A. Wells for the exploration and development, production, storage, transmission, and treatment, and any accessory or ancillary equipment, structure, or facilities thereto, of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, if the well(s) are located more than three hundred feet away from any existing dwelling or existing building utilized for commercial purposes, excluding those premises utilized solely for storage of equipment, material, household goods, or similar material.

B. Deepening or redrilling, within the existing well bore, of any well used for the production or development of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, or the replacement of any production facility which did not require a conditional use permit on the date drilling began or the date the facility was installed.

C. Drilling of a replacement well when the original well did not require a conditional use permit, and when the original well has been abandoned in accordance with Geological Energy Management Division (CalGEM) regulations and drilling of a replacement well commences within one year of the conclusion of abandonment procedures, and the replacement well is located within twenty feet of the original well or is farther from any existing dwelling or commercial building than the original well.

D. Uses permitted by the base district with which the PE district is combined. (Ord. 5093 § 1, 2022; Ord. 4060 § 3, 2002)