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§ 113.038 PERMIT TERM.
   Each permit issued under this chapter shall be effective for an initial term of 180 days from the date of issuance. The term may be extended for an additional 180 days no more than two times. The oil and gas official shall grant such extensions unless good cause exists for denial. The permittee shall file any requests for extension at least five business days in advance of the expiration date of the permit. At the end of the initial term, or any extended term, the permit shall expire and the permittee must reapply for a new permit.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)
§ 113.039 COMPLETION OF WELL.
   Upon completion of the well, including performance of all production tests required by the Commission as a precondition to issuance of a production allowable, the permittee shall as soon as practicable thereafter, certify completion of the well to the city by filing duplicates of Commission required completion forms G-1 (gas well) or W-2 (oil well), or their successor forms, with the city within ten days following the filing of same with the Commission.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)
§ 113.040 TRANSFER OF PERMIT.
   Upon application for transfer of permit and stipulation in writing by the applicant for transferee to assume all obligations of the current permittee, including satisfactory security, bonds and insurance, and upon a showing that the applicant for transfer would have otherwise been qualified for issuance of the original permit, a permit may be transferred into the name of a new permittee. A permit transfer fee must accompany all applications for a transfer. Transfer of a permit shall not extend the term of the original permit or affect any other substantive conditions or requirements therein. If, for any reason, an application for a transfer is rejected, the same shall be treated as a request for withdrawal of the permit by the original permittee unless the cause for rejection is timely cured or unless the original permittee indicates in writing an intention to complete the well under the existing permit.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006; Ord. 2008-06, passed 9-18-2008)
§ 113.041 TERMINATION.
   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
§ 113.042 SUPPLEMENTAL PERMIT FOR DEEPENING WELL.
   (A)   Once any well has either been completed as a producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it shall be unlawful for any person to drill such well to a deeper depth than that reached in the prior drilling operations without a supplemental permit after filing a supplemental application with the City Secretary specifying:
      (1)   The then-condition of the well and the casing therein;
      (2)   The depth to which it proposed such well be deepened;
      (3)   The proposed casing program to be used in connection with the proposed deepening operation; and
      (4)   Evidence of adequate current tests showing that the casing strings in the well meet or exceed all regulatory requirements of the Commission.
   (B)   An application for deepening a well shall be subject to all other requirements applicable to drilling a new well.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)
REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING WELLS
§ 113.055 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   Each owner or operator of an oil and gas well operating within the city limits of the city shall be required to obtain an annual operating permit for each said well. For the purposes of this chapter, a well shall be considered operating unless the well has been plugged and abandoned and a copy of the appropriate Commission form certifying plugging and abandonment is filed with the city.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006) Penalty, see § 113.99
§ 113.056 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   Applications for permits shall be filed annually with the City Secretary.
   (B)   Renewals of permits may be handled administratively by the oil and gas official, and additional information need not be provided unless changes have occurred.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)
§ 113.057 ANNUAL FEE.
   Each operating permit shall be accompanied by an annual fee.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006; Ord. 2008-06, passed 9-18-2008)
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