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(a) No oil or gas well drilling unit shall be located in any of the following areas:
(1) Any residential area with a density of three (3) or more residential houses or units per acre; or
(2) Any residential subdivided with a density of three (3) sublots or more per acre;
(b) This prohibition expressly excludes Chardon Lakes Golf Course and any cemetery unless said property is actually used for residential dwellings in the future.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)
(a) Any person wishing to drill for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon within the corporate limits of the City must secure two permits: a drilling unit authorization permit and a drilling permit.
(1) A drilling unit authorization permit, which authorizes the use of land (the drilling unit) for oil or gas well drilling, must be approved by Council.
(2) A drilling permit, which is approved and issued by the Community Development Administrator, is required before drilling a well. No drilling permit may be issued until Council has approved a drilling unit authorization permit for the oil or gas well; and the applicant has paid the appropriate fee and complied with all requirements of this chapter and additional conditions, if any, imposed by the Council.
(b) The fee for a permit to drill a gas or oil well that has been approved by Council shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)
(a) Any person desiring to drill an oil or gas well within the City shall make application for a drilling unit authorization permit with the Community Development Administrator, who will, after all requested information is provided, place it upon the Planning Commission's agenda. The fee for the permit must accompany the application. The fee is nonrefundable. The applicant must provide all the information and supporting documentation required in this chapter with the application for the permit. Thirteen copies of the application and all attachments must be submitted. After the drilling unit authorization permit and the drilling permit are issued, they will terminate and become inoperative after ninety (90) days from the date of issuance of the drilling unit authorization permit unless actual on site drilling of the well has commenced, without notification from or action by the City of cancellation. After the drilling of a well has commenced, the cessation of the drilling operations for more than ninety (90) days shall operate to terminate and cancel the permit. Thereafter, no person shall drill or operate any such well without the issuance of another permit, which requires an application and payment of all fees.
(b) The Council, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, may for good cause grant an extension of the drilling unit authorization for no more than six (6) months without holding a public hearing. No well shall begin production until compliance with all provisions is certified by both the Chief of the Chardon Volunteer Fire Department/Fire Inspector and the Community Development Administrator.
(c) No person shall be permitted to have more than two (2) drilling unit authorization permits for the drilling of oil and/or gas wells at any time. Application for the third permit, or any subsequent permits, may be made after the completion of drilling the first, second and each numerically subsequent well.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)
(a) Hearing by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall, before recommending a drilling unit authorization to Council, schedule a public hearing and shall cause all property owners and residents of the City within 1,000 feet of the wellhead to be notified in writing of such hearing by regular mail. Notice of the hearing shall also be made by publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice to be mailed must include a map showing the specific location of the well. The public hearing must be held not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the commencement of drilling. It shall be sufficient to address the notice to "Resident" or "Residents" at the mailing address of the residential unit.
(b) Compliance Required. Compliance with the hearing provisions of this chapter are a mandatory condition precedent to the commencement of drilling under a permit.
(Ord. 3273. Passed 5-9-24.)
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