§ 170.05  Application for drilling permit; filing fee
   Any person desiring to drill and operate a well within the city shall make application therefor in writing, to be filed with the City Secretary, who shall indicate thereon the date and time of filing.  This provision shall likewise apply to the drilling or operating of a well situated  without the corporate limits of the city if any part of the drilling block, production unit, or acreage upon which the well is to be located or to which production therefrom will be attributable, lies within the corporate limits.  This provision shall likewise apply to any well to be drilled outside the corporate limits but within one mile of any municipal water well of the city, to the extent and in the manner as indicated in § 170.31.  Such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $7,500.00, in cash or the equivalent.
(Ord. 39817, passed 10-2-79; Am. Ord. 12-2010-1, passed 12-7-10)