Article 5 — DERRICKS AND PORTABLE MASTS.

No person shall drill, redrill, deepen, operate or maintain any oil well in the City unless the oil well site and the derrick or portable mast used therefor is designed and used in conformance with the provisions of this Article.

(Amended by O-2893)

Except as provided in Section 97.5.3., all derricks and portable masts shall be constructed of steel and shall meet the design standards therefor as prescribed in the American Petroleum Institute Specifications for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures (API Specification 4A, Sixteenth Edition dated 1967, or API Specification 4D, Sixth Edition 1967) copies of which are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, which specifications are hereby incorporated by reference into this Code and made a part hereof; provided, however, that the guying and rigging equipment and outriggers, if any, shall be installed and used as provided in Sections 97.5.7. and 97.5.9. Derrick and portable masts meeting said design standard may be so certified by a registered engineer.

a) Subject to the approval of the Building and Safety Director pursuant to the provisions of subsection c) of this Section 97.5.3., there may be substituted for such a certification based on said API specifications a certification by the manufacturer of said derrick or portable mast that, at the time of certification, such derrick or portable mast meets or exceeds the manufacturer’s original design specifications therefor, together with a certification by a registered engineer that, in his opinion, such derrick or portable mast is safely designed for the particular well site on which it is to be placed and for the depth of well hole for which it is to be used.

b) In making such determination, the registered engineer shall use said API specifications and good engineering and good oilfield practice as guidelines. He shall specify any particular operating procedures or limitations which constitute a condition of his certification; provided, however, that the guying and rigging equipment and outriggers, if any, shall be installed and used as provided in Sections 97.5.7. and 97.5.9

c) The calculations and data used by the registered engineer in making said determination shall be verified for accuracy by the Building and Safety Director.

No derrick or portable mast shall be erected, placed, operated or used for any purpose at any oil well site on or after October 1, 1978 unless it meets the design standards set forth in Section 97.5.2. and Section 97.5.3. and a certificate of compliance therewith signed by a registered engineer has been filed with and verified for accuracy by the Building and Safety Director. Derricks and portable masts shall be recertified after any repairs or modifications have been made thereto.

All derricks and portable masts shall be inspected annually by a registered engineer for compliance with the provisions of Section 97.5.2. and Section 97.5.3. If a certificate of the registered engineer attesting to such compliance is filed with the Building and Safety Director, a certificate of inspection and a decal attesting thereto shall be issued by the Building and Safety Director. The decal shall be kept attached to each such certified derrick or mast at all times when on any well site in the City.

a) No derrick or portable mast shall be erected, placed, operated or used at any oil well site on or after October 1, 1978, unless and until a site plan permit for such oil well site has been issued by the Building and Safety Director.

b) A site plan permit shall not be issued for any oil well site unless and until a site plan prepared by the applicant in accordance with the provisions of Section 97.5.7. has been certified as safe by a registered engineer and the certificate filed with the Building and Safety Director.

The site plan shall be designed in accordance with the standards set forth in the aforesaid American Petroleum Institute Specifications for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures (API Specification 4E, Second Edition dated March 1974); provided, however, that in any case where the Building and Safety Director determines that the

size or shape of the site or other limitation makes it impracticable to comply with said standards, the site plan shall be designed in accordance with good engineering and good oilfield practice by a registered engineer and shall be approved by the Building and Safety Director.

An application for a site plan permit shall contain such information as required by the Building and Safety Director, including but not limited to:

a) Rig location and set-up requirements.

b) Type of derrick or portable masts to be used.

c) Soil analysis and drainage.

d) Foundation load design.

e) Anchor requirements.

f) Guying and rigging pattern.

(Amended by O-2893)

a) All derricks and portable masts shall be maintained free from patent structural defects and free from any patent defect which might render such derrick or mast a hazard to life or property.

b) All portable masts shall be equipped with wind guy lines; provided, however, that outriggers may be used instead of wind guy lines in those cases where it has been determined by a registered engineer that, due to the physical characteristics of the site, it is impracticable to use guy lines for wind loading.

c) All wind guy lines, and outriggers used in place of wind guy lines, shall be designed to withstand wind loads as set forth in the said API Specifications.

d) All wind guy lines shall be anchored to permanent concrete deadmen which shall be of sufficient strength and size, as determined by a registered engineer, to safely accommodate the tension and weight to be placed thereon. Screw-in type anchors shall not be used.

e) All outriggers used in place of wind guy lines shall rest on permanent pads which shall be of sufficient strength and size, as determined by a registered engineer, to safely accommodate the tension and weight to be placed thereon.

f) In all cases where outriggers are used in place of wind guy lines, tubing shall be pulled and stacked in single lengths only.

g) Lights shall be installed and used during nighttime drilling on all derricks and portable masts and at other times when necessary for safety purposes.

h) All derricks and portable masts shall rest on a permanent foundation which shall be of sufficient strength and size as determined by a registered engineer, to safely accommodate the tension and weight to be placed thereon by the derrick or mast with full rack of drill pipe.

i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections d), e) and h) of this Section 97.5.9., permanent concrete deadmen, permanent concrete pads and permanent concrete foundations need not be installed as otherwise required by said subsections for an oil well abandonment operation; provided, however, that in lieu thereof deadmen, pads and foundations shall be used which, in the opinion of a registered engineer, are of sufficient strength and size to safely accommodate the tension and weight to be placed thereon.

j) All derricks and portable masts shall be provided with a wind gauge indicator in a location satisfactory to the Director of Building and Safety.

A derrick as opposed to a portable mast, shall not be constructed or placed on any oil well site unless a permit therefor has been granted by the Environmental Quality Commission. The Environmental Quality Commission shall grant such permit only if, in its judgement, it finds the applicant has satisfied the criteria used for granting a variance as set forth in Section 94.1.5. of this Code. The application for such permit shall be processed in the same manner as set forth in Article 11 of this Chapter 7 for applications for drilling permits and the decision of the Environmental Quality Commission may be appealed to the City Council in the manner set forth in said Article 11 for drilling permit appeals. The Environmental Quality Commission may impose such conditions on the permit as it may deem necessary or desirable in the best interest of the City.

a) All derricks shall be dismantled and removed from any drill site within thirty (30) days after the oil well drilled therefrom is placed on production; provided, however, that for good cause shown, an extension of time for dismantling and removal may be granted by the Environmental Quality Commission if an application therefor is made prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) day period.

b) The provisions of subsection a) of this Section 97.5.11. shall not apply to a derrick used as a part of an oil operation for which a conditional use permit has been issued and the time for dismantling and removal of such derrick has been made a condition of such permit.

No derrick or portable mast shall be operated or used at any oil well site on or after October 1, 1978, unless and until a set-up permit has been applied for by the operator and issued by the Building and Safety Director. A set-up permit shall be required each time that a derrick or mast is set up on the oil well hole. Such permit shall be issued only if the Building and Safety Director determines that the site and the derrick or portable mast with rigging and outriggers, if any, in position to commence operations or use are in compliance with all the applicable provisions of this Article 5.