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52Nov 3 election

15.16.080 - Abandonment.

Part of the Code of Ordinances of Commerce, CA.

Local law · Updated May 13, 2025 · 2,277 sections

The text

A well shall be considered properly abandoned for the purposes of this code when: (1)

A copy of the division of oil and gas notice of intention to abandon furnished to the division of oil and gas is mailed to the fire chief;

(2)

The well has been abandoned in accordance with the requirements of the division of oil and gas;

(3)

The site has been cleared of all drilling or producing equipment and left in a clean condition, which shall include draining and backfilling of any sump used in connection with the well, removal of concrete, pipe and other foreign materials from the surface of the ground, and the surface of the land, insofar as practicable, left in a neat and orderly condition;

(4)

The fire chief has inspected and certified in writing that the well has been properly abandoned in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(Ord. 52 §1 (part), 1962: prior code §3907).