(a) Any property owner, person, company or corporation desiring to drill a well for gas, oil or other hydrocarbon within the corporate boundaries of the City shall make application for a conditional use certificate to the Planning Commission.
(b) All requests for certificates shall be accompanied by a completed application, all required information, and a fee in the amount established by ordinance for each well. No refund of any part of a certificate application fee shall be made to an applicant in cases of a denial of a certificate by the City or to a certificate holder in the case of a dry hole or for failure to exercise the privilege to drill upon the site covered by the certificate.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)