§ 34-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Drill pad means the total land cleared, exclusive of roadbeds and pipeline rights-of way, for the drilling of a well.

FIRM means flood insurance rate map.

Gas means any fluid, either combustible or noncombustible, which is produced in a natural state from the earth and which maintains a gaseous or rarefied state at standard temperature and pressure conditions and/or the gaseous components or vapors occurring in or derived from petroleum or natural gas.

Oil means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well head in liquid form by ordinary production methods.

Protected use means a residence, religious institution, commercial building, public building, hospital building, school or public park.

Public building means all buildings used or designed to and intended to be used for the purpose of assembly of persons for such purposes as deliberation, entertainment, amusement, or health care. The term "public building" includes, but shall not be limited to, theaters, assembly halls, auditoriums, armories, mortuary chapels, dance halls, exhibition halls, museums, gymnasiums, bowling lanes, libraries, skating rinks, courtrooms, restaurants, shopping malls, stores, and hospitals.

Public park means any land area dedicated to and/or maintained by the parish for traditional park-like recreational activities, but does not include privately owned amusement parks or privately owned or privately managed golf courses.

Religious institution means any building in which persons regularly assemble for religious worship and activities intended primarily for purposes connected with such worship or for propagating a particular form of religious belief.

Residence means a house, duplex, apartment, townhouse, condominium, mobile home, or other building designed for dwelling purposes.

Right-of-way means public rights-of-way including streets, easements, servitudes, and other property within the parish which is dedicated to the use and benefit of the public.

Rural area means any area outside the limits of a municipality and outside the administrative jurisdiction of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish where operations are conducted outside a radius of 500 feet of a protected use. The measurement of the 500-foot distance shall be made from the well bore, in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, to the closest point of the building or property line of the protected use, or as otherwise measured under regulation of such distances by the Louisiana Office of Conservation.

School means any public and private, primary through post-secondary educational facility, and any licensed day care center.

Street means any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, avenue, public parking area, or other public right-of-way, including the entire right-of-way.

Urban area means any area other than a rural area.

Well means a hole or bore to any horizon, formation, or strata for the purpose of producing gas, liquid hydrocarbon, brine water or sulphur water, or for use as an injection well for secondary recovery, disposal or production of gas or other hydrocarbons from the earth.

(Ord. No. 4916, § 29-1, 9-17-2009)