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Consider and take action to authorize the City Manager to issue a conditioned drilling permit for Tidwell #2 drill site, southwest of the Brittany Lakes Subdivision, east of Bay Area Boulevard and west of Landing Boulevard, in accordance with Chapter 42, Article III of the League City Code of Ordinances, entitled Oil and Gas Well Drilling (Executive Director of Development Services)
Background:
Approval of this item authorizes the City Manager to issue a conditional drilling permit for the Tidwell #2 drilling project on the southwest side of League City.
The City of League City has been working with the applicant since 2010 on the project to find a suitable drill site to extract gas and/or oil from deep beneath the Magnolia Creek Subdivision. It is proposed to use the existing Tidwell #1 drill site for the Tidwell #2 project that is currently southwest of the Brittany Lakes Subdivision and directly south of the Magnolia Creek Subdivision. The drill site is approximately 200 feet from the nearest residential property with the proposed bore hole being approximately 440 feet from the nearest structure. The Tidwell #2 project will also use the same production site and pipeline alignment as the Tidwell #1 project.
In April of 2016, July of 2017, and January of 2020, City Council granted approximately 27 variances for Tidwell #1, several conditionally, to facilitate the exploratory drilling and production operations. The proposed Tidwell #2 drilling application is requesting the same variances, which are attached to this data sheet.
Due to issues identified during the Tidwell #1 project as well as changes occurring to the surrounding area since the Tidwell project started, additional variances are being requested below:
Section 42-134.(d). Distancing and setbacks.
Requirement: The proposed well bore shall not be within six hundred (600) feet of any off-site pool, building or structure for the support, shelter, enclosure or partial...
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