Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of pumping units35 ft
The height of all pumping units shall not exceed thirty five feet (35') and shall be properly maintained and kept in a neat condition.
Noise
- Noise control
Pumping wells shall be operated by electric motors or muffled internal combustion engines.
Other
- Dust control
All vehicle parking and maneuvering areas shall be treated and maintained with oiled sand or a similar dust binding material.
- Earthen sump fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.90 days
Within ninety (90) days after any well has been placed in production, or after its abandonment, earthen sumps used in drilling and/or production... shall be filled and the drilling site restored as nearly as practicable to a uniform grade.
- Equipment removal90 days
All derricks, boilers and other drilling equipment employed... shall be removed within ninety (90) days after completion of production tests, following completion of such drilling or after abandonment of any well
- Hours of operation
Whenever a well is located within five hundred feet (500') from an existing dwelling unit, except in case of emergency, no materials, equipment, tools or pipe used for either drilling or production operations shall be delivered to or removed from the drilling site, except between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) P.M.
- Distance to commercial building50 ft
within fifty feet (50') of any building utilized for commercial purposes constructed prior to the commencement of such drilling without the written consent of the owner of such structure.
- Distance to public highway100 ft
No oil or gas well shall be drilled within one hundred feet (100') of the right of way of any public highway, proposed public highway, official plan line or specific plan line
- Distance to dwelling150 ft
No oil or gas well shall be drilled within one hundred fifty feet (150') of any dwelling, assembly, institution or school
- Fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. around pump site6 ft
After production begins and a pump is installed on the wellhead, a fence at least six feet (6') in height shall be installed around the pump site or drilling island for public safety.
- Screening of tanks
Whenever oil or gas is produced into and shipped from tanks located on the premises, such tanks, whenever located within five hundred feet (500') of any dwelling or commercial building, shall be surrounded by shrubs or trees, planted and maintained to provide attractive landscaping or be fenced in such a manner as to, insofar as practicable, screen such tanks from public view.
From the ordinance
No well for use as an injection well and no well for the exploration for or development or production of oil or gas or other hydrocarbon substances may be drilled, and no related accessory equipment, structure or facility may be installed in an industrial zone district until an application for plot plan review has been submitted to and approved by the planning director