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ORDINANCE No. 1284
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMEND-
ING SECTIONS AND ADDING SECTIONS TO
CHAPTER 23.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows;
Section 1. The following sections of Chapter 23 of
the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby amended and
as amended shall read in words and figures as follows;
S. 2331.8. Building Department shall mean and include the
BuildingDi— r�ecFor, his assistants, deputies and
inspectors of the Building Department of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach.
S. 2331.16. Derrick is any framework, tower, or mast together
wITH a parts and appurtenances to such struct-
ure, including any foundations, puipp house, structure used
to house oil recovery equipment, commonly called longtails,
pipe racks, and each and every part thereof, which is or are
required, or used, or useful for the drilling for and the
production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from the earth
except tanks used for storage purposes.
S. 2331.27. Idle Well. The term "idle well" shall mean an
oil well ich has failed to produce more than
twenty (20) barrels of oil or twenty thousand (20,000) cubic
feet of natural gas during the immediately preceding calen-
dar year.
S. 2349. Penalty for Delinquency If any fee herein re-
quired o be paid o the Department of Oil Field,
Control is not paid at the time and in the manner herein pro-
vided, the same shall, thirty (30) days thereafter, automat-
ically be and become delinquent, and a penalty in an amount
equal to ten percent of such fee shall be added thereto each
month for such delinquency, which penalty shall be and become
a part of such fee and shall be enforced and collected as a
part of such fee, but shall in no event exceed 100% of the
amount of the fee due.
S. 2353. Bond Forms. Bonds shall be on a form approved
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by the City Attorney and shall be on a form similar to
that in general use in the oil and gas industry. The bonds
shall be filed with the Finance Director.
S. 2363.1. Sumps or Sump Holes. Rotary mud, drill cuttings,
o= e waste, oil or liquid hydrocarbons and
all other oil field wastes derived or resulting from, or
connected with the drilling or redrilling of any well shall
be discharged into a steel tank. Such drill cuttings, rotary
mud, and drilling waste materials shall be removed from the
drill site upon completion of drilling operations. Tanks
used as and for sump purposes shall be removed from the
drill site within thirty (30) days from and after complet-
ion of drilling.
5.2365. operation Time and Soundproofing Requirements*
The drilling aln-E-Fre-'Er-Illing of any well shall
not be conducted in such a manner as to cause excessive
noise, odor or vibration and shall be conducted pursuant
to one of the following alternates:
(a) Where drilling and redrilling operations are conducted
beyond a distance of 300 feet from occupied resident-
ial areas, no soundproofing will be required unless
necessary to minimize excessive disturbancef to such
areas:.
(b) Where such drilling is conducted in areas in which
disturbance to residential areas could reasonably be
anticipated, the operator of such drilling operation
shall either:
1. Enclose the derrick and all drilling machinery
used in connection with drilling of any well,
with fire resistant soundproofing material,which
shall be maintained in a serviceable condition and
provided further that no operations outside of
said enclosure, except for well logging shall be
conducted; or
2. Enclose all drilling machinery used in connection
with the drilling of any well with fire resistant
soundproofing ma.terial and the portable drilling
mast shall be so enclosed, at least on three sides,
to a height of twenty (20) feet, and provided fur-
ther, that no drilling operations or any work in
connection with such drilling operation shall be
conducted between the hours of 10:00 P.M. of one
day and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, except
only that circulation of fluids and well logging
may be continued during such time. The Superintend-
ent may allow operations in connection with drill-
ing or redrilling if in his opinion .that portion
of the operation does not create excessive noise
such as cementing, gravel packing, etc. and also
in case of emergency, provided that notice of such
emergency shall be given to the Department of Oil
Field Control, but only for as long as the emergency
exists.
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3. The Superintendent of the Department of Oil Field
Control may waive requirements of soundproofing
required under paragraph 1, if in his opinion the
soundproofing is not required from a height of
thirty (30'0 up. The Superintendent may also
waive soundproofing requirements under paragraph
2, if in his opinion it is unnecessary, or there
have been existing well and no reasonable complaints
have been lodged.
Section 2. The following sections of Chapter 23 of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance are hereby added and as added shall
read in words and figures, as follows;
S. 2331.15.1. Department of Oil Field Control means the Oil
Field Superintendent, his assistants and in-
spectors.
S. 2362. Derricks.
(A) All derricks acid masts erected for drilling or redrilling
shall meet the specifications of the American Petroleum
Institute Standards 4A, 14th Edition and RD, 3 years
Edition, or the equivalent thereof.
{B) Any derrick or pulling mast operating within 150 feet
of any structure or public right-of-way shall be secure-
ly guyed or braced at all times the mast is in use,
or if a self-braced derrick or mast, shall meet A.P.I.
standards or be the equivalent thereof. In addition
thereto the operator shall be required to show a cer-
tificate of insurance in accordance with the specifi-
cations in Article 235, Section 2359 of this Code, and
naming City as an additional insured.
(C) Drilling equipment and the derrick shall be removed from
the premises within sixty (60) days following the abandon-
ment or desertion of any well. If the well is a produc-
ing well, then only that drilling equipment and those
portions of the derrick used in the drilling of said well
as support for that equipment lowered into the well
shall be removed within sixty (60) days following the
completion of such well. Once the well is a producing
well, it shall be serviced by a portable derrick exclu-
sively. Drilling operations shall be diligently pros-
ecuted until the well is completed or abandoned.
(D) Derricks and those portions of the derrick used in the
drilling of said well as support for that equipment
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lowered into the well, existing above the surface of
the ground, including any pertinent equipment, erect-
ed prior to the effective date of this ordinance,
shall be dismantled and every part thereof removed
from the drill site on or before July 1, 1970.
(E) All well servicing or portable pulling masts shall be
removed from the lease or property and returned to
the service yard within seven (7) days after complet-
io n of well servicing operation.
S. 2363. Removal of Idle Equipment.
(A) When a well is determined to be an idle well under
Section 2331.27 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code
by the Oil Field Superintendent, the procedure to
remove the equipment from said idle well shall be as
follows;
1. Notice shall be sent by the Oil Field Superinten-
dent, by registered mail, to the owner of the fee
simple interest in the land on which such well is
situated as shown on the last equalized assessment
roll, and the owner of the mineral rights on
which such well is situated as shown on the last
equalized assessment roll, and the operator of
such well as indicated by the records of the State
Division of Oil and Gas, Department of Natural Re-
sources,
2. Content of Notice. Said notice shall indicate the
name and location of the well in question and a
statement by the Oil Field Superintendent of the
reasons why such well is deemed to be an idle well
as defined in Section 2331.27•
3. Compliance. Within ninety (90) days after said
notice has been given, the owner of the fee, owner
of the mineral rights and the operator of such
well shall clean and restore the drill site and
surface thereof in conformity with the following
requirements:
(a) The derrick and all appurtenant equipment
thereto existing above the surface of the
ground level shall be removed from the drill
site.
(b) The drilling and production equipment, tanks,
towers and other surface installations shall
be removed from the drill site or tank farm
site.
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(c) All concrete, pipe, wood and other foreign
materials existing above the surface of
the ground level shall be removed from the
drill site or tank farm site.
(d) All oil, waste oil, refuse or waste material
shall be removed from the drill site or tank
farm site.
(e) The rathole and all holes and depressions
shall be filled and packed with native earth
(f) The casing of such well shall be capped with
a blind flange and a minimum one inch bleeder
valve shall be installed which shall be lock-
ed in a closed position.
4. Suspension. The provision of this section shall- be
suspended1"rom the date an application for a decis-
ion or exception is filed with the City Council as
provided for in Sections 2383 and 2384.
S. 2363.2. On or after July 1, 1968, no person shall own or
operate, or have possession of, or be in control
of any well site on which a sump or skim pond
Is located, or any sump or skim pond used in connection with
the operation of any oil well; provided, however, that the
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to portable
sumps required by the State Division of Oil and Gas or by the
epional Vlater Pollution Control Board.
S• 2363.3• On or after July 1, 1968, no person shall own
or operate or have possession of or be in con-
trol of any oil well site on which a sump or skim pond has
been located, or any property on which has been located a
sump or skim pond or used in connection with the operation
If any oil well unless such sump or skim pond has been drain-
ed and filled with earth to the level of the surrounding
terrain.
S. 2368. Abandonment Procedure. It shall be the responsibil-
ity of the Superintendent to determine that the
drill site and all facilitie@ pertinent thereto havebeen restored
to their original condition as nearly as practicable in conformi-
ty with the regulations of this Code, including the following re-
quirements :
(A) Well Requirements. It shall be the responsibility of the
operator to comply with the abandonment provision of this
Code and he shall furnish the -Superintendent the approval of
the Division of Oil and Gas, Department of Natural Resources
confirming compliance with all abandonment proceedings under
the State laws.
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It shall be the responsibility of the operator to
comply with the abandonment provision of this Code
and he shall furnish the Superintendent with:
(a) a copy of the approval of Division of Oil and
Gas, Department of Natural Resources, confirming
compliance with all abandonment proceedings under
the State law; and (b)` a notice of intention to
abandon under the provisions of this Section and
stating the date such work will be commenced.
Abandonment may then be commenced on or subsequent
to the date so stated.
(B), Surface Re uirements. Abandonment shall be approved by
e Superin en end of ter restoration of the drill site
and the subsurface thereof has been accomplished in
conformity with the following requirements.
1. The derrick and all appurtenant equipment thereto shall
be removed from the drill site.
2. All tanks, towers and other surface installations shall
be removed from the drill site.
3. All concrete, pipe, wood and other foreign materials
shall be removed from the drill site to a depth of
six (6) feet below grade, unless it is a part of a
multi-well cellar then being used in connection with
any other well for which a permit has been issued.
4. The oil well casing shall be cut off at bottom of cellar
and if no cellar (5' ) below the drill site grade at
the cellar, but in no case below sea level. Nothing
shall be placed in the hole above the point of cut-off
until the cut-off has been inspected by the Superintend-
ent and by him found to be in compliance with all ap-
plicable provisions of law.
5• The top ten (10) feet of the remaining casing shall be
filled with a cement plug to prevent gas fumes from
escaping.
6. A steel cap of not less than the same thickness of the
casing shall be welded to the casing around the entire
circumference of the well casing.
7. All holes and depressions shall be filled and packed
with native earth. All oil, waste oil, refuse or
waste material shall be removed from the drill site.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall. certify to the pass-
age and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
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to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach
News, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated
In the City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty (30)
days after the adoption thereof, the same shall take effect
and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bk the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, this 3rd day of April ,
1967.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Ci yam, er
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
K. DALE BUSH,
Asst. City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of March ,
1967 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of April ,
1967 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council®
AYES: Councilmen:.
Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Shipley, Green, Stewart
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and' ex-officio Clerk-
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
B, PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk cf the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has
been published in the Huntir;bio. Beach News on
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In accordance with the City Charter of said City.
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