When a permit has been issued under this chapter, the same shall terminate and become inoperative without any action on the part of the city, unless, within the original term or extended term as set out in Section 61-36 of this chapter, actual drilling of the well shall have commenced. Thereafter the cessation of drilling operations shall operate to terminate and cancel the permit, and the well shall be considered as abandoned for all purposes of this chapter. It shall be unlawful thereafter to continue the operation or drilling of such well without the issuance of another permit.
(Ord. No. 2272, § 1, 1-26-93)