When a permit has been issued, the same shall terminate and become inoperative without any action on the part of the city unless, within 90 days of the date of issuance, actual drilling of the well commences. If drilling operations or production cease for a period sufficient to make the well an abandoned well as defined herein, this abandonment shall operate to terminate and cancel the permit without any action on the part of the city, and it shall be unlawful thereafter to continue the operation of or drilling of such a well without the issuance of a new permit.
(Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)