Sections
14.08.010 Required.
14.08.020 Application – Required information.
14.08.030 Issuance.
14.08.040 Utilization.
14.08.050 Amendment.
14.08.060 Other permits.
14.08.070 Fees – Designated.
14.08.080 Fees – Delinquency.
14.08.090 Agreement by permittee.
14.08.100 Special conditions – Imposed by Secretary.
14.08.110 Special conditions – Production operations in urban areas.
(A) A permit from the Agency shall be obtained:
(1) To drill or re-drill in connection with the exploration for or the production of oil or for the purpose of secondary recovery;
(2) To erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish any structure, as defined in the Building Code, insofar as the structure concerns or is involved in oil drilling, redrilling and production.
(B) No permit shall be required for well servicing or maintenance of any structure for which a building permit is not required.
(C) A permit shall be required annually for each oil well until its abandonment.
(`78 Code, § 14.08.010.)
(A) The applicant shall file an application in writing for a drilling or redrilling permit on a form furnished by the Agency.
(B) The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) Documentary proof that the applicant has proprietary or contractual authority to drill for oil under the surface of at least 51% of the property in the district to be exploited;
(2) A complete legal description of the property;
(3) A fully informative plot plan showing the location of the well which previously has been staked on the ground and the location of structures appurtenant to such well and their relation to any existing hospital, sanitarium, church, rest home, airport, school and dwelling or any other structure within the distances required by these regulations;
(4) Engineering specifications of structures, drilling derricks, drilling masts, tanks and high pressure systems controlled by these regulations. Applicant need not file plans and engineering specifications of standard derricks, masts and tanks when such plans and specifications are already on file in the office of the Agency;
(5) A corporate surety bond in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 14.12;
(6) A verified statement signed by the applicant certifying that he or she is duly authorized by the operator to make and file the application and that he or she has read the application and the same is true and correct;
(7) An acknowledged statement in writing subscribed by the owner of the surface rights of the drill site and by the owner of any private land over which access is had to the drill site granting to the city the right to enter upon the drill site and such private land at any time for the purpose of inspection and/or restoring the premises in the event the applicant should fail to do so. Any operator may, in lieu of filing the statement required by subsection (6), file a penal bond in the sum of $50,000 for the drilling or redrilling of each well, such bond to conform in all other particulars to the bond requirements of this title. Upon compliance by the operator with the provisions of this title or upon the abandonment of the well in compliance with the provisions of law relating thereto, the bond may be exonerated;
(8) A statement as to the means by which liquid spills will be removed from diked areas or catchment basins;
(9) Such other pertinent information as may be required by the Agency.
(`78 Code, § 14.08.020.)
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