(a) 
In addition to any other permit that may be required by any other ordinance or regulation of the city, any person desiring to conduct any oil and gas or other hydrocarbon operation within the city must obtain from the city secretary a permit for such oil and gas operations. Oil and gas operations include, but are not limited to, seismic activity and seismic exploration, facilities or improvements for drilling, drilling, construction or placement of equipment, facilities or improvements for oil or gas transportation and/or oil or gas storage.
(b) 
No permit shall be issued until after a public hearing on the matter at which the parties in interest and the citizens have an opportunity to be heard. By the tenth day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be posted on the city's website.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 1, adopted 4/21/2015)
No oil or gas well shall be drilled or altered:
(1) 
Within 800 feet of the nearest residential building unless the prior written consent of the owner is first obtained and filed with the city secretary. Residential building is defined as a structure equipped with potable water, permitted well system, and electrical service.
(2) 
Within 500 feet of the nearest nonresidential building unless the prior written consent of the owner is first obtained and filed with the city secretary. A nonresidential building, as that term shall be defined by the city council, shall contain 400 square feet or more of floor area with a concrete or wood floor, walls and roof.
(3) 
Within 2,500 feet of any public school or full service hospital.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 2, adopted 4/21/2015)
(a) 
The wellhead, condensate tank, storage tank, or compressor of any storage tank or storage well shall be located as follows:
(1) 
Not less than 2,500 feet from any residential dwelling or commercial structure in existence at the time an application for the permit is filed with the city, unless the prior written consent of the owner is first obtained and filed with the city secretary, in the same manner as provided for drilling oil or gas wells.
(2) 
Not less than 800 feet from any adjoining property line unless the prior written consent of the adjacent property owner is first obtained and filed with the city secretary, in the same manner as provided for drilling oil or gas wells.
(3) 
Not less than 200 feet from any public street, roadway or alley.
(b) 
These distances shall be measured from the proposed wellhead, condensate tank, storage tank or compressor of any storage tank or storage well to the closest load-bearing wall of each structure.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 3, adopted 4/21/2015)
(a) 
An application for a permit for seismic activity must include:
(1) 
A seismic project route plan showing all streets, properties and routes to be taken by the vibroseis equipment, including the location of source points and receiver points;
(2) 
A list of the type, weight, and specifications of the vibroseis equipment and/or vehicles to be used in the seismic survey, including the proposed vibroseis drive levels for the source points;
(3) 
A copy of the permit applicant's liability insurance; and
(4) 
A traffic-control plan.
(b) 
A permittee shall:
(1) 
Notify in writing prior to performing any work each owner, resident and/or business within 250 feet of any vibroseis operation;
(2) 
Conduct all testing from 7:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., local time, Monday through Saturday; and
(3) 
Keep and maintain for three years a written log of all vibroseis tests showing the date, location, drive level, and operator related to the vibroseis tests.
(c) 
No vibroseis operation shall produce a peak particle velocity greater than 0.5 inch per second without the express prior written approval of the city. Clearing trees and vegetation associated with seismic survey operations is prohibited in the city's rights-of-way and on city-owned properties.
(d) 
No source points shall be permitted within the city's rights-of-way or on city-owned properties.
(e) 
A person commits an offense if the person conducts a seismic survey using pentolite, dynamite, or any other type of explosive, or using a particle velocity or frequency in excess of that permitted by the city, or fails to comply with the provisions of the person's permit or this article.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 4, adopted 4/21/2015)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if the person is permitted by the city to conduct oil and gas operations and:
(1) 
The person allows any vehicle to leave a permitted work area unless such vehicle is properly covered and all equipment of the vehicle, including the tires thereof, is properly cleaned so as to prevent the deposit, tracking or scattering of dirt, stone, gravel, cement, concrete, rubbish or other similar material or debris upon any public street alley or other public way;
(2) 
The person fails to keep the permitted premises in a clean and sanitary condition; or
(3) 
The person fails to remove all debris, mud, pools of oil, water or other liquids, brush, trash, waste materials and similar matter from the permitted premises within 15 days after the completion or abandonment of any oil or gas well.
(b) 
A person commits an offense if the person conducts oil and gas operations within the city without a permit from the city.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 5, adopted 4/21/2015)
In addition to the penalty provided for, the right is hereby conferred and extended upon any property owner owning property in the city, where such property owner may be affected or invaded by a violation of the terms of this article, to bring suit in such court or courts having jurisdiction thereof, and obtain such remedies as may be available by law and equity in the protection of the rights of such property owners.
(Ordinance 2015-10, sec. 8, adopted 4/21/2015; Ordinance adopting 2025 Code)