A. It is unlawful and an offense for any person, firm, or corporation to drill or put down any petroleum or gas well within the corporate limits of the city, except within the limits of the AG district, and unless a permit therefor has been first obtained.
B. It is unlawful and an offense for any person, firm, or corporation, to drill or put down more than one petroleum or gas well upon any one block. The term "block", as used in this chapter, means a tract of land which has for its exterior boundary lines, public streets, United States government lot lines, the channels of streams, the corporate limits of the city, railway right of way or unplatted tracts of land; provided, that in unplatted tracts the term "block" means one continuous tract of not less than five (5) acres in area. No alley or street of less than twenty five feet (25') in width shall be considered as a boundary line of any such block.
C. In unplatted tracts, no well shall be drilled or put down upon any block or tract of less than five (5) acres in area, and in platted tracts no such well shall be drilled or put down upon any block of less than two and one-half (21/2) acres in area. (Ord. 1953, 2010: Ord. 1369 § 5A, 1979)