(a) Any person, being the owner or lessee of land, who discovers an abandoned gas or oil well, shall immediately notify the Fire Department and/or the Building, Housing and Zoning Administrator.
(b) Any person who discovers an abandoned gas or oil well during the development of any land or during the construction of any building shall immediately cease all operations until notification is given to the Administrator and the Fire Chief and until such well is treated in accordance with this chapter.
(c) No person engaged in any phase of construction shall remove any casing or piping of any abandoned well until such well has been reported to the Inspector and the Chief and the representative of the Ohio Division of Mines. No construction shall take place either over or near an abandoned gas or oil well until such well has been made, by the Chief, to conform with the laws of the State and this chapter.
(Ord. 29-83. Passed 3-29-83.)