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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #515 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIFOR�I IA PROVIDING CERTAIN REGULATIONS GOV- ERNING THE DRILLING OF OIL WELLS WITHIN SAID r CITY The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do or- dain as follows: Section 1: Not withstanding the provisions in any other Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach; all persons, S firms or Corporations owning, operating and drilling oil wells within the City of Huntington Beach shall comply with the provisions of this Ordinance applicable thereto. Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct or cause to be constructed, to use x �xxxzxxx� or cause to be used or to maintain or cause to be maintained any sump or reservoir whether heretofore or hereafter constr-wted or erected ,where said dump or reservoir is located within 200 feet from any public street or highway within the City of Huntington Beach for any prupose other than expressly provided for in this ordinance. Section 3: Temporary Sumps: Temporary sumps may be con- structed and used during the period of drilling an oil well for t;he normal purpose of mud useage or storage, said sump shall not be in excess of 16 feet in length and 10 feet in wtdcti, walls of which shall be of substantial earth construct- ion and the fluid level of which shall not be allowed to rise above a point 6" from the top. -1- Ord. 515 r f Section 4s Applications for the drilling or redrilling of any well under the terms of this ordinance shall be accompanied by a bond sufficient in form to guarantee to the property owners and to the City of Huntington Beach that any sump or reservoir, mud and drilling residue, loose lumber, cables, unused machinery and debris will be removed. from said premises within sixty days after completion of said oil well. Said bond shall inure to the owner of the S pooperty upon which said oil well is erected and the City of Huntington Beach and shall be in the penal sum of $1.,000.00. Said bond shall be signed by two good and substantial sureties or issued by a. bonding company authorized to issue bonds of such character in the State of California suitable to the City Council and by the principal. Section 5s Within twenty days after the completion of . any well the owner and operatorL thereof must give notice to the city stating the date of said completion.. Section 6s Waste--.-Water Tank; After an oil well has been placed on production a metal tank of not in excess of 100 barrels capacity may be constructed or erected on said prpp- perty for the purpose of temporary storage of waste water and the ordinary waste and residue from producing oil wells . Said tank shall be covered at all times and the fluid level shall not be allowed to reach above one foot from the top. Section 7s Termination of Liability under Bonds Within sixty days after the completion of any such well} the sump or reservoir must be cleaned and all mud, drilling residue and debris removed from sa-id sump and the property on which -2- Grd. 515 - - it is located and the sump filled and leveled and the property restored to the condition as the same was prior to the construction of said sump. Said property shall be in- spected by the City Engineer who shall file a written report with the amity Council and 00 the principal upon said bond has complied with this ordinance and has removed the sump Me and: clea4ed the property as herein piovidad and the City Council so finds , the said bond may be exonerated and cancelled and the bondsman shall be relie7ed of all further liability thereon. Section 8: if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance for any reason is held to be un- constitional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance, The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence , clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections , sub- , sections , sentences, clauses or phrases be, declare6 uncon- stitional. Section 9: Eviry person, firm, co-partnership or cor- poration, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise violating or failing, neglecting or Pefusing to comply with any of the ppovisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and upon conviction- thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hun- dred ($500.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months , or by both such fine and imprison- ment; and each such person, firm, co-partnership or corpora- tion shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each Ord. 515 day during any portion of Which the violation of or fail- ure , neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provis- ions of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted. Section 10: The City Clerk shall certify to ,the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, and thrity- days after the adoption hereof the same shall take effect and be in force. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Huntington Beach, California, this -Y"`� day of Jeic -' 1947. MAYOR ATTEST: City Clerk -4- Ord. 515 • STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ' County of Orange ss City of Huntington Beach I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN$ the duly elected ,qualified and acting City Clerk of .the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council .of the City of Huntington. Beach is five; that the foregoing Ordinance Was first read to said City Council at &:;.regular meeting thereof held on the l8th day of Augusta 1947, and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of September, 1947, and was . passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than • a majority of all the members of said City Council as follows: AYES: Councilmen® Curable, Terry, Lan eg nbeck, Hawes and Bartlett. NOES. Councilmen: None. ABSENT: Councilmen: None. City erk-and ex®officio erk, of t e City Council� of the City of Huntington Beach, California.