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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 24 -39 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI
CITY CODE 19 BY DELETING THE REFERENCE
TO SECTIONS 24-3, 24 -17, 'AND 24 -19 AND DELETING
THE REQUIREMENT OF A MINIMUM OF 1,000 FEET
SURFACE CASING; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. SECTION 24 -39 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958,
IS HEREBY AMENDED BY STRIKING OUT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH THEREOF THE WORDS,
"SECTIONS 24 -3, 24 -17, AND 24-19" AND INSERTING THE WORDS, "THIS CHAPTER
OF THIS CODE MAY BE VARIED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE APPLICANT
TO DRILL, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH VARIATION SHALL NOT VARY THE PROVI-
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SIONS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER SO AS TO WITHDRAW THE PROTECTION OF THE
SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC HEREIN PROVIDED; AND FURTHER
PROVIDED THAT NO VARIATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 24 -3 SHALL PER-
MIT DRILLING WITHOUT MAKING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUB — SECTION (A) BELOW,
AND NO VARIATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 24 -17 SHALL BE VARIED
EXCEPT BY SUBSTITUTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUB— SECTION (B) BELOW, AND
NO VARIATION SHALL BE MADE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 24 -19 UNLESS
THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUB — SECTION (C) BELOW, BE PROVIDED."
SECTION 2. THAT SUB — SECTION (C) OF SECTION 24 -39 OF THE CORPUS
CHRISTI CITY CODE, 19581 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY DELETING IN SAID SUBSEC-
TION (C� AT THE END OF THE FIRST SENTENCE, THE WORDS, "OF 1,000 FEET"
AND IN LIEU THEREOF SUBSTITUTING THE WORDS, AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY
THE COUNCIL".
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICA-
TION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ONE TIME, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL
CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE
AND RECITING THAT THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED
SHALL BE A FINE OF NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00).
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SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING FOR VARIANCES IN
SPECIAL CASES WHERE PROTECTION OF :THE PUBLIC DOES NOT REQUIRE FULL
ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 24 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY
CODE, 1958, RELATING TO OIL AND GAS WELLS BUT BY THE PERMISSION OF
SOME VARIANCE WILL STILL PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE
SAFETY OF PROPERTY AND PERSONS WITHOUT UNDULY BURDENING THE OPERATION
OF DRILLING A WELL FOR OIL OR GAS 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 INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYORS HAVING DE-
CLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE
SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED
FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE
EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE
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IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED,AND APPROVED, THIS THE pt DAY OF JANUARY
1959•
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ,
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY/
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1959:
A-M.
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTIJEXAS
1959
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI) TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE
FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST
FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE
SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCEDI 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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH /
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER /
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES /
ODELL INGLE /
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWIN VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS /
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES
ODELL INGLE /