Article 12 — OIL WELL EQUIPMENT PERMITS.

Except as provided in Section 97.12.3., no person shall place or construct, or cause to be placed or constructed, any oil well equipment as defined in Section 97.1.1. on any oil well site in the City without having received a permit from the Oil Board as provided in this Article, which permit is hereinafter called an Oil Well Equipment Permit.

Except as provided in Section 97.12.3., the provisions of Section 97.12.1. shall be applicable to the replacement or modification of any oil well equipment presently located on any oil well site in the City.

a) The provisions of Section 97.12.1. shall not be applicable to maintenance of existing facilities, to the replacement of existing facilities with facilities of comparable size and nature or of a smaller size, or to modifications not involving a substantial change in size or character.

b) The provisions of Section 97.12.1. shall not be applicable to portable equipment placed temporarily on an oil well site or to walls or other barriers placed upon or around a site for the sole purpose of safeguarding against access to the site or minimizing sound emanating from the site. For purposes of this Section, "temporarily" shall mean a period not exceeding two (2) weeks.

c) The provisions of Section 97.12.1. shall not be applicable to any equipment to be placed or constructed on an oil well site located on land which is zoned for commercial or manufacturing uses if no part of such equipment is to be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to the nearest property line of any lot or parcel of land on which a residence is situated or which is zoned for residential use.

The provisions of this Article shall supersede the provisions of Article 4, entitled "Combining Oil Districts," of this Chapter 7 in the event of any conflict therein.

An application for an Oil Well Equipment Permit shall be processed in the same manner as is provided in Sections 97.11.3 to 97.11.10., inclusive, for Oil Well Drilling Permits.