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City shall cease during the night time between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and all such noise is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The owners, drillers and operators of such wells are hereby required .to prevent water from being thrown from the ropes or appliances used in such operation upon the land or buildings adjoining the land where such well is being drilled and to prevent the water or refuse from such well running upon or being placed upon adjoining property or causing damage in any manner to or upon adjoining property. · 729.99 PENALTY Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall'be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. shall beand is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 729 GAS AND OIL WELLS 729.01 DEF[NTI'[ONS. As used in this Chapter the following terms shall be defined as follows: (a) ~Abandoned Well" is any well which is incapable of producing or no longer producing gas or oil. (b) ~Drilling" or =Drilling Operations" are the activities involving the cutting or boring of the subsurface strata and subsequently installing and cementing (or mudding) wellbore-casing stdngs. (c) ``Open Row Testing" is the activ'~.y involving the flowing (and usually the flaring and/or burning) of natural gas from a well and to the atmosphere for the purpose of simulating gas flow into a pipeline. ``Person" is any person, firm or corporation. (e) ~Plugging" or "Well Plugging Operations" are the activities involving the removal of wellbore casing strings and subsequently installing cement plugs and water (or clay gel) spacers to isolate potentially porous strata from the respective well's total depth to the earth's surface. (0 =Well Production Operations and Maintenance" is the activity involved in producing oil and gas wells, either dOmestically or commercially, which may include, but is not limited to the reading meters and pressure gauges, purging water from drip separator vessels, or freshwater treating of wells. Well PrOduction Ope~ti0ns and Maintenance soecificaliv include the following' 1) Swabbing or bailing water from wells: 2~ Reoaidng leaks from oioelines or wellheads, and u~e of surf~¢-= eeuioment for cleaninq~ me~ ~udng, and regulatin_a gas or~__~re; or 3) Collectlna and hauling away weter and gas liauids in excel__ of th~ amount carded in a 55 gallon container. (g)``Well Work Over Operations" are the activities involving, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) The installation, repair or replacement of wellbore casing and tubing; (2) The removal of debris or fill material within a well; (3) The re-stimulation of a hydrocarbon beadng strata using various treatments, which may include but are not limited to, adds, treated water, gel, foam, or sand mixtures to enhance gas production from the well; or (4) The placement of cement behind casing strings to isolate two or more distinct porous strata.