Hardin, Class. Adv. il�r.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... L7,th- da of . ........... Oaauzzy .... . . ............ 19...7.1.x..__
Louise Vick
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