(A) It is unlawful and an offense for any person, either for himself or herself or acting as agent, employee or servant of any other person, to open any well or to permit to flow therefrom any oil or gas, or to engage in any work or to erect any structures, tanks, machinery, pipelines or other appurtenances incident to the production of petroleum or natural gas, or to operate, maintain or permit to exist any equipment, structures or appurtenances incident to such production or to use or maintain any property or premises for such production within the city, unless a drilling permit for the drilling and operation of the well has been first obtained as provided by the terms of this subchapter.
(B) Before any permit for the drilling of any oil or gas well is issued, a written application, signed by the applicant or an authorized designee, shall be filed with the Planning Commission, and shall provide the following information:
(1) The location, by metes and bounds description, and dimensions of the drilling and production site;
(2) A plat, drawn to scale, showing the correct dimensions and location of the proposed well, together with tanks, pits, pipelines, embankments, fences, drilling and production site ingress and egress points, measured distance from the well site to buildings and structures, temporary and permanent fencing and landscaping, the proposed traffic routes for all operations-related vehicles with more than two axles, and other details of the proposed use of the property necessary and incidental to the drilling of the well;
(3) A map or aerial photo showing the location of the proposed drill site, access roads, traffic routes to the site, all affected floodways and floodplains, the location of any protected use within 960 feet of the drilling and production site, the location of any permanent structure not defined as a protected use within 700 feet of the drilling and production site, distances between the proposed drilling and production site and adjoining property lines, and the location of existing and proposed underground pipelines;
(4) A statement regarding the provision of water to the drill site during the drilling of the well;
(5) A written plan for the disposal and/or removal of deleterious substances produced;
(6) A copy of the intent to drill as approved by the OCC;
(7) The name, address and emergency phone number of the operator and driller;
(8) The name, address and phone number of the surface owner of the proposed drill site;
(9) The name and address of an official company service agent who resides within the state;
(10) A description of how all on-site standards set forth in this chapter will be achieved. All conditions set forth in any prior conditional use permit approved for the drilling and production site shall be included in the application submittal;
(11) The applicant shall also submit the following plans with the application for a conditional use permit:
(a) Drilling/completion and production mitigation plans prepared in accordance with § 113.069(A) and (B);
(b) A site reclamation plan prepared in accordance with § 113.069(C);
(c) Certified copy of all permits required by the OCC and ODEQ; and
(d) Certificates of insurance coverage and security as required by § 113.050.
(C) Before an oil or gas drilling application is accepted, the applicant must pay an application and processing fee in the sum set forth in § 113.101, which shall be nonrefundable, and which shall be in addition to other fees provided for herein.
(D) The applicant shall submit a certified list of the names and addresses, with legal descriptions, of all property owners of record within 300 feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed drill site.
(Ord. 814, passed 6-11-2018; Ord. 956, passed 12-11-2023) Penalty, see §
113.999