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ORDINANCE NO. 65-o27
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO DRILLING OF TEST HOLES FOR OIL AND
GAS OR OTHER HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION IN THE SUB -SURFACE
TERRITORY IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds
and declares that Chapter IX, Article 4 of the Land Use Ordinance
relating to oil well drilling has made no reference to the drilling
of core holes or test holes for sub -surface exploration for oil,
gas, or other hydrocarbons beneath the geographical boundaries
of the City of Costa Mesa.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa further finds and
declares that legislation is necessary with respect to the drilling
of core holes or test holes in light of the recent interest shown
by Occidental Petroleum Company in sub -surface oil, gas and hydro-
carbons under the geographical territory of the City of Costa Mesal,
Accordingly, there is hereby added a Section 9414 to Chapter
IX, Article 4 of the Land Use Ordinance relating to oil well
drilling which will read as follows:
"Sec. 9414. Core Holes and Test Holes Prohibited.
The drilling of core holes or test holes within the
geographical boundaries of the City of Costa Mesa shall be
prohibited in the same manner as set forth in Section 9401
relating to the drilling of wells for the production of oil,
petroleum, tar, gas or other hydrocarbons. The drilling of
core holes or test holes from outside the territorial limits
of the City of Costa Mesa shall be prohibited, regulated or
allowed on the same basis as the drilling of wells for
production as provided for in Section 9402.
The drilling of core holes or test holes, if allowed or
provided for under Chapter IX, Article 4 of the Land Use
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I Ordinance shall be regulated in the same manner and by
2 the same rules and regulations as any oil and gas well
3 drilled for production purposes and all of the provisions
4 0£ Chapter IX, Article 4 applicable to oil and gas productior
5 wells shall be applicable to core holes or test holes."
6 SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
7 force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and prior to
8 the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be
9 published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of
10 general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa
11 Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council
12 voting for and against the same.
13 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4 rk day of L , 1969.
14 ATTEST: `
15 BY i/_ •� • �. r nrT
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mayor or the City of oda Mesa
16 Mesa.
17 STATE OF CALIFONIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
18 CITY OF COSTA MESA
19 I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa,
20 hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 6V -a7
was introduced and considered section by section at a regular
21 meeting of said City Council on the L,Aday of 196
and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting
22 of said City Council held on the L day of 1969, b
the followin__groll call vote:
23 AYES: N��t0 ,+� %✓C ��/tr �'L'�w ipC� tJ iiF'4rt ti� P.r,L/�},
24 NOES: /1%,,//Y. t
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25 ABSENT: B".
26 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I haverhereunto set my hand and affixed
27 the seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this'%r'day of a.7;(P6 , 19
28 Cit Yk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Cos
29 Mesa.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am the -"s�1=srvert_sing ?Manager
of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen-
eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costo
Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify
-C _t71 Ord_ -ante NUMber 69-27 -
of which the ropy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of
saidnewspaper Ontober 9,1969 _•
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed on Oct Ober 9 , 19 69
at Cast. Mesa, California.
(ApnaNn)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No 69 -?7 was introduced and considered,
section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on theme_
day of September 19 _69, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 6th ,lay of October 1962, by the
following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN - WILSON, TUCKER, ST. CLAIR, JORDAN, PINKLEY
NOES: COUNCILMEN -
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN -
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 69-27 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
9th day of October 1962.
9L—
City ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa
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