HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 78-780.
ORDINANCE NO. 1- �V
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER
24 OF THE CODE.OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR OIL AND/OR GAS WELL OPERATIONS
WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS,
CONVALESCENT HOMES, ORPHANAGES OR NURSING HOMES
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY
AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT Section 24-2 of Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, mended to read as follows:
Section 24-2 No person shall conduct any drilling
or redrilling within the corporate limits
of the City of Beaumont without having ob-
tained a permit for said drilling or re -
drilling under this chapter.
It is hereby declared a nuisance for
any person to conduct any drilling operations
within 1,000 feet of the property line of any
school of the Beaumont Independent School
District or the South Park Independent School
District without the prior written consent of
the Board of Trustees of said Districts, res-
pectively, or within 1,000 feet of the property
line of any parochial school without the prior
written consent of the Board of Trustees or
other governing body of said parochial school.
It is hereby declared a nuisance for any person
to conduct any drilling operations within 1,000
feet of a property line of any hospital, con-
valescent home, orphanage or nursing home lo-
cated within the city limits of the City of
� 0 -7g -7y '�7'1 f, 7?
i
Beaumont without the prior written consent
of the owner or owners thereof. It is
hereby declared a nuisance for any person
to conduct any drilling or redrilling
operation outside the city limits of the
City of Beaumont closer than 1,000 feet to
any occupied structure other than a school,
hospital, convalescent home, orphanage, or
nursing home located within such city limits
without obtaining a permit for said drilling
or redrilling under this chapter.
It is hereby declared a nuisance for any
person to construct any storage tank or tanks
within 1,000 feet of the property line of any
school of the Beaumont Independent School
District or the South Park Independent School
District without the prior written consent of
the Board of Trustees of said Districts, res-
pectively, or within 1,000 feet of the property
line of any parochial school without the prior
written consent of the Board of Trustees or
the governing body of said parochial school
or within 1,000 feet of any hospital, conval-
scent home, orphanage or nursing home located
either within or outside the city limits of
Beaumont without the prior written consent of
the owner or owners thereof.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of
persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid,
such invalidity
shall in no wise affect the remaining portions
of
this
ordinance, and
to such end the various portions and provisions
of
this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
-2-
•
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the day of 1978.
-3-
PRO