§ 24-1. Business and occupation deemed hazardous.

(a)

The business and occupation of drilling and exploring for, producing, obtaining, transporting, gathering, and storing of oil, gas, petroleum, hydrocarbons and mineralized waters within the corporate limits of the city is a hazardous and dangerous business and occupation and it is necessary that said businesses and occupations be regulated, controlled and limited for the purpose of providing protection for the lives, health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the city, and of the public generally, and for the protection of property from the danger of fire, explosion, gas, leaks, nuisances, groundwater pollutions, and other hazards injurious to the public peace, health, welfare, and safety.

(b)

The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements for the preservation of the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the citizens, and compliance with all terms thereof shall not be deemed to relieve any person from any duty imposed by law to use all necessary care and take all necessary precautions for the safeguarding of the public peace, health, and safety, and the rights of any individual or group of individuals, and it shall be the duty of any person drilling, operating or maintaining any well to use all necessary care and take all precautions of whatsoever nature which shall be reasonably necessary under the circumstances to protect the public or the rights of any part thereof.

(Prior Code, § 9.280; Ord. No. 81-08, 8-31-1981)