No license for drilling for oil and/or gas within the City shall be issued until the applicant has first obtained a permit for oil and/or gas drilling from the Division of Mines, State Department of Industrial Relations. A copy of such permit shall be included with each application.
(Ord. 120-77. Passed 11-22-77.)
Any person desiring to drill, complete and operate a well for oil and/or gas within the City shall present an application in duplicate therefor to the Mayor, which application shall be in writing, be signed by the applicant or some person duly authorized to sign the same for the applicant, and shall state:
(a) The date of such application;
(b) The name and address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a corporation, the state of incorporation, and, if the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the general partners;
(c) The number of the drilling unit, the particular lot and block, number of tract in the drilling unit on which the proposed well is to be located and the exact location of the proposed well by dimensions from the lines of the unit lease;
(d) The type of the well, whether oil or gas, and the proposed depth of the well;
(e) The proposed complete casing program of the well;
(f) The exact and correct number of square feet in the lease or unitized lease over which the applicant has control of oil rights or gas rights, and the applicant shall be required to own in fee, or hold under lease or drilling contract from the owner of not less than ten acres, and all of the lots and lands shall be contiguous. Lots and lands across a public street shall be deemed as being contiguous. The area of all roads, streets, public ways and alleys shall not be included in determining the area of the unit.
(g) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a map prepared by an Ohio registered surveyor showing and containing the following data:
(1) The subject tract of land or drilling unit upon which the well is to be drilled, which shall show all parcels or tracts of land for which a lease has been obtained;
(2) The location of the proposed well and the proposed location of oil storage tanks on the subject tract of land or drilling unit established by a field survey, showing the distance in feet from the proposed well site and all storage tanks to the boundary lines of the subject tract or drilling unit and distances to all residence buildings within 250 feet of proposed well or oil storage tank locations; the proposed well location shall also be designated by plane coordinates as provided in Ohio R. C. Chapter 157. Coordinates may be established by map scale to the nearest fifty feet.
(3) The location of drilling or producing wells which are within 460 feet of the proposed well or 230 feet from the boundaries of the subject tract or drilling unit and a showing of the distances between such drilling or producing wells and the proposed well and between such drilling or producing wells and the nearest boundary of the subject tract or drilling unit;
(4) The exact location of the proposed well with respect to the drilling unit boundaries and with respect to the boundaries of the lease or unitized lease on which the applicant has secured the rights from the owner to drill, designation of lots, blocks or tracts owned or controlled by the applicant within the drilling unit and the distances from the well location to all parks, streets, alleys or other public property, residences, commercial buildings and structures situated within 250 feet of the well location; and
(5) The location, size and inclination of all drainage facilities, tile, ditches, etc., which lie within the work limits of the proposed well site and storage tank site.
(Ord. 120-77. Passed 11-22-77.)