Coconut Creek City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
DIVISION 2. - RESERVED[14]
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2021-007, § 5(Exh. B), adopted March 11, 2021, repealed div. 2, §§ 13-1100—13-1104, which pertained to property transaction site assessment and derived from Ord. No. 151-91, § 2, adopted Nov. 14, 1991.
Sec. 13-1000. - Oil and natural gas exploration and extraction.
(a)
Definitions:
(1)
Exploration shall mean geologic or geophysical activities related to the search for oil, natural gas or other subsurface hydrocarbons.
(2)
Natural gas shall mean any gaseous substance, either combustible or noncombustible, which is produced in a natural state from the earth in which maintains the gaseous or rarefied state at standard temperature or pressure conditions.
(3)
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking shall mean any type of well stimulation treatment that involves a high-pressure injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids containing a mixture of water and/or sand and chemicals into underground geological formations.
(4)
Acid well stimulation treatment, or aciding shall mean any type of well stimulation treatment that uses, in whole or in part, the application or injection of one or more acids into a well or underground geological formation to enhance production of oil and/or gas.
(5)
Well stimulation shall mean any method of hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation.
(b)
Oil and/or natural gas exploration or extraction by means of well stimulation practices is prohibited within the municipal boundaries of the city.
(c)
It shall be a violation of this section for any person, firm, corporation or other entity to conduct any exploration or drill any well for oil or natural gas extraction within the municipal boundaries of the City of Coconut Creek utilizing any method of well stimulation.
(d)
It shall be a violation of this section for any person, firm, corporation or other entity to conduct any exploration or drill any well for oil or natural gas extraction using any method of well stimulation not withstanding its commencement in another jurisdiction or municipality which encroaches on the horizontal subsurface of the municipal boundaries of the city.
(Ord. No. 2015-009, § 1, 2-26-15)
Sec. 13-1001. - Penalties.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who violates section 13-1000 shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1-8 of the City Code of Ordinances. Said violation may be presented to the code enforcement board, special master or circuit court or other court having jurisdiction thereof and any such violation may be subject to an action for injunction.
(Ord. No. 2015-009, § 2, 2-26-15)