(a)
Unless
expressly approved by written resolution of the city council, no person,
company, or other entity shall explore for, produce, mine, or process
minerals within the boundaries of the city’s municipal airport
property.
(b)
Unless
expressly approved by written resolution of the city council, no person,
company, or other entity shall drill, redrill, deepen, enter, reenter,
activate or convert any well, the center of which, at the surface
of the ground is located:
(1)
Within the boundaries of the city’s municipal airport property;
or
(2)
Within six hundred feet (600') of any property line of the city’s
municipal airport property. The measurement of this distance shall
be calculated from the nearest airport property line, in a straight
line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, to the
proposed well bore. The above calculations shall be prepared by a
registered professional land surveyor and shall be reflected in the
drilling permit required of the oil and gas operator.
(Ordinance 664-11 adopted 1/9/12)
In accordance with the rules and regulations governing the unitization
or pooling of oil and gas in this state, those entities or persons
owning mineral interests located underneath the surface of the city’s
airport shall not be prohibited from pooling or integrating their
mineral interests if such efforts are necessary in order to prevent
waste or protect the rights of mineral interest owners.
All pooling activities shall comply with state law.
(Ordinance 664-11 adopted 1/9/12)
