Once any well has either been completed as a producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it shall be unlawful for any person to drill such well to a deeper depth than that reached in the prior drilling operations without a supplemental permit after filing a supplemental application with the City Secretary specifying:
(1) the then-condition of the well and the casing therein;
(2) the depth to which it proposed such well be deepened;
(3) the proposed casing program to be used in connection with the proposed deepening operation; and
(4) evidence of adequate current tests showing that the casing strings in the well meet or exceed all regulatory requirements of the Texas Railroad Commission.
In the event the oil and gas inspector, and the entity originally approving the permit, the same being either the City Manager or the City Council, is satisfied that the well may be deepened with the same degree of safety as existed in the original well, a supplemental permit may be issued without additional filing fee to the permittee authorizing the deepening and operation of the well to such specified depth as applied for. In any deeper drilling or any deeper completion of any deeper producing operations, the permittee shall comply with all other provisions contained in this chapter and the original permit applicable to the drilling, completion, and operation of a well.
(Ord. No. 2272, § 1, 1-26-93)