§ 62-58. Supplement permit required for deeper drilling.

(a)

Once any well has either been completed as an oil or gas producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to drill such well to a greater depth than that reached in the prior drilling operations without the permittee complying with all provisions of the Code, including obtaining a zoning amendment or special use permit where required, and obtaining a supplemental permit after filing a supplemental application with the director specifying the following:

(1)

The condition of the well and the casing therein;

(2)

The depth to which it is proposed such well be deepened; and

(3)

The proposed casing program to be used in connection with the proposed deepening operation.

(b)

In any deeper drilling, any deeper completion, or any deeper production operations, the permittee shall comply with all other sections contained in this article and the Code and applicable to the drilling, oil or gas operations of a well, but no additional filing fee shall be required.

(Ord. No. 671, § 13, 2-14-63; Code 1967, § 20-37; Ord. No. 12,474, § 5, 2-13-14)