§ 19-18. Notice of hearing.

Upon filing of an application for such permit to drill and operate a well, the city secretary shall set a date for a hearing on such application, which hearing date shall not be less than ten (10) days subsequent to the date of the filing of such application. Notice of the filing of such application and the date of the hearing thereon shall be given by the city secretary at the applicant's expense by publication in one (1) issue of a newspaper published in the city at least five (5) days prior to the date of such hearing. Such notice shall be in substantial compliance with the following form of notice, to wit:

"Notice is hereby given that _______ as applicant, pursuant to the provisions of the 'Aransas Pass Oil and Gas Ordinance' did on the _____ day of _______, 19___ file with the City Secretary an application for a permit to drill and operate a well upon Aransas Pass Drilling Block No. _____. Said application and map showing the lands comprising said drilling block and the exterior boundaries thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary and are at said office subject to the examination of all persons during regular office hours. A hearing upon such application will be held at the City Hall by the City Council on the _____ day of _______, 19___, at _____ o'clock ___m., and at such continued hearing or hearings, if any, as the City Council may in its discretion designate."

Proof of publication of such notice shall be made by the printer or publisher of the newspaper publishing the same by affidavit filed with the city secretary, and such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of such publication, provided, however, if applicant is the owner of one hundred (100) per cent or controls one hundred (100) per cent of the leasehold estates, such hearing and the notice thereof shall not be necessary.

(Ord. No. 929, § 16, 4-12-60)