(a) Defined. A well may be classified as an idle well if it has not produced a minimum of one hundred barrels of oil or 100,000 cubic feet of natural gas within the preceding calendar year as shown on the reports of the Office of Oil and Gas.
(b) Nuisance. An idle well as defined in subsection (a) hereof is hereby found and determined to be a public nuisance and therefore is prohibited.
(c) Notice of Idle Well. Whenever, in the opinion of the City Manager, a well is an idle well, and such well is not a part of an acceptable voluntary program for abandonment, he shall send notice thereof by registered mail to the permittee of such well as shown on the records of the City Manager.
(d) Abandonment. Within ninety days after notice of an idle well has been sent by the City Manager as provided in subsection (c) hereof or a notice of intention to abandon a well has been filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 725.14 by the owner or operator, the owner and operator shall abandon such well pursuant to Section 725.14.
(Passed 11-20-81)