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Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2005-24 for a Special Use Permit (SUP) on approximately 2.8 acres (SUP10-04 South Hammock #4) for a "mining and drilling" use [oil and gas] in the "IL" (Limited Industrial) zoning district, legally described as portions of Lot 27-1 and Lot 27-2 of League City Division C, generally located north of Austin Street and east of Texas Avenue, with the approximate address being 920 Texas Avenue (Director of Planning and Research)
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial 5-3-0 on September 13, 2010.
Background:
Background:
A Special Use Permit is being requested for "mining and drilling" use [oil and gas] if the concurrent rezoning request (Z10-05) for Limited Industrial zoning is approved. Drilling of the well on this site is anticipated to last for 25 days, with the location being in operation (pumping the well) as long as it is viable. After the 25 days, the directional drilling to 11,000 feet in a northwesterly direction will be completed and the drilling rig will be removed from the site. If oil is discovered in this location, it would be placed in a holding tank and transported off site by truck. If oil or natural gas is not discovered, then all operations will cease, the well will be capped, and the equipment will be removed from the site.
On May 18, 2009, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval subject to conditions of these same requests with the exceptions of the pipeline alignment being proposed to the east of the drilling site as opposed to the west and the drilling utilizing municipal water supply as opposed to a well. The applicant subsequently withdrew the application prior to the City Council Public Hearing in order to research alternative alignments for the pipeline.
A petition to oppose this request has been submitted. However, the property owners of only 8% of the land area within 200 feet of the site signed. As a result, it will not trigger a ¾ vot...
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