WS Item 3ABC (2)Gas Well Setbacks and Screening Required by 19 Other DFW Cities
100’
300’
400’
500’
600’
1000’
1,000 feet:
Flower Mound
Trophy Club*
Grapevine
Colleyville
Roanoke
600 feet:
Azle
Euless
Watauga
Fort Worth
Mansfield
North Richland Hills
500 feet:
Grand Prairie
Saginaw
Keller
300 feet:
Coppell
Arlington*
Irving
400 feet:
Lewisville
100 feet:
Westlake*
Other Cities Setback Requirements from Well to Building
* Distance measured to property line
Setback and Screening Commonalities Among Gas Well Drilling Ordinances in DFW
Decreased setbacks permitted with unanimous approval of property owners within “X” feet and super majority of City Council
Temporary screening (chain link) required during initial drilling and setup phase; permanent screening required once operation is established
Distance normally measured from well head (bore) to closest point of a building
600’ from residential and 1000’ from public buildings
600’ from residential and 1000’ from public buildings & city owned land
1000’ from residential and 1500’ from public buildings
1000’ from residential and 1500’ from public buildings & city owned land