717.18 LAND OWNERSHIP OR LEASE REQUIRED.

   No permit shall be issued for the drilling of an oil or gas well except upon real estate owned by the applicant for such permit, or held by such applicant under a lease or drilling contract from the owner giving the applicant permission to drill such well. Nothing herein contained and no permit issued hereunder shall be deemed to grant any right or license to the permittee to enter upon or occupy any land or commence in any respect upon drilling or production operations thereon, except by the written permission of the owners.

(Ord. 64-7. Passed 4-21-64.)