(A) Drilling without permit. It shall be unlawful to drill any oil or gas well, to produce oil or gas, unless a permit is in full force and effect at all times during such drilling and production operations and the fees have been paid therefor as required in this title.
(B) Separate offense. Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating any provision of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day that any violation of this title continues shall be considered a new and separate offense.
(C) Noncompliance. In the absence of a valid permit then in force, any drilling of an oil or gas well or production of oil or gas from surface drilling sites or locations within the city or from surface drilling sites outside the city by directional or slant drilling into the city, and any building or structure erected, operated or maintained, or any use of property contrary to the provisions of this title, shall be and the same hereby is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance.
('86 Code, § 21.04.030) (Ord. 3115, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010