Sec. 9.4. Application elements.
An application for a conditional use permit pursuant to this Article shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall include the following information:
1. Application requirements, site plan. The site plans for a well site submitted with an application for a use by conditional review shall be submitted on one (1) or more plats or maps, at a scale not less than one (1) inch to fifty (50) feet, showing the following information:
a. The proposed location of production site facilities or well site facilities associated with the well in the event production is established, if applicable. Future development of the resource shall be considered in the location of the tank battery. Existing tank batteries and transmission and gathering lines within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the well site shall be shown.
b. The location of layout, including without limitation the position of the drilling equipment and related facilities and structures, if applicable.
c. True north arrow.
d. Existing improvements, if any, within a radius of six hundred sixty (660) feet of the proposed well.
e. Existing utility easements and other rights-of-way of record, if any, within a radius of six hundred sixty (660) feet of the proposed well.
f. Existing irrigation or drainage ditches within four hundred (400) feet of the well site or production site, if any.
g. The applicant’s drainage and erosion control plans for the well site or production site and the area immediately adjacent to such site, if applicable.
h. Location of access roads.
i. Well site or production site and existing lease boundaries.
j. The names of abutting subdivisions or the names of owners of abutting, unplatted property within two thousand (2,000) feet of the well site or production site.
k. The name and address of the operator and the name of the person preparing the site plan or map.
l. List of operator’s spills or releases within the Town limits over the past three (3) years and the remediation status of those spills or releases.
m. List of ECMC or Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment notices of alleged violations issued to the operator over the past three (3) years for activities within the Town limits and the status of those alleged violations.
2. Application requirements, vicinity maps. The vicinity maps for a well site or production site submitted with an application for a use permitted by conditional review shall be submitted on one (1) or more plats or maps showing the following information:
a. Location of all existing water bodies and watercourses, including direction of water flow. This information shall be submitted on USGS 7.5 minute series or assessor base maps which indicate topographic detail and show all existing water bodies and watercourses with a physically defined channel within a four hundred (400) foot radius of the proposed well.
b. Location of existing oil and gas wells as reflected in ECMC records. This information shall be submitted on a map and shall include any and all wells within a one thousand (1,000) foot radius of the proposed location for the well.
c. Location of drill site. The information to be submitted shall be ECMC Form 2 and shall include the Parcel Tax Identification Number.
3. Application requirement narrative. In addition to the site plans and the vicinity maps required in Subsections (1) and (2) of this Section, the application shall include the following:
a. The operator’s and surface owner’s names and addresses, and copies of any required ECMC Form 2A plans (once Form 2A is deemed complete) and designation of agent, if applicable.
b. An operating plan.
c. A list of all permits or approvals obtained or yet to be obtained from local, state or federal agencies other than ECMC.
d. An emergency response plan that is mutually acceptable to the operator and the appropriate fire district that includes a list of local telephone numbers of public and private entities and individuals to be notified in the event of an emergency, the location of the well and provisions for access by emergency response entities.
e. A plan for weed control at the well site.
f. A fire protection plan that is mutually acceptable to the operator and the appropriate fire district that includes planned actions for possible emergency events and any other pertinent information. Prior to application to the Town, a proposed fire protection plan and emergency response plan shall be submitted to and reviewed by the fire district.
g. Sanitary facilities must comply with Section 602(g) of the ECMC regulations. (Ord. 1389 § 4, 2023)