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Home My WebLink About02953 ORD - 12/19/1950J21JY150.0) AN ORDINANCE 2q 5 3 AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED M THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY, 19$0, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2818, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DRILLING OF OIL OR GAS WELLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DECLARING THE PURPOSES FOR REGULATION;' DEFINING CERTAIN.TERMS; SUBDIVIDING THE CORPORATE AREA INTO DRILLING BLOCKS; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OR,OPERA- TION OF ANY WELL WITHOUT A PERMIT; PROHIBITING THE DRILL- ING OF ANY WELL WITHIN ANY STREET OR ALLEY; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL ON A DRILLING BLOCK COMPRISED OF LANDS WITHIN CORPUS CHRISTI BAY; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL WITHIN THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FEET OF THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARY OF A DRILLING BLOCK;PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL AT A LOCATION WC THIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF ANY STRUCTURE WITHOUT HAVING. FIRST SECURED THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNERS THEREOF; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL AT A LOCATION NEARER THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET TO THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARY OF LANDS UTILIZED FOR A SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, HOSPITAL, CHURCH OR PUBLIC BUILDING; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL AT A LOCATION WHICH IS-PART OF A CITY BLOCK UTI- LIZED AS A CEMETERY; PROHIBITING THE DRILLING OF ANY WELL AT A LOCATION WITHIN A CITY BLOCK IN VIOLATION OF RESTRIC- TIONS AND COVEWTS OF RECORD; PROHIBITING THE DRIIS.IL'G OF ANY WELL AT A LOCATION WHICH IS A PART OF SHORELINE BOULEVARD; AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT DRILL- ING ON PARTICULAR LOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN ENUMERATED REASONS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT DRILLING ON PARTICU- LAR DRILLING BLOCKS FOR CERTAIN ENUMERATED REASONS; PRO- HIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF YORE THAN ONE PERMIT FOR ONE WEIL IN ONE DRILLING BLOCK; PROHIBITING MULTIPLE COMPLETIONS OF ANY WELL BORE; PROVIDING THAT NO PERMIT SHALL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON LAND HELD BY AN APPLICANT COVERING AT LEAST FIFTY -ONE PER CENT OF THE AREA IN THE DRILLING BLOCK;PRO- VIDING FOR CERTAIN PAYEU;NNTS TO BE HARE TO OWNERS OF LAND WHOSE LAND IS NOT UNDER LEASE; PROVIDING THE MEANS WHERE- BY OWNERS OF LAND NOT UNDER LEASE MAY OBTAIN AN INTEREST IN THE WELL; PROVIDING THAT NO PERMIT ISSUED SHALL BE IN- TERPRETED TO GRANT ANY SURFACE RIGHTS EXCEPT BY WRITTEN CONTRACT OF THE SURFACE OWNER; PROVIDING FOR THE REQUIRE- MENTS AND CONTENTS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT TO DRILL AND OPERATE A WELL; PROVIDING FOR A FILING FEE TO BE PAID IN CONNECTION WITH EACH APPLICATION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DRILL AND OPER- ATE A WELL; PROVIDING FOR THE HEARING TO BE HELD ON EACH APPLICATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OR REFUSAL OF A PERMIT TO DRILL AND OPERATE A WELL; PROVIDING FOR- THE CON- TENTS OF A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING FOR A BOND TO BE FILED BY THE PERMITTEE AND THE CONDITIONS THEREOF; PROHIBITING TEE DRILLING OF ANY WELL TO A DEPTH IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND FEET; PROHIBITING THE COMPLETION AND OPERATION OF A WELL IN A SAND OR HORIZON WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A SURFACE SHUT -IN PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS; PROHIBITING DEEPER DRILLING IN ANY WEIL WITHOUT FILING SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF A SUPPLEMENTAL PERMIT; PROHIBITING USE OF A WOODEN DERRICK OR A STEAM POWERED RIG; PROHIBITING USE OF BUTANE, PROPANE OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AS FUEL; PROHIBITING THE RIG AND DERRICK REMAINING ON THE PREMISES FOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OR ABANDONMENT OF THE WELL; PROHIBITING THE USE OF EARTHEN SLUSH, MUD OR RESERJE PITS; PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIFICATIONS OF CASING; PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING AND CE- MENTING OF CASING; PROVIDING FOR VALVES AND BLOW -CUT PREVENTERS; a952' "PROVIDING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF PERMISSIBLE DRILLING FLUID, PROHIBITING THE TAKING AND COMPLETION OF DRILL STEM TESTS EXCEPT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS AND PRESCRIB- ING THE MANNER OF SUCH TESTS; PROVIDING FOR THE SPECI- FICATIONS OF TUBING; PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIFICATIONS OF BRADENHRATIS; PROVIDING FOR SPECIFICATIONS OF CHRISTMAS TIM AND WELL BEAD CONNECTIONS;.PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS FOR STORAGE TANKS AND SEPARATORS; PROVIDING FOR THE EN- CLOSURE OF A WELL, SURFACE FACILITIES,-AND STORAGE TANKS, BY A FENCE; PROHIBITING THE PRODUCTION CF.OIL OR GAS DURING ELECTRICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES; PROHIBITING ES- CAPE OR VENTING INTO THE AIR OF GAS UNLESS THE SAME BE FLARED AND BURIED; PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS AS TO BURNIND OF GAS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY FIRE MARSHAL; PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH WELLS SHALL BE ABANDONED AND PLUGGED; PROHIBITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPE I WITHOUT PERMIS- SION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIFICATIONS OF PIPE 7 If1F5 TRANSPORTING OIL AND GAS; PROHIBITING THE OVERFLOW OR ACCUMULATION OF OIL OR OTHER INFLAMMABLE PETROL- EUM PRODUCTS; PROHIBITDNG THE USE OF ANY WELL FOR INPUT, REINJECTION OR CYCYLING FUBPOSES; PROVIDING THAT VICLATION OF-CERTAIN LAWS OF THESTATE OF TEXAS AND CERTAIN REGULATIONS OF REGULATORY BODIES SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS CHDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT REPEAL THE VALIDITY OF OTHER ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO FIRE PREVENTION, HEALTH, SANITATION AND SAFETY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONL FLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE CHANGED, ALTERED, MODIFIED OR REHEATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING THAT THE INVALIDITY OR UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF . ANY PARTICULAR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE REMAINING PROVI- SIONS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE OR OF A PERMIT ISSUED HEREUNDER OR OF A BOND FILED BY.A PERMITTEE; PROVIDING THAT IN ADDITION TO PENALTIES T HE CITY COUNCIL MAX REVOKE A PERMIT ISSUED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE." BY AMENDING SECTION 7 - CORPUS CHRISTI BAY - THEREOF TO ALLOW. FOR THE DRILLING OF A WELL OR WELLS ON DRILLING BLOCKS COM- PRISED OF LANDS WITHIN THAT PART OF COITUS CHRISTI BAY '.NOT' - IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI PRIOR TO ANNEXATION AND EXTENSION CF.CITY LIMITS BY ORDINANCE DATED OCTOBER 31, 1950 WITHOUT PREREQUISITE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND /OR APPLICANTS BOND UNDER CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS SET OUT, IN SAID ORDINANCE AND THIS AMENIRUENT THEREOF; PROVIDING METHOD OF PUBLICATION; ASID DECLARING AN P2ERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION to That Ordinance No. 28189 passed and approved by the City Council on the 11th day of July, 1950, and entitled the Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Ordinance be and the same is hereby amended by amend- ing Section 7 thereof, and the same shall hereafter read as follows, to -sit: "Section 7 - Bev Areas: No wall shall be drilled and no permit sbsll be issued for arW well to be drilled on a:W drilling block comprised of lands within that part of corpus Christi Bay which was within the city limits of the City of Z Corpus Christi prior to the passage of the annexation ordinance of October 31, '950. Insofar as this Ordinance is concerned drilling in all bay areas, with the exception of that part of Corpus Christi Bay which was within the city limits of the City of Corpas Christi prior to the • passage of the annexation ordinance of October 31, 3950, and the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells in all bay areas, with the exception of that part of Corpus Christi Bay which was within the city limits of the City of Corpus Christi prior to the passage of the annexation ordinance of October 311 1950, saall, notwithstanding any other provisions of this ordinance, be governed only by the provisions of this Section 7. When any person de- sires to drill a well on any location lying entirely with- in any bay area, other than on any location within that part of Corpus Christi Bay which was within the city limits of .the City of Carpus Christi prior to the passage of the annexation ordinance of October 31, 19$0, such person shall file with the City Secretary a verified written application for a permit to drill such well, which application shall state the exact proposed well location and contain a covenant on the part of the applicant that full compliance will be made with all drilling, completion, and operating require- ments of all State and Federal Authorities and Commissions having jurisdiction, and which application shall be accom- panied with a filing fee of Ten Dollars ($10) payable to the City of Corpus Christi• upon the filing of the appli- catign authorized by the preceding sentence of this Section as aforesaid the City Secretary shall issue to the appli- cant a permit to drill the well at the location q)ecified in the application and no public hearing nor applicantis bond shall be required as a prerequisite to the issuance of said permit." Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its publication one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, which publication shall be sufficient if N it contain the title Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Ordinance, and state in summary the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof. SECTION 3. The necessity of amending said Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Ordinance to provid for drilling in the hereinbafore described portionz of Corpus Christi Bay creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordanance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolu- tion shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, requesting the suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordi- nance be passex finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS SO ORDAINED, PASSED AND AEPROVED, This the,,,_IZq day of December, 1950, P W �tA4 .. OR ' A --Ti The City of Corpus Christi, Texas City Secrazary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM, rney Corpus Christi, Texas �rr i 9 1950 TO THE HERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore- going ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension or 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, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. '__� 9 S3 V Respectfully, M&YCR City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman A Jack DeForrest Harney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lawman (jy The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman Q4 -/ Jack LeForreat (3 ,�°°� Barney Gott �y Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman '__� 9 S3 V