(A) The applicant shall cooperate fully with the oil and gas official in providing all information necessary to complete the permit application. Upon submission of all material and information required by the oil and gas official, the application shall be declared complete. Subject to division (B) below , the oil and gas official shall grant or deny the application within 30 days after the application has been declared complete.
(B) If the application proposes a drilling site location located wholly or partially within a city park, the oil and gas official shall recommend to the City Council that the application be granted or denied. The City Council will conduct a public hearing to review the potential impact of the application on the city park property, soliciting information from the permit applicant and from those interested citizens or other parties which the City Council deems appropriate. The City Council shall review the application within a 30 day period following receipt of the recommendation of the oil and gas official, and shall then make a recommendation to the council within 30 days after the application has been declared complete. The City Council shall vote to grant or deny the application within 30 days of the oil and gas official’s recommendation. If no action is taken by the City Council within 30 days of the recommendation, the recommendation will become effective by operation of law.
(C) Any application, which has progressed, to the point of consideration by City Council must be accompanied by an additional non-refundable fee.
(D) At least 20 days and no more than 30 days prior to the public hearing required in division (B) above, the applicant at applicant’s expense shall publish notice of the hearing in a local newspaper acceptable to the city. The substance of the notice and the procedure for publishing same shall be approved by the oil and gas official prior to publication. The applicant shall obtain a certificate of publication from the newspaper following publication of the notice.
(E) The burden of proof of all matters considered in the public hearing shall be upon the applicant.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006; Ord. 2008-06, passed 9-18-2008)