Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.84 Wells, Natural Gas

Administrative permits may be approved and issued for the drilling of natural gas wells provided the following standards are being met:

1. The proposed location of the gas well is at least five hundred feet from the nearest residential dwelling unit;

2. The proposed location of the gas well is at least one hundred twenty feet from a county road right-of-way;

3. That if the proposed location of the gas well is within a flood hazard area as designated on the flood hazard maps of Glenn County, or within a designated floodway or special floodplain combining zone, the rules, regulations and restrictions of the zones shall be conditions of approval;

4. The fire protection regulations of the affected fire district shall be complied with;

5. The drilling mud shall be disposed of at an approved disposal site;

6. The necessary permits shall be secured from all affected federal, state and local agencies;

7. That the applicant shall enter into a road maintenance agreement with the Glenn county road department;

8. Conversion of this gas well to an injection well may be permitted with a conditional use permit.

9. Installation of a gas well compressor shall require an additional administrative permit approved by the director in the agricultural zones and a conditional use permit approved by the planning commission in the residential zones. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)