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The application for a permit to be issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be accompanied by a plat showing the exact location of the well. A copy of the plat (Form 1) furnished to the State Railroad Commission shall be acceptable.
(1998 Code, § 50-83)
The application for a permit to be issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be filed with the Director of Transportation and Planning and accompanied by a fee of $10,000 in cash, or equivalent. The City Commission, by ordinance, reserves the right to change the fees set out in this section. The current fees under this section, after approval by the Commission, are posted at the City Hall Annex, 928 5th Avenue North.
(1998 Code, § 50-84) (Ord. 93-47, passed 9-30-1993; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
The location of the proposed oil or gas well shall be staked out before the city permit required by the provisions of this subchapter may be issued. No location shall ever be changed without filing with the Director of Transportation and Planning an amended application showing the proposed change.
(1998 Code, § 50-85) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013) Penalty, see § 10.99
Upon receipt of the application for a permit required by the provisions of this subchapter, the Director of Transportation and Planning shall forthwith make or cause to be made an investigation of the proposed well site and the contents of the application.
(1998 Code, § 50-86) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
(A) (1) Before any permit shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the applicant therefor shall first post with the city, at his or her own expense, a public liability insurance certificate covering all of his or her operations in the city limits, in bodily injury limits not less than $1,000,000 for each person and $1,000,000 for each accident, and property damage limits of not less than $1,000,000 for each accident and $1,000,000 umbrella insurance coverage.
(2) The city shall be named as an additional insured and a certificate of insurance evidencing the city as an additional insured, the applicable limits of liability, and the term of the policy of insurance shall be delivered to the Director of Transportation and Planning before or at the time of application for a permit.
(3) The public liability insurance required under the provisions of this section shall be carried in companies acceptable to the city.
(4) The insurance shall be continued in force so long as the applicant remains engaged in operations for the drilling or production of oil and gas within the city.
(B) The application shall also be accompanied by a surety bond in the sum of $75,000, payable to the city, executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company as surety, acceptable to the city, conditioned that the applicant and surety will pay all unrepaired damages, if any, caused by the applicant in the movement of drilling rig equipment, pipe, tools, tanks, machinery and supplies over city streets and public ways to and from the drilling site.
(C) The application fee shall also be accompanied by an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $25,000, payable to the City of Texas City. The letter of credit shall remain in effect during the entire period when tanks, valves, or other equipment remain on the well site.
(1998 Code, § 50-88) (Ord. 99-78, passed 1-19-2000; Ord. 00-24, passed 3-15-2000; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
If the Director of Transportation and Planning finds that the proposed drilling and producing of the oil or gas well will be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Transportation and Planning shall issue the permit required under the provisions of this subchapter to the applicant upon the posting by the applicant of the required bond and letter of credit.
(1998 Code, § 50-89) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this chapter, no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than 600 feet to any residence, building or structure without the applicant having first secured the written permission of the owner thereof.
(B) However, a distance of no less than 200 feet shall apply to all wells to be drilled on land which was purchased; leased; or optioned, dated and notarized prior to enactment of this amendment; provided that, such purchase or lease was duly and timely recorded with the Clerk of Galveston County and the proposed permittee or its designee has filed an application with the State Railroad Commission for a permit to drill no later than three years from the date of enactment of this amendment.
(1998 Code, § 50-90) (Ord. 99-78, passed 1-19-2000; Ord. 00-24, passed 3-15-2000; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
(A) Upon completion of the well, the applicant for a permit under the provisions of this subchapter, together with the Director of Public Works, shall inspect damages to streets and public ways, if any, caused by the applicant, his or her subcontractors, associates and employees in the movement of drilling rig equipment, pipe, tools, tanks, machinery and supplies to and from the drill site.
(B) All of the damages shall be promptly repaired to the approval of the Director of Public Works.
(1998 Code, § 50-91) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
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