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

§ 13-290. Drilling from outside city limits.

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

The city council finds that drilling and production from surface drilling sites adjacent to, but outside the City of Costa Mesa, may adversely affect the residential and commercial areas and values, and the peace, health, safety, comfort and general welfare of the citizens of the city.

Therefore, the drilling and production of an oil and gas well, subsurface, into real property within the City of Costa Mesa from a drilling site outside the city limits of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby prohibited, and the same shall constitute, and the same is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, except and unless such drilling and production is from controlled drilling sites outside the city, as may be approved by the city council. In no event shall slant or subterranean drilling into the subsurface area of the City of Costa Mesa be permitted where the drilling site for such well or wells is outside the City of Costa Mesa but within 300 feet from an exterior boundary of the City of Costa Mesa.

(Ord. No. 97-11, § 2, 5-5-97)

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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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