[Amended 8-26-1975 by Ord.
No. 2975]
A. At each well drilling operation within the city limits
of Bradford there shall be provided a sump or suitable container large enough
to receive without overflow all drill cuttings, water and oil that may reasonably
be expected to be produced in the drilling and cleaning out of the well.
B. Surface water shall be excluded from such sumps by means
of diversion ditches on the uphill side or by other appropriate measures.
After completion of the well, any oil or basic sediment that has accumulated
shall be disposed of in such manner as to avoid a fire hazard. In no event
shall the operator permit the disposal of any sand cutting, oil or basic sediment
into the sewers of the City of Bradford. Sumps providing for the accumulation
of sand cuttings, water or oil from the drilling operations located in congested
areas or where children congregate shall be properly surrounded by fencing
until such time as the hazard has been removed.
C. The Police Department, with any of the officers or employees
of the city, shall have the right to go on any private property where drilling
operations are in progress to investigate or for the purpose of regulation.
D. No oil and gas well shall be drilled in the City of Bradford unless
and until the permit as submitted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has
been approved by the City Council or its authorized representative. The City
Council or its authorized representative shall issue such permit, valid for
a period of sixty (60) days from the date thereof or as long as drilling operations
are proceeding in a workmanlike manner, upon application of the owner of the
mineral rights or the owner's authorized representative and payment of the
permit fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.). The application shall include:
(1)Â A duplicate plat as required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
identifying the well location; and
(2)Â Consent and bond.
(a)Â The written consent of the owners of all occupied structures
within one hundred (100) feet of the well bore for shooting or hydrofracturing
of the well and the bond of the owner of the well with sufficient sureties
in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.) each person and
three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.) each accident protecting the public
from any damages by reason of the drilling and completing of the well; or
(b)Â The bond of the owner with sufficient sureties as approved
by the City Council or its authorized representative in the amount of one
million dollars ($1,000,000.) each accident protecting the public from any
damages by reason of the drilling and completing of the well, which shall
include the shooting or hydrofracturing of the well.
(3)Â In granting the permit, the City Council or its authorized
representative may require the use of city equipment and personnel for fire
protection and shall charge the owner a reasonable fee therefor.
E. Drilling equipment shall be removed promptly from a well
site upon written request of any property owners of occupied structures within
one hundred (100) feet of the well whenever drilling operations, including
fishing or cleaning-out operations, have been completed and work is no longer
proceeding in a workmanlike manner.
F. Drilling operations shall not be permitted closer than
fifty (50) feet from an occupied structure without the written permission
of the owner thereof.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter,
upon conviction thereof before a District Magistrate or Justice of the Peace,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.) or
imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.