§ 4.24.040. Application

Any applicant desiring a permit for the construction, maintenance and use of a derrick within the city, and for the drilling, exploring for and production of oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances therein, shall make written application for such permit, and file the same with the council. All such application shall be in the form prescribed by the council, as hereinafter set out, shall be executed by the applicant and shall be verified under oath by the applicant or by some person duly authorized to make such verification on behalf of applicant. If applicant is a corporation, the seal of the corporation must be attached. A separate application must be made and filed for each well proposed to be drilled.

The application shall contain the following information, as to applicant:

A.

The name and addresses, both business and residence, of applicant, and of each joint applicant, if there be more than one; and of each partner, if applicant be a partnership; if the applicant be a corporation, it must state the law under which it is incorporated, the place and address of its principal place of business in California, together with the names and respective titles of all its officers and of its general manager.

B.

The purpose, or purposes for which the permit is desired.

C.

A detailed description of the real property proposed or intended to be used for any of the purposes aforesaid, together with a statement of the acreage, or number of square feet contained within the boundaries of said description, and, if said real property is a part of but less than the whole, of a larger parcel of land operated, or to be operated by applicant as a single drilling or operating unit, or lease, the description of the boundaries of such unit or lease, together with the acreage, or number of square feet contained therein shall be stated.

D.

A statement of the true nature of the right, title or interest of applicant in and to said real property, showing in detail all restrictions on, reservations of, and exceptions to applicant's rights, title or interest in said real property to the council, upon demand by it for the purpose of establishing to the satisfaction of the council, the true nature of the applicant's ownership and interest.

E.

A statement of the type of construction, dimensions and capacity of any and all tanks proposed or intended to be used or used for or in connection with any of the purposes aforesaid.

F.

A map, or plat, of said real property, prepared by a licensed surveyor, drawn to scale of not less than one inch for each 100 feet on which shall be shown and indicated:

1.

All buildings, improvements and other structures on said property;

2.

The location of the center of the well, or wells, proposed to be drilled, operated and maintained thereon;

3.

The location of each derrick, tank, sump, boiler, and other equipment proposed, or intended to be used, or used thereon in the drilling and operation of each well or proposed well;

4.

The location of all pipelines proposed to be used in applicant's operations.

G.

An executed duplicate of a notice of intention to drill a new well, or of the intention to deepen, redrill, plug, or alter casing in well or any other notice of intention required to be filed, or filed, by applicant with the division of oil and gas, department of natural resources of the state.

H.

Any and all other information that the council may, in its discretion, and from time to time require.

I.

A written agreement duly executed by the applicant that in the event a permit is issued to him by the council pursuant to such application, he will as a condition to any of his operations within the city, faithfully comply with and abide by each and all of the provisions, requirements and conditions of this chapter, and with all other ordinances of this city, and with all laws of the state, and with all laws of the United States of America, applying in any manner or pertaining to any of the operations or proposed operations of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 131)