HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2532 ORDINANCE NO. 2532
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 15 .20.100 AND 15.20 .110
LIMITING THE HOURS OF OIL OPERATIONS AND WELL
SERVICING
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 15 .20.100 and 15. 20.110 to read
as follows :
15.20. 100 Oil operations--Location--Time . (a) It shall be
unlawful for any person to engage in any work whatsoever on any
oil operation site within three hundred (300) feet of a dwelling
unit, church, hospital, rest home, school , preschool, nursery, or
other place of public assembly, except in the following situations :
( 1) Where such work consists of minimum maintenance
or surveillance on the oil operation site ; and/or
(2) Where such work is conducted between the hours
of 7. a.m. and 10 p.m. ; and/or
(3) In case of emergency; and/or
(4) Where so ordered by the division of oil and gas;
and/or
(5) Where the work being so conducted is soundproofed
and such soundproofing is approved by the chief.
(b) Where operations are conducted beyond a distance of
three hundred (300 ) feet from the aforementioned facilities,
the chief may, in cases of disturbance , such as excessive noise
or vibration, require the oil operator to:
( 1) Enclose the derrick and all drilling machinery
used in connection with drilling of any well, with fire resis-
tant soundproofing material, which shall be maintained in a serv-
iceable condition. No operations other than well logging shall
be conducted outside the enclosure; or
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with the drilling, redrilling, or reworking operations with fire
resistant soundproofing material including the drilling mast or
derrick, which shall be so enclosed on a minimum of three (3)
sides to a height of twenty (20) feet, and conduct no operations
between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. with the exception of
circulation of fluids and well logging. The fire chief may allow
other phases of the operation to continue during the restricted
hours if , in his opinion, the noise is minimal, or if required by
the division of oil and gas , or in the case of emergency.
15.20. 110 Well servicing hours . It shall be unlawful to
do any work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in connec-
tion with pulling a well which is within two hundred (200) feet
of any residential building, except where circulation in the
well must be maintained, or the well would be endangered if the
pulling work were not continued.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th
day of_ __�anuary 1982.
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVE AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney =�
REVIEWED AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrat r rector of Development
Services
2.
Ord. No. 2532
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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 21st day of December
19 82 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the t_4 h� day of January 19 82 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
MacAllister, Thomas, Pattinson, Finley, Bailey, Mandic, Kelly
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
It Alicia M. ,Wentworth CITY CLERK tN ft City of
Huntington Beach and ex-ometo lyierk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
Ordinance has been published its the Humingtpn
Beach independent e
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In accordarMe wrth he C ty Ct tEr of said City.
City Cleric
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