Ordinance No. 4,66270312 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 4662
Section 1: That Section 20 -25 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20 -25. Provisions not applicable to certain
piercement type salt domes.
The well spacing provisions, the requirement for
notice by registered mail to owners of non - leased
property in a drilling unit, and the forced pooling
provisions of this chapter shall not apply to producing
areas which have been, prior to effective date of this
chapter, or may be in the future, defined as piercement
type salt domes by the Railroad Commission of the State
of Texas. One field, namely Goose Creek, within the
city limits is presently defined as a piercement type
salt dome. Wells within this field shall comply with
the applicable provisions of state law and the Railroad
Commission of the State of Texas.
The 40 -acre drilling units within the Goose Creek
Field which are exempt from certain provisions of this
chapter are listed in an exhibit marked "C," styled
"Lambert Coordinates Describing Oil Drilling Units
Within the Producing Limits of the Goose Creek Field,"
and such exhibit being on record in the city clerk's
office, to which reference is here made for all
purposes.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the
extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this
ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and
governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provisions, section, exception,
® subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
AN
ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 20 -25 OF CHAPTER 20, "OIL
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AND
GAS,"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; REPEALING
INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND
PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 20 -25 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20 -25. Provisions not applicable to certain
piercement type salt domes.
The well spacing provisions, the requirement for
notice by registered mail to owners of non - leased
property in a drilling unit, and the forced pooling
provisions of this chapter shall not apply to producing
areas which have been, prior to effective date of this
chapter, or may be in the future, defined as piercement
type salt domes by the Railroad Commission of the State
of Texas. One field, namely Goose Creek, within the
city limits is presently defined as a piercement type
salt dome. Wells within this field shall comply with
the applicable provisions of state law and the Railroad
Commission of the State of Texas.
The 40 -acre drilling units within the Goose Creek
Field which are exempt from certain provisions of this
chapter are listed in an exhibit marked "C," styled
"Lambert Coordinates Describing Oil Drilling Units
Within the Producing Limits of the Goose Creek Field,"
and such exhibit being on record in the city clerk's
office, to which reference is here made for all
purposes.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the
extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this
ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and
governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provisions, section, exception,
® subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
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Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
® from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 12th day of March,
1987.
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WMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, CIty Clerk
RANDALL B. STRONG, City orney
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