§ 19-17. Permit application and filing fee.

Every application for a permit to drill and operate a well shall be in writing, signed and sworn to before a notary public by the applicant or some representative of the applicant having due and legal authority to enter into contracts binding upon the applicant; and it shall be filed with the city secretary and be accompanied with a filing fee of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) in cash. No application shall request a permit to drill and operate but one (1) well. The application shall clearly identify the drilling block and the exact lot and location thereon of the well location where it is proposed the well be drilled; and there shall be attached thereto either certified or photostatic copies of all leases and contracts with the owners of minerals under such drilling block which are controlled or owned by the applicant, and of all requisite permissions from the owners of the surface and improvements thereon; to the end that the application will show what specific part of the drilling block the applicant holds under lease or contract with the owners, what specific part of the drilling block the applicant does not hold under lease or contract with the owners, and that he owns or controls the interests in the drilling block and the permissions from the owners of the surface and improvements required by this chapter. Said application shall state the depth to which it is proposed that the well be drilled, the applicant's proposed complete casing program, and an itemized schedule of the applicant's then best belief as to the costs of drilling said well, and the costs of completing and equipping said well if the same be a producer. There shall be attached to said application a map or plat showing the exact and correct acreage or square feet in the drilling block (each calculated to the center of the streets and alleys adjoining the same), the exact location of the proposed well, the areas within the drilling block not owned or controlled by the applicant, the distance from well location to the exterior boundary lines of the drilling block, and the distances from the well location to all residences, structures and commercial buildings situated within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the well location.

(Ord. No. 929, § 15, 4-12-60; Ord. No. 3824, § 1, 2-2-04)