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9-209. CONDUCT OF HEARING AND DECISION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
The public hearing shall be conducted, and decision made, by the Board of County
Commissioners consistent with the requirements of the LUDC, Article 4: Application and
Review Procedures.
9-210. FINANCIAL GUARANTEE.
If required by the Board of County Commissioners, the Applicant shall fulfill the
requirements of the LUDC, Article 13: Financial Guarantee.
9-211. INSURANCE.
All operators shall maintain general liability insurance coverage covering the operator,
employees and contracted third parties, for property damage, environmental damage, and
injury to third parties in the minimum amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) per
occurrence. Such policies shall include the Board of County Commissioners as an
"additional insured." The existence of this insurance is not, and shall not be, construed to
be a waiver by Garfield County of governmental immunity.
9-212. ENFORCEMENT.
The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to enforce this Code using the
statutory and regulatory remedies available for enforcing any County regulation or land
use decision.
9-213. SETBACKS FROM EXISTING OIL & GAS WELLS, OIL AND GAS FACILITIES, OR
ABANDONED WELLS.
A. No building unit intended for human occupancy shall be constructed within five
hundred feet (500) or less from an existing oil and gas well and/or above ground oil
and gas facilities.
B. No school or childcare center building, structure or playfield or park shall be
constructed within two thousand (2000) feet or less from an existing well and/or
associated above ground oil and gas facilities.
C. The setbacks in section a. and b. of this section are subject to the waiver
provisions pursuant to Article 4-118 (b and c).
D. No subdivision plat shall be approved with any lot lines that are within three -
hundred and fifty feet (350) or less from existing wells and/or associated above
ground oil and gas facilities.
E. All subdivisions lots platted after the effective date of this code with any lot line that
is closer than two thousand feet (2000) feet of an existing well or above ground oil
and gas facility, and/or oil and gas pipelines shall contain a plat note and require a
notice to be recorded against the title of the location of such oil and gas facilities.
GARFIELD COUNTY LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CODE 9-17