When a permit has been issued under this chapter, the same shall terminate without any action on the part of the city, unless, within the original term or extended term as set out in § 113.036, actual drilling of the well shall have commenced. Thereafter, unless the well is completed, the cessation of drilling operations shall operate to terminate the permit, and the well shall be considered as abandoned for all purposes of this chapter. It shall be unlawful thereafter to continue the operation or drilling of such well without the issuance of a supplemental permit.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006) Penalty, see § 113.999