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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, recent events have called into question the adequacy
of the present ordinance of the City of Beaumont dealing with the
issuance. of oil well drilling permits to protect the .health, welfare,
safety and property values of the citizensof this city; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the current oil well
permit ordinance, the same being Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont, be studied by the Community Development
Department and the Legal Department in conjunction with modern trends
in the designing, locating and landscaping of oil well drilling sites,
so that a comprehensive oil well drilling permit ordinance can be sub-
mitted to the City Council at a later date; and,
WHEREAS, such a study should be completed within six (6)
months; and,
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the status quo during the period
of time necessary to adequately study this problem, a moratorium on
the granting of oil well drilling permits in Beaumont will be necessary
for a six (6) month period;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT in order to maintain the status quo,,no oil well drilling permit
as provided in Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont shall be issued during a six (6) month period., said period
beginning July 23,.1974, and ending December 23, 1974, and prior to
December 23, 1974, the Community Development Department and the Legal
Department are directed to prepare and submit to the City Council a
comprehensive ordinance controlling the drilling of oil and gas wells
in the City of Beaumont.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the