(a) 
Construction distances and setbacks.
A developer wishing to subdivide an area within the city limits must submit a plat for approval to the city council, showing the following:
(1) 
Building distances from street right-of-way, minimum 25 feet.
(2) 
Building distances from side property lines, minimum 10 feet.
(3) 
Building distances from oil wells, 75 feet.
(4) 
Oil wells must have a restricted area of 65 feet on all four sides, except that a street can run within 12 feet of the well on one side, and a 20-foot right-of-way to each well site.
(5) 
Any anchors used in any well site within the city limits shall be installed so they are below the surface of the ground.
(6) 
Driveways shall not be located within ten (10) feet of a fire plug.
(b) 
Mowing and maintenance of well sites.
Individuals or oil and gas companies maintaining oil wells within the city limits shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of all oil wells and well sites within the city, by keeping the grounds designated as well sites cleanly mowed and maintained. The well site lot for the purpose of this section is defined as being that restricted area as set forth in this section, shall have no retroactive effect and only become effective on the passage of this section by the city. Any individual, or oil or gas company, who maintains oil and gas wells within the city limits shall be required to have periodic ground maintenance work done on the well sites and grounds, so that the physical appearance on these well sites remains, at all times, in an acceptable ecological condition for their location in the community.
(c) 
Failure to maintain well site.
Any oil and gas company and/or individual operator maintaining oil and gas wells within the city limits who shall fail to maintain their oil and gas well sites in the proper physical appearance shall be subject to an assessment by the city for the reasonable and necessary cost of maintaining the grounds of said well site, by either the city department [of public] works, or any individual or company so designated by the city manager to maintain the aforesaid grounds. Before said individual or oil or gas company shall become liable for any assessment or fine by the city, said individual or oil and gas company shall be given fifteen (15) days’ notice in writing of said well site to meet the standard of physical appearance for its location in the community. This written notice shall specify the location of the well site and what items of physical appearance are the subject of the complaint. If after notice is given said maintenance is not performed by the individual owner or oil and/or gas company, the city manager shall determine what the reasonable cost of maintaining the appearance of said well site shall be, and such assessment against any individual or oil and/or gas company shall be paid within fifteen (15) days after written notice of said assessment. Said assessment shall be used to maintain the physical appearance of said well site. Furthermore, if any such individual oil [and gas well] operator and/or oil and gas company shall subsequently fail to maintain the grounds of said oil and gas well sites within the city limits, they shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, per well site, for each and every occasion the city manager deems it necessary to maintain these oil and gas well sites.
(Ordinance 87 adopted 4/2/74; 1986 Code, secs. 6.190–6.192; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
(a) 
Definitions.
“Single-family residential structure” shall mean a detached building used exclusively for residential purposes, having suitable accommodations for only one (1) family.
(b) 
Square foot minimum.
(1) 
Any and all single-family residential structures shall have a minimum square foot measurement of 1,200 square feet. The square foot minimum provided herein shall include all areas of a single-family residential structure which are under roof and heated and cooled by an air conditioning or heating system.
(2) 
The square feet of a single-family residential structure shall be determined by the city’s building inspector or designee. Measurements of square footage shall be obtained using customary measuring techniques which are accepted in the residential construction industry.
(3) 
Plans for all single-family residential structures must be approved by the city’s building inspector or designee and meet the minimum square foot requirements found herein prior to the issuance of any and all construction-related permits and a certificate of occupancy issued by the city.
(c) 
Penalty.
Should any individual and/or entity be deemed to be in violation of the provisions of this section, said finding may warrant the issuance of a citation for each and every day in which a violation occurs. Any such citation is a class C misdemeanor and may be punished by fine for each such occurrence in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 2017-01 adopted 1/17/17; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)