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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #620 r ORDINANCE NO. 620 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HMINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO THE DRILLING OF OIL WELLS AND THE REGULATION THEREOF_; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST; REPEALING SECTIONS 2423.3, 2444.4, 2444'.5; AMENDING SECTIONS 2421, 2421.1, 2421.2, 2421.4, 2422, 2422.1, 2443, 2444, 2444.1 and 2444.2. OF .THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE;, AND ADDING SECTIONS 2421.01, 2422.11, 2429 AND 2431.3 TO SAID CODE. WHEREAS, new discoveries of oil have. recently been made within the city limits of .the City of Huntington Beach in a residential area and contiguous to the business district; and WHEREAS, derricks, drilling, equipment, motors and heavy machinery are now. located adjacent to or near dwellings; and WHEREAS, it is necessary for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Huntington Beach to adopt regulations regarding the drilling of oil wells within said city in order to more adequately protect the health, safety and welfaxe of its inhabitants; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that such regulations as set forth in this ordinance be effective immediately: NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of and by the above preamble and 1 statement, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach declares and defines that an emergency exists necessitating the following ordinance for the immediate protection and preservation of the public health, prop- erty, best interests, safety and convenience. WHEHFFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: 1 _1- Ord-. 620 Section 1: That Sections 2423.3, 2444.4 and 2444.5 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 2: That Section 2421 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2421 Temporary Derrick Specifications: Filing, Approval. Specifications for all temporary oil well derricks to be erected shall be _ filed with the Building Inspector and shall be subject to his approval. Section 3: That Section 2421.1 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2421.1 Structural Material. Such temporary derricks shall be constructed of steel, except that the derrick floors, pump house floors, pipe racks, sills, postings and walkways mav be of wooden con- struction. Section 4: That Section. 2421.2 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2421.2 Owneris Sign. There shall be installed and main- tained on each oil well, a sign on v&ich shall appear the name of the well being drilled or operated, together with the name of the person, firm or corporation drilling or operating the well. Section 5: That Section 2421.4 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to,read as follows: Section 2421.4 Location. The sign shall be located on the oil well pumping unit so that it will be fully visible from two (2) opposite sides .of the pumping unit. Section 6: That Section 2422 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2422 Application to Drill: Application Fee. No person shall drill, redrill, deepen, recondition or repair any well, or erect 1 -2- wW Ord. 620 or rebuild. any derrick, the provisions of any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, unless he first make written application to the City Engineer, who shall examine and investigate the same and place his endorse- ment thereon. The City Engineer shall not accept or consider any applica- tion for drilling unless accompanied by an application fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), no part of which fee shall be refunded. Section 7: That Section 2422.1 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2422.1 Issuance of Permits. The City Engineer shall approve all applications which comply with the provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to applications for drilling for oil. Upon the approval of such application and the payment of the required business license fee to the City Clerk, the City Engineer shall issue said permit. Section 8: That Section 2443 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2443 Temporary' Sumps: Fencing. Temporary sumps may be constructed and used during the period of drilling an oil well for the normal purpose of mud useage or storage; provided, however, that said sump shall at all times be maintained and fenced in accordance with the safety standards and regulations of Section 24400 of the Health and Safety Code. Section 9. That Section 2444 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2444 Application to Drill, Redrill, Etc. No person, firm partnership or corporation shall drill, redrill, whipstock, sidetrack or deepen more than 300 feet or otherwise recondition any well where new hole is made, unless he first make written application as provided in Sections 2422, 2422.1 and 2422.11. Section 10: That Section 2444.1 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance r -3- Ord, 620 Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2444.1. Form of Application: Cleanup and Repair Bond, Said application shall.be upon such form as may.be prescribed by the City Engineer.,and shall..be accompanied by a bond sufficient in form to the property owners and to the City of Huntington Beach-that any sump or reservoir, mud or drilling. residue,. loose lumber, cables, unused machinery and debris will_be.removed from said premises and from the streets., alleys, sidewalks, curbs and gutters adjoining. said .premises and that any and all damage done to streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbs and gutters adjoining said premises will.be. repaired within sixty (60) days after completion of said well. Section 11: That Section 2444.2 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2444.2 Form of Bond: Amount. Said bond shall inure to the owners of the property upon which said well is drilled and to the City of Huntington Beach, and shall be in. the penal sum of $2,000,00. Section 12: That new Sections 2421,01, 2422,11, 2428 and 2431,3 be and the same are. hereby added to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, the same to read as follows: Section.2421.01. Permanent Derricks Prohibited. The construction or erection of permanent derricks within the City of Huntington Beach is 1 hereby prohibited. Section 2422.11. Hearing by Council. In the event the City Engineer shall refuse to approve the application, then the applicant shall have the right to appeal to the City Council. Such appeal to the Council shall be made. by the applicant in writing, setting_ forth. his reasons. for requesting relief, and shall be presented within thirty (30.) days after rejection of the application by the City Engineer. The Council shall hear the appeal 1 , -4- Ora. 620 and either approve-.or reject the application. Section 2428 Hours..for Loadina..and Unloading..Drilling Equipment. The loading, unloading.. or re-locating of drilling...equipment, including tanks, drill..pipe, casing, tubing,: rods, and other heavy equipment . pertinent to the.drilling of a well, .shall not be. conducted during the hours from 6:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. in the. areas zoned R-1-0, R-2-09 R-3-09 R-4-0 and C-3-0, except during period of-emergency. Section.2431.3 Blowout .Eguipment. _Any drilling.well .or other well during servicing. operations such. as perforating, shooting or. cutting off a string. of. casing on a. well that is- known to have enough gas pressure to flow, or where the gas. pressure. is unknown, blowout prevention equipment shall be installed. . Blowout prevention equipment shall be constructed and installed pursuant to. the,standards. of .the "General ,Petroleum..Safety Orders for Drilling. and Production" of the State .of. California, Article. 55, Sec. 6691i-6692. Section 13s SEVERABILITY. If.ar{y provision of this. ordinance or the application thereof to.any person or; circumstance. is held Invalid, such. invalidity shall.not affect other provisions or. applications of� the ordinance whieh .ean be given effect without the invalid. provisions or application, and to this-end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 14: This .ordinance, .being an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety, which emergency is set forth .and defined .in the preamble hereto, shall.take effect and be in force from and-.after the.passage and adoption hereof. Section 15: That the City Clerk shall. certify to the passage and adoption of this-ordinance and shall cause the same. to be. published by 1 -5- f 1 Ord. 620 one insertion in-the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper., printed published and circulated in the City-of-Huntington Beach, .California; PASSED AND ADOPTED.by the City .Council,,,,of the.City of-Huntington Beach, California.. this. 21 st day of February, 1955• F.G. A.13 PGk' ftayor ATTEST: T 1111- T . ru Ad City Clerk BI TT Deputy City ! _6_ 1 Ord. 620 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-offieio Clerk of the City Council. of. said.City, do hereby certify-that the whole number of 1 members of the. City. Council. of. the..City of Huntington .Beach is five; that the_ foregoing. ordinance. was read to.. said. City .Council at a regular meeting thereof held-on the 7th day of February, 1955, and was again read to said City.Council at a. regular meeting thereof held.on the 21 st day of February, 1955, and was passed and adopted as an emergency measure by a four-fifths.vote of said-City Council as follows: AYES: Councilmen: LE BARD , BARTLETT, LOCKETT , TERRY, SEABRIDGE NOES: Councilmen: NONE ABSENT: Councilmen: NONE 1 ti i Clerk and ex-officio Clerk the City Council,of the City of. Huntington Beach, .California. By , D uty City Clerkd 1 -7-