1161.01 Introduction.
1161.02 Purpose.
1161.03 Permit required.
1161.04 Permit application and fee.
1161.05 Easements within Village property; fees.
1161.06 Locational objectives and criteria.
1161.07 Data required with application.
1161.08 Procedure and general requirements.
1161.09 Specific requirements.
CROSS REFERENCES
State law provisions - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 1509
Oil and gas well drilling - see O.A.C. Ch. 1501:9-1, 1501:9-9
This section is established to permit the drilling of gas and oil wells in the industrially zoned areas and in non-industrially zoned areas of the Village, and to prescribe, in accordance with, and as a compliment to, Ohio R.C. Ch. 1509, the minimum standards and requirements to make the drilling, fracturing, production, termination, and removal of the wells as safe and compatible as possible with other land uses and activities in the Village. Except where otherwise indicated, all terms are used herein as defined in Ohio R.C. Ch. 1509. The Planning Commission is herewith given full authority to make such recommendations as deemed necessary to give full force and effect to the purpose and requirements expressed herein. Approval of an appropriate application and review of compliance with the purpose and requirements of this section and all other applicable sections of the Village regulations shall be within the discretion of the Planning Commission. An approval of an application and issuance of one conditional zoning certificate shall not serve as precedent to any other application. Each application shall rest safely upon its merit and the prudent use of discretion by the Planning Commission. All provisions of this chapter shall apply to the proposed well site and drill unit property owner(s), heirs, executors, or assigns, and to the well drilling and production firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations and their successors and assigns.
(Ord. 84-127. Passed 2-4-85; Ord. 13-150. Passed 1-9-14.)
(a) No person shall commence to drill a well for gas, oil, or other hydrocarbons within the corporate boundaries of the Village until compliance has been made with all provisions of this Chapter 1161 and all other applicable sections of the Village's regulations, and a conditiorn1 zoning certificate has been authorized and a permit issued by the Zoning Inspector.
(b) A conditional zoning certificate shall be granted for a one year period and shall expire unless actual drilling has commenced within one year of the issuance date.
(c) No person shall be permitted to drill more than two wells at any one time, and no more than two conditional zoning certificates shall be issued to the same owner or drilling company at any one time. No owner or drilling company shall have more than two valid gas or oil drilling certificates issued for which the wells have not yet been drilled. Application for the third certificate of any subsequent certificates, may be made upon the completion of the drilling of the first, second, and each numerically subsequent well. Compliance with the purpose and requirements of this section in the drilling and/or production applications for subsequent wells.
(Ord. 84-127. Passed 2-4-85.)
(Ord. 84-127. Passed 2-4-85.)
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