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Title 13 — Planning, Zoning and Development›Chapter XIV — OIL DRILLING

§ 13-289. Where permitted.

Costa Mesa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Costa Mesa

No person, firm or corporation shall erect or construct oil drilling derricks or oil drilling equipment within the City of Costa Mesa, or shall drill from the surface or by subterranean drilling for oil, petroleum, tar, gas or other hydrocarbon substances within said city, except that it shall be lawful under the provisions hereof, to drill for oil, petroleum, tar, gas or other hydrocarbon substances by slant drilling or subterranean drilling in and under the area hereinafter described, provided that the drilling sites shall be located outside the city limits of the city, and that such drilling shall be a vertical depth of at least 400 feet below the ground surface within the area mentioned and hereinafter described.

That the area in the city in which slant drilling or subterranean drilling shall be permitted under the terms hereof, is described as being:

All that area lying within the zone designated M1 [MG] by the zoning ordinances of the City of Costa Mesa, as said M1 [MG] zone now, or may hereafter, exists.

(Ord. No. 97-11, § 2, 5-5-97)

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▸ Contents — Costa Mesa Zoning Code
Costa Mesa Zoning Code
  1. ▸ Title 13 — Planning, Zoning and Development
    Overview
    1. Chapter I — IN GENERAL
    2. Chapter II — ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
    3. Chapter III — PLANNING APPLICATIONS
    4. Chapter IV — CITYWIDE LAND USE MATRIX
    5. Chapter V — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
    6. Chapter VII — LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
    7. Chapter VIII — SIGNS
    8. Chapter IX — SPECIAL LAND USE REGULATIONS
    9. Chapter X — NONCONFORMING USES, DEVELOPMENTS AND LOTS
    10. Chapter XI — SUBDIVISIONS
    11. Chapter XII — SPECIAL FEE ASSESSMENTS
    12. Chapter XIII — NOISE CONTROL
    13. ▸ Chapter XIV — OIL DRILLING
      Overview
      1. § 13-288. Purpose of chapter.
      2. § 13-289. Where permitted.
      3. § 13-290. Drilling from outside city limits.
      4. § 13-291. Permit required for maintenance of existing wells an…
      5. § 13-292. Permit and inspection fees.
      6. § 13-293. Adoption of standard conditions.
      7. § 13-294. Existing wooden derricks.
      8. § 13-295. Use of earthen sumps prohibited.
      9. § 13-296. Abandonment of wells.
      10. § 13-297. Refineries, tank farms and commercial absorption pla…
      11. § 13-298. Enforcement.
      12. § 13-299. Penalties.
      13. § 13-300. Validity.
      14. § 13-301. Repeal of conflicting ordinance.
      15. § 13-302. Core holes and test holes prohibited.
    14. Chapter XV — GROUP HOMES
    15. Chapter XVII — AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE

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