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 Tulsa
 Code of Ordinances
 TULSA CODE OF ORDINANCES
 Title 42-A. OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN THE CITY LIMITS
 Chapter 6. DRILLING AND OPERATION OF OIL AND GAS WELLS

§ 600. Well location.  

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  • A.

    No well shall be drilled nor shall any tank batteries, well facilities, or equipment be located and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than three hundred (300) feet to any occupied or unoccupied dwelling or any other building used or designed and intended to be used for human occupancy unless the applicant has obtained written permission for the location of the well from all owners and lessees whose dwellings or other subject buildings are within three hundred (300) feet of the proposed well. This distance shall be calculated from the well bore, tank batteries, well facilities, and equipment to the closest exterior point of the dwelling or other subject building.

    B.

    No well shall be drilled nor shall any tank batteries, well facilities, or equipment be located and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than six hundred (600) feet to any public building, religious building, or school building unless the applicant has obtained written permission for the location of the well from the owners and lessees of such public building, religious building, or school building. This distance shall be calculated from the well bore, tank batteries, well facilities, and equipment to the closest exterior point of the building.

    C.

    No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than three hundred (300) feet to any fresh water well. This distance shall be calculated from the well bore to the fresh water well bore.

    D.

    The provisions of this section shall also apply to any dwellings, public buildings, religious buildings, school buildings, or other subject buildings under construction or to any fresh water wells being drilled on the date the application for a permit is filed with the Inspector.

    E.

    The application of the provisions of this section to a proposed well shall be determined by examining the existing uses of the surrounding property as of the date the application for a permit is filed with the Inspector.

(Ord. No. 22189, § 1, 1-14-2010)