No person, firm or corporation shall, within the limits of the City, drill a new oil or gas well or drill into the City from a surface location outside the City limits, drill an existing oil or gas well any deeper, reopen an oil or gas well, convert an oil or gas well to any other use other than its original purpose or plug back an oil or gas well to a source of supply different from the existing pool, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas of the State Department of Natural Resources, pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 1509.
An exact and complete copy of the permit referred to in the preceding paragraph, along with an exact and complete copy of any application, plan, map and other documentation filed therefor with the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas of the State Department of Natural Resources shall be filed with the Director of Public Service and Safety at least five full business days prior to the commencement of any drilling, reopening, converting or plugging back as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(Ord. 10354/92. Passed 2-12-92.)