§ 12.04.040. Definitions.
"Abandonment" means the permanent plugging of a well, in accordance with the requirements of the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, the removal of all equipment related to the well, and includes the restoration of the drill sites as required by these regulations.
"A.N.S.I." means the American National Standards Institute.
"A.P.I." means the American Petroleum Institute.
"Approved" means approved by the authority having jurisdiction as defined in this title. "Approved type" or "approved design" means and includes improvements, equipment, or facilities of a type or design approved by the authority having jurisdiction. The authority having jurisdiction under this title, unless otherwise stated in this title, is the Director of the Department of Development Services or his or her designated representative, sometimes referred to in this title as the Director.
"Attended" means the presence of a person who is close enough to petroleum operating facilities so that he or she may reasonably observe the activities of other persons in or near such facilities.
"Blowout" means the uncontrolled discharge of gas, liquids or solids (or a mixture thereof) from a well into the atmosphere.
"Blowout preventer" means a mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or other device or combinations of such devices secured to the top of a well casing including valves, fittings, and control mechanisms connected therewith designed and capable of preventing a blowout.
"Cellar" means an excavation around or above the top joint of the casing of a well.
"Completion of drilling" is deemed to occur for the purpose of this title thirty (30) days after the drilling crew has been released unless drilling, testing, or remedial operations are resumed before the end of the thirty (30) day period.
"Derrick" means any framework, tower or mast together with all the appurtenances to such structure placed over a well for the purpose of raising or lowering pipe, casing, tubing, or other drilling, production or injection equipment out of or into the well.
"Desertion" means the cessation of operations at a drill site without compliance with the provisions of this title relating to suspended operations or abandonment.
"Director" means the Director of Development Services or his or her designated representative.
"Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources" or "D.O.G.G.R." means the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources.
"Drill" or "drilling" means to dig, bore a well, or redrill for the purpose of exploring for, developing, or producing oil, water, gas, or other hydrocarbons or for the purpose of injecting water, steam, or other fluid or substance into the earth, but excluding any well drilled solely for the production of drinking water. Drilling includes all operations through release of drilling crew.
"Drill site" means that surface area used during drilling of an oil or gas well or a well drilled for purposes of secondary petroleum recovery.
"Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
"Gas" means the gaseous components or vapors contained in or derived from petroleum or natural gas.
"Guest room" means any room or rooms used or intended to be used by a guest for sleeping purposes. Every one hundred (100) square feet of superficial floor area in a dormitory shall be considered to be a guest room.
"Harbor Board," "Board" or "Board of Harbor Commissioners" means the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City.
"Harbor district" means the harbor district of the City as defined in the Charter of the City.
"Idle" means the cessation of petroleum operations on a well and equipment incident to such well.
"Lessee" means the possessor of the right to develop and produce petroleum resources.
"Lessor" means the owner of the mineral rights subject to a petroleum lease.
"Maintenance" or "maintain" means the repair and replacement of parts of a structure where same does not alter or lessen the character, strength, or stability of the structure.
"Natural gas processing" means the separation of contaminants and constituents from unprocessed or natural gas for the purpose of producing: (1) natural gas which meets purchase specifications of end users; and (2) marketable extracted products. Among the operations required to accomplish separation may be: gas gathering by pipeline; removal of pipeline dirt; gas compression; gas dehydration; gas sweetening (removal of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide); hydrocarbon liquids removal, recovery, treating and product separation; and nitrogen removal.
"N.F.P.A." means the National Fire Protection Association.
"Oil" means and includes petroleum, and "petroleum" means and includes oil.
"Oil operating areas" means those areas within which drilling and production are allowed under Chapter 12.08. For further particulars, refer to Oil Code Map No. C-216 dated December, 1979 and on file in the Office of the Director.
"Operator" means the person, whether proprietor, lessee, or individual contractor, actually in charge and in control of the drilling, maintenance, and operation of a well or wells.
"Outer boundary line" means the exterior limit of the lands included within a lease or unit comprising several contiguous parcels of land in one (1) or different ownerships which are operated as a single petroleum lease or operating unit. In determining the contiguity of any such parcels of land, no street, road, or alley lying within the lease or unit shall be deemed to interrupt such contiguity.
"Owner," within Chapter 12.32, means the owner of mining rights in land who, in the exercise of those rights, owns or has otherwise acquired the right to occupy the surface of a drill site area to carry on drilling and oil production activities, which activities are or may be the source of noise governed by Chapter 12.32. In other parts of this title, "owner" shall be defined in the context of the section in which it appears.
"Petroleum" means and includes any and all hydrocarbon substances found in a natural state, including but not limited to crude oil, natural gas, natural gasoline, and other related substances.
"Petroleum lease" means a property right with respect to which a lessee enjoys the right to develop and produce petroleum resources for a determinable period.
"Petroleum operations" means and includes all activities in connection with the exploration and drilling for petroleum and products of petroleum, including secondary and tertiary operations, together with the operation of all equipment and appurtenances incident to such activities and also including natural gas processing.
"Planning Commission" means the City's Planning Commission.
"Redrill" or "Redrilling" means any drilling operation, including deviation from original well bore, to recomplete the well in the same or different zone. The provisions of this title relating to drilling shall also apply to redrilling.
"Remedial" means any work on a well, other than drilling or redrilling.
"Suspended operations" means the suspension of petroleum operations in a well or on the equipment and appurtenances incident to the well.
"Tank" means a structure used in conjunction with either the drilling or production of a well used for holding or storing liquids associated with drilling or producing operations.
"Well" means any hole drilled into the earth for the purpose of exploring for and producing oil or gas, or any hole drilled into the earth on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas, or any hole drilled into the earth for the purpose of injecting fluids or gas for stimulating oil or gas recovery, repressuring or pressure maintenance of oil or gas reservoirs, disposing of oil field waste fluids, or any hole drilled into the earth within or adjacent to an oil or gas pool for the purpose of obtaining water to be used in production, stimulation, or repressuring operations.
"Well servicing" means and includes remedial or maintenance work performed within an existing well.
"Well site" means that surface area used for oil or gas extraction operations or for injection purposes in secondary petroleum recovery operations after drilling is completed.
( ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5935 § 1, 1983; Ord. C-5893 § 1, 1982; Ord. C-5575 § 1 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.2.5 (part))