10-5-307: WHIPSTOCKING; EASEMENTS REQUIRED; COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS:
No oil or gas well may be drilled unless the applicant holds and presents to the council evidence that such applicant has the right to enter or pass through each parcel of property such drilling will take the well through between the drilling site and the well bottom, including the right to take oil and gas from the property in which the well will be bottomed. Slant drilling or whipstocking of any well into, out of, or through the city is hereby prohibited, unless the applicant for any such permit meets and fully complies with all the requirements of every city, or, in the case of unincorporated territory, of every county in which such well or any part thereof is or will be located and meets and fully complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. (Ord. 79-O-1720, eff. 2-15-1979)