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Each producing well located within the city limits of the city shall maintain a shutoff valve or switch located thereon, clearly painted in a unique identifiable color approved by the City Fire Department, which such valve or switch shall upon actuation be capable of terminating all production activity from the well.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006) Penalty, see § 113.99
(A) In addition to the bond required by § 113.032, each permittee, prior to the issuance of the permit and commencement of actual drilling operations, shall file with the City Secretary a certificate or certificates of insurance showing that the permittee has in full force and effect a policy or policies of standard comprehensive public liability insurance, including contractual liability covering bodily injuries and property damage, naming the permittee and the city as co-insured, and issued by an insurance company authorized to do business within the state. Such policy or policies, in the aggregate shall provide for the following minimum coverage:
(1) For bodily injury or death, $500,000 as to any one person and $1,000,000 as to any one accident; and
(2) For public liability for damage to property of others, $500,000.
(B) In addition, prior to the issuance of the permit, permittee shall file with the City Secretary a certificate or certificates of insurance showing that the permittee has in full force and effect a policy or policies of blowout or cost of well control insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000 for each well.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL PERMIT APPLICATIONS
(A) Every application for a permit to drill and operate a well shall be in writing, signed by the applicant or by some person duly authorized to sign same on the applicant’s behalf, shall be filed with the City Secretary, and shall be accompanied with a filing fee paid in cash. A separate application shall be filed for each well.
(B) The filing fee shall consist of an application processing fee and an operations monitoring fee as set by City Council from time to time.
(C) If the applicant never begins substantive operations on the site, whether because the application is denied or withdrawn, the drilling is no longer feasible, and the permit is returned to the city, or other circumstances, the application processing fee will be retained by the city, and the operations monitoring fee will be returned to the applicant.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006; Ord. 2008-06, passed 9-18-2008) Penalty, see § 113.99
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