(A) Any person desiring to drill, complete and operate a well for oil or gas within the municipality shall present an application in duplicate therefor to the Manager which application shall be in writing, be signed by the applicant or some person duly authorized to sign for the applicant, and shall state:
(1) The name and address of the applicant, and if applicant is a corporation the state of incorporation, and if applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the general partners;
(2) The date of the application;
(3) The names and addresses of all persons holding fee, title or any interest derived therefrom in the subject tract or within a proposed drilling unit;
(4) The number of the drilling unit, the particular lot and block number or tract and the drilling unit on which the proposed well is to be located, and the exact location of the proposed well by dimensions from the lines of the unit lease;
(5) The proposed total depth of the well;
(6) The type of drilling tools and equipment to be used;
(7) The exact and correct number of square feet in the lease or unitized lease for which the applicant has control of oil rights or gas rights, and applicant shall be required to own in fee or hold under lease or drilling contract from the owners of not less than 40 acres and all of the lots and lands shall be contiguous. Lots and lands across a public street shall be deemed as being contiguous; and
(8) Each application for license shall be accompanied by a map prepared by an Ohio Registered Surveyor showing and containing the following data:
(a) The subject tract of land or drilling unit upon which the well is to be drilled, which shall show all parcels or tracts of land for which a lease has been obtained.
(b) The location of the proposed well and the proposed location of oil storage tanks on the subject tract of land or drilling unit established by a field survey, showing the distances in feet from the proposed well site and oil storage tanks to the boundary lines of the subject tract or drilling unit and the distances to all residence buildings within 600 feet of the proposed well or oil storage tank location.
(c) The exact location of the proposed well, with respect to the drilling unit boundaries and with respect to the boundaries of the lease or unitized lease on which applicant has secured the rights from the owners to drill, designation of lots, blocks or tracts owned or controlled by the applicant within the drilling unit and the distances from the well location to all parks, streets, alleys, other public property, residences, commercial buildings and structures situated within 750 feet of the well location.
(d) The location, size and implementation of all drainage facilities, tile, ditches, and the like, which lie within the work limits of the proposed well site and storage tank sites.
(B) No license shall be issued to drill, deepen, reopen or plug back a well for the production of oil or gas unless the proposed well is located:
(1) Upon a tract or drilling unit containing not less than 40 acres;
(2) No less than 500 feet from an inhabited building;
(3) Not less than 200 feet from any building;
(4) Not less than 230 feet from a boundary of the subject tract or drilling unit;
(5) Not less than 460 feet from an existing well;
(6) Not less than 100 feet from any road, highway or street.
('80 Code, §§ 713.03, 713.04) (Ord.12-64, passed 7-6-64)