[Ord. No. 29, eff. 12-17-1985; amended by Ord. No. 34, 11-18-1986; amended by Ord. No. 35, 12-16-1986; amended by Ord. No. 36, 2-17-1987; amended by Ord. No. 29, 5-21-1991 as amended 11-19-1996 (repealing Ord. No. 34, 35, and 36); as amended 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 29 §37]
A. 
No well shall be drilled, and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is within any of the streets, roads or alleys of the town; and no street or alley shall be blocked or encumbered or closed in any drilling or production operation except with the written approval of the town and then only temporarily.
B. 
All leasehold roads shall be kept in a passable condition and shall be made accessible at all times for representatives and field inspectors of the Corporation Commission, the town’s oil and gas inspector, or other appropriate persons. A well road shall not be used by residents of a subdivision for egress and/or ingress.
C. 
Access Road Location. The location of any access road necessary for the drilling of an original well or the re-entry of an abandoned well shall be located in a manner to reduce any negative impact on surrounding residences.
D. 
Lease roads shall be maintained in such a manner as to safely and comfortably allow for ingress and egress of town or state personnel traveling in a common passenger motor vehicle.
[Ord. No. 29, eff. 12-17-1985; amended by Ord. No. 34, 11-18-1986; amended by Ord. No. 35, 12-16-1986; amended by Ord. No. 36, 2-17-1987; amended by Ord. No. 29, 5-21-1991 as amended 11-19-1996 (repealing Ord. No. 34, 35, and 36); as amended 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 29 §16]
All oil operations, drilling and production operations shall be conducted in such a manner as to eliminate, as far as practicable, dust, noise, vibration or noxious odors, and shall be in accordance with the best accepted practices incident to exploration for, drilling for and production of oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances. Proven technological improvements in exploration, drilling and production methods shall be adopted as they become, from time to time, available, if capable of reducing factors of nuisance and annoyance.
[Ord. No. 29, eff. 12-17-1985; amended by Ord. No. 34, 11-18-1986; amended by Ord. No. 35, 12-16-1986; amended by Ord. No. 36, 2-17-1987; amended by Ord. No. 29, 5-21-1991 as amended 11-19-1996 (repealing Ord. No. 34, 35, and 36); as amended 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 29 §15]
Any person who completes any well as a producer shall have the obligation to enclose said well, together with its surface facilities, by a fence sufficiently high and properly built so as to ordinarily keep persons and animals out of the enclosure with all gates thereto to be kept locked when the permittee or his employees are not within the enclosure. The fence shall consist of no less than 12 ½ gauge, 5 strands of barbed wire with six feet steel T-posts of 1.25 gauge, set every 10 feet. More stringent or secure fencing may be required by the town. Fences must be kept locked at all times workers of permittee are not present; a duplicate set of keys to said lock shall be filed with the oil and gas inspector.