717.02 APPLICATION, FEE AND BOND.

   (a)   Whoever desires to drill a well for oil or gas within the City shall make application for a permit to the Director of Public Service and Safety.

   (b)   A fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be paid to the City at the time such application is filed. Such fee shall be for the purpose of defraying the expenses of administration and enforcement of regulatory ordinances concerning drilling oil or gas wells within the City and to defray the expenses of inspections of oil or gas well sites prior to and during drilling and at the time such wells are pulled and plugged.

   (c)   Any applicant shall also file with the Director of Public Service and Safety a surety bond with liability on the bond conditioned upon compliance with this chapter until the time of completion of drilling, plugging or abandonment of such well. The bond shall be in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for one well or in lieu of a bond for each well, a blanket bond for all wells in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). (Ord. 64-7. Passed 4-21-64.)