§ 19-3. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter and for all purposes under this chapter, the following terms shall have the scope and meanings hereinafter defined and set out in connection with each:

City block: Any platted tract of land within the corporate limits of the city which has for its exterior boundary lines as so platted public streets, railway rights-of-way, United States government property lines, State of Texas property lines, a platted addition or subdivision, unplatted tracts of land, the corporate limits of the city, or any combination of the aforedesignated boundaries.

Drilling block: The entire area embraced with any "Aransas Pass Drilling Block" as shown by the map attached to ordinance number 929 or by any drilling block map filed in the office of the city secretary as authorized by this chapter.

Permittee: The person to whom is issued a permit for the drilling and operation of a well under this chapter, and his administrators, executors, heirs, successors and assigns.

Person: As defined in section 1-3.

Well: Any hole or holes, bore or bores, to any sand, formation, strata or depth, which is or are drilled, bored, sunk, dug, or put down for the purpose of either exploring for or ascertaining the existence of any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or any of them, or for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or any of them.

All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.

(Ord. No. 929, § 3, 4-12-60)