(a) The application shall contain such information in such form as the City Council shall require, and to this end may be amended from time to time until finally approved or disapproved. It shall also contain such information, offers, obligations, and undertakings as the applicant sees fit to provide, make, or assume. Upon approval such application and the permit issued thereunder shall constitute a binding contract as between the city and the applicant, which contract shall inure to the benefit of all land or mineral owners concerned. However, all drilling ordinances of the city shall be deemed to be part and parcel of the contract, which shall to that extent be subject to amendment where required in the public interest as provided in § 170.30. Among other things the application should contain, unless good cause to the contrary be shown, the following: Date and signature by applicant or his authorized agent; applicant's full name and address; types of proposed drilling operation and depth; approximate starting date of drilling operations and duration thereof; and the full names, addresses, and signatures of all persons or firms who are to be the "operators" of such well as that term is herein defined. "Operator" of the well or lease shall have the meaning as generally understood in the petroleum industry in Texas, shall be the person or firm actively in charge of the well and all operations thereon, shall be and include all persons who are to be liable to the city for the proper conduct of such operations in accordance with the terms of the application, permit, and drilling ordinances as amended or to be amended, or to the landowners entitled to the benefits of such contract; and all "operators" shall be covered and included by and under all bonds, insurance policies, and other obligations hereunder.
(b) In addition, where the application is for a drilling permit on "undeveloped portions" of the city, it shall contain the following: Description of the drilling block proposed to be drilled, by plat and field notes; names of all landowners (including owners of several mineral estates) within the proposed drilling block; whether all have executed oil and gas leases or similar grant drilling contract, or authorization for the proposed drilling as shown by the application; names and addresses of all applicant's associates or co-owners of such working interest holding substantial interest therein, regardless whether they are co-operators as that term is hereinabove defined; and proposed site of the well, to be indicated on the plat. The application shall expressly acknowledge that applicant has procured a copy of all drilling ordinances of the city, as amended, read and understood the same, and that the "operators" agree to be bound thereby; and it may state any further proposals, alternatively or otherwise, which it desires to have accepted and deems to be in the best interest of the applicant, the city, all mineral owners involved, and the public.
(c) Where the application is for a permit to drill on the "developed portion" of the city, it shall contain the following information, in addition to that specified in division (a) above: On which drilling block, as shown by the Official Drilling Plat, it is proposed to drill; amount of acreage held by the applicant under lease or similar form of drilling authorization executed by landowners within such drilling block; whether any other mineral lessee holds greater amount of acreage under lease so far as known to applicant; names and addresses of all co-operators, if any, and all co-owners of the working interest; and proposed site of the well, to be indicated on the Official Drilling Plat. Such application shall also contain the matters specified in the final sentence of division (b), immediately preceding.
(Ord. 39817, passed 10-2-79)