HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7821-1979 - Amending Chapter 19A Amending Section 19A-13 - 03/08/1979DGV:hw ORDINANCE NO. 782 l -------
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
, LUB~OC~, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 19A-13 REGARDING SLUSH PITS; REQUIRING
. TYPES; REMOVAL; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that altering the requirements
for slush pits with regard to oil and gas well drilling within the City of
Lubbock would be in the best interest of the health, safety and general welfare
of the citizens of the City of Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds there is an immediate necessity to alter
such requirements for slush pits, there is created an emergency which requires
the immediate passage of this measure; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 19A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock BE and is hereby amended by amending Sec. 19A-13 of said Chapter to
read as follows:
Sec. 19A-13. Pits; required types; removal.
Steel slush pits shall be used in connection with all drilling and
reworking operations unless the City Council shall approve the use of
earthen slush pits. Any earthen pit approved shall as a minimum requ-
irement be lined with six (6) inches of bentonite clay and a plastic
liner of four (4) mill thickness. Such pit~ and contents shall be re-
moved from the premises and the drilling site within thirty days after
completion of the well. Removal of pits and contents shall be accom-
plished in such a manner as will preclude any possible contamination
of underground and percolating water.
SECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence; clause,
phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for
any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative
method provided by law.
SECTION 4. THAT the fact that public necessity and convenience re-
quires that this Ordinance be passed as an energency meas.ure for reasons set
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forth in the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinance shall be
finally passed on the day of its introduction be suspended, and this Ordinance
is declared to be an emergency measure to take effect from and after its passage
and publication as set forth hereinabove.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council this. _ __:B~t~h:.!.,_ __ day of March , 1979.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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