§ 13-1508. Premises maintained.

(a)

The premises upon which any oil, gas or disposal well is drilled, operated or maintained shall be kept free of all accumulations of rubbish, litter, unused equipment or materials, excess rotary mud, salt water, waste oil or oil by-products and other waste, insofar as the same may be reasonably done in the conduct of operations.

(b)

The permittee will promptly restore the streets, sidewalks, vegetation and other public property which may be disturbed or damaged in the permittee's operations to their former condition, and the permittee will promptly clear all premises of all litter, trash and waste, and will, after plugging and abandoning the well, grade, level and restore said property to the same surface condition as practical, and as possible, as existed prior to commencing operations or a condition agreed to by the property owner in writing.

(c)

Any person who owns, operates, maintains, or completes any well as a producer when the well bore is located within six hundred (600) feet of any dwelling or business structure or is closer than six hundred (600) feet from the centerline of a public roadway shall enclose such well and its tank batteries, by a heavy commercial grade chain-link fence at least six (6) feet high with posts set in concrete with at least three (3) strands of barbed wire secured across the top of the fence around the well and tank batteries. The bottom of the chain-link fence shall have a #9 gauge tension wire running the length of the fence. The maximum opening between the ground and the fence shall be four (4) inches. The fence may be constructed with removable front and side sections built of the same material as the permanent fence. Wells and tank batteries may be fenced separately as long as each separate fence complies with the requirements of this section.

(1)

The well operator shall be responsible for maintaining the fencing in compliance with the requirements of this section.

(2)

Fencing shall not be required on drill sites during initial drilling, completion, or reworking operations as long as twenty-four (24) hour onsite supervision is provided. However, a secured entrance gate on the access road containing a lock shall be provided. All gates shall be kept locked when the well operator or his employees or agents are not on the premises. A duplicate set of keys to all required locks shall be provided to the Oil and Gas Inspector, or some other appropriate means of accessibility for City Personnel.

(3)

All wells and tank batteries already in existence within City limits as of the effective date of this Ordinance 0-1415-7 shall be in compliance with all fencing requirements of this section within one (1) year of the effective date of this Ordinance 0-1415-7 unless the well site is located outside the Current Urban Service Area as designated on the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan or any subsequently adopted Plans and the fencing requirement is waived in writing by all property owners within six hundred (600) feet of the well bore.

(4)

If a dwelling or business structure is constructed within six hundred (600) feet of an existing well bore or tank batteries not subject to fencing requirements prior to said construction, the well operator shall then be immediately subject to and come into compliance with all fencing requirements of this section within sixty (60) days of written notification by the building permit holder of issuance of a building permit for said dwelling or business structure unless the well site is located outside the Current Urban Service Area as designated on the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan or any subsequently adopted Plans and the fencing requirement is waived in writing by all property owners within six hundred (600) feet of the well bore. If the fencing requirements of this section have not been satisfied by the well operator within sixty (60) days after said notification, then the well operator's oil and gas permit for the non-compliant well may be subject to revocation. A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued for said dwelling or business structure until the fencing requirements of this section have been satisfied.

(5)

If a property where an oil well is located changes designation to Current Urban Service Area, the well operator must fence according to the requirements of this section any existing well or tank batteries, not previously subject to fencing requirements prior to said change of designation within sixty (60) days of written notification by the moving party behind the change in designation.

(d)

All lines installed after the effective date of this Ordinance 0-1415-7 that leave the premises (drilling pad), whether oil or gas, shall be buried with tracer wire (if non-steel line) and trench tape in a trench so the top of the pipe is no less than three (3) feet deep and shall be pressure tested at a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) percent of the normal working pressure held for one (1) hour. In addition line markers shall be installed and maintained at all roads, streets, fences and property lines (private or public). The Oil and Gas Inspector shall be notified forty-eight (48) hours before the trench is started and in advance of the pressure test and may supervise same.

(e)

All leaks or spills, including, but not limited to, oil and salt water, over two (2) barrels are to be reported to the Oil and Gas Inspector within twenty-four (24) hours.

(f)

The operator shall maintain the premises of the growth of grass and weeds to less than twelve (12) inches in height along the lease road and within the designated well site area.

(Ord. No. 0-8283-69; Ord. No. 0-8586-30; Ord. No. 0-9394-43; Ord. No. 0-0203-54; Ord. No. 0-1415-7, § 9)