HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-0961ORDINANCE NS-961 AMENDING SECTION 9246 OF CHAPTER 2,
ARTICLE IX OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO OIL WELL REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, it appears to the city Council that modern tech-
niques have been developed for the exploration and discovery of
possible oil bearing strata under the earth's surface which would
not involve drilling into the ground, and that such modern techniques
should be permitted to be employed within this City;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 9246 of Chapter 2, Article IX of
the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in words
and figures as follows:
Section 9246. Oil Well Regulations.
No person shall erect, establish, or maintain within an
agricultural, residential, or commercial district, any oil
well or derrick, or the business of drilling or operating
for the discovery or production of oil, gas, hydrocarbons,
or other kindred substances.
No person or entity shall conduct any surface-based survey
for the discovery of oil or hydrocarbons, or similar substance
without receiving and holding a valid permit so to do from the
Director of Public Works. Such permit may be sought by use of
the following procedure:
Any person or entity seeking a permit to conduct a
surface-based survey for the discovery of oil or hydro-
carbons, or similar substances shall file an application
therefor with the Director of Public Works. Said appli-
cation shall be accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars
($5.00).
The applicant, in addition to completing the application,
shall answer any relevant questions concerning either
himself or the proposed survey operation.
The Director of Public Works shall issue the permit if he
shall be satisfied that the proposed survey operation will
not interfere with the comfort and repose of the citizens
of the community or damage property by the creation of
excessive vibration, noise, or other phenomena; or 6nduly
interfere with vehicular traffic within the city. The
permit will be limited as to area and time of operation,
and may be subject to such conditions as the Director of
Public Works feels are necessary to protect the public
interests.
The issuance of a permit may be subject to:
(a) the permittee's furnishing a cash or surety
bond conditioned upon his operation's being
performed in conformance with the permit issued;
(b) the permittee's providing the City of Santa Ana
with a certificate of public liability and
property damage insurance naming the City of
Santa Ana as an additional assured for the
permitted survey operation in an acceptable
amount.
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Following the issuance of a permit, if the permittee
fails or refuses to comply with any of the conditions of
the permit, the Director of Public Works shall forthwith
revoke the permit and declare any bond forfeited.
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Should the Director of Public Works deny an application
for a permit or revoke a permit and forfeit any security
thereunder, the aggrieved party may appeal to the City
Council by filing a Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of
the Council. The Clerk shall place the matter on the
agenda of the next regularly scheduled meeting if the
Notice of Appeal is filed at least ten (10) days prior
to said meeting, and in the event it is not, it will
then be placed on the agenda of the meeting thereafter.
The City Council may affirm the action of the Director of
Public Works, may reverse his action and order reinstate-
ment of the permit and bond, or may amend, modify, or
alter the action of the Director of Public Works, and may
attach to its order such conditions as it feels necessary
to protect the interests of the city of Santa Ana.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of
Ana at its regular meeting held on
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
the City of Santa
the 7th day of April, 1969.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk
of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Ordinance
was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the
17th day of March, 1969, and was again considered by said Council
at its regular meeting held on the 7th day of April, 1969, and at
said meeting was passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Brooks~ Grise% Markel, McMichael
NOES, COUNCILMEN: Thurman
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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