(a)
The applicant shall file an application in writing for a permit on a form furnished for that purpose by the department of building and safety. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1)
A complete legal description of the property;
(2)
A fully informative plot plan showing the location of the well, the location of which has been staked on the ground, appurtenant structures and their relation to any existing hospital, sanitarium, church, rest home, airport, school, and dwelling within the radius required by this title;
(3)
Plans and engineering specifications of structures, drilling derricks, drilling masts, tanks, and high pressure systems regulated by this ordinance. Applicant need not file plans and engineering specifications of standard derricks, masts and tanks when such plans and specifications are already on file in the office of the superintendent;
(4)
A statement of the valuation of the proposed work for which a building permit is required;
(5)
A verified statement signed by the applicant certifying that he is duly authorized by operator to make and file the application and that he has read the application and the same is true and correct;
(6)
An acknowledged statement in writing subscribed by the owner of the surface rights of the drill site and by the owner of any private road by which access is had to the drill site unconditionally granting to the county of Orange the right to enter upon the drill site for the purpose of inspection and restoring the premises in the event the applicant should fail to do so;
Any operator may in lieu of filing the statement required by subsection (6), file a bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars for the drilling or redrilling of each well, said bond to conform in all other particulars to the bond requirements of this section. Upon later compliance by the operator with the provisions of subsection (6) or upon the abandonment of the well in compliance with the provisions of law relating thereto, the said fifty thousand dollar bond may be exonerated;
(7)
A statement as to the means by which liquid spills will be removed from diked area or catchment basins;
(8)
Such other pertinent information as may be required by the superintendent.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
Every application for the drilling or redrilling of any off well for which such bond is not on file shall be accompanied by a corporate surety bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars for each such well. The bond shall be filed with the department of building and safety, on a bond form approved by county counsel prior to the issuance of any drilling or redrilling permit. The bond shall be executed by the operator as principal, and by the authorized surety company, as surety and conditioned that the principal named in the bond shall faithfully comply with all the provisions of this title in drilling or redrilling and maintaining all production facilities as required by this title until properly abandoned in conformity with the provisions hereof. The bond shall secure the county of Orange against all costs, charges and expenses incurred by it by reason of the failure of operator to fully comply with the provisions of this ordinance. The bond shall include the correct name or number of the well and such other information as may be necessary to readily identify the oil well.
Any operator may in lieu of filing such bond for each well drilled, redrilled, produced or maintained, file a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars to cover all of his said operations conducted within the county of Orange. A rider to said bond shall be filed with the superintendent showing the correct name or number of the well and such other information as may be necessary to readily identify the oil well for each well covered by the bond.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
(a)
Whenever the superintendent finds that a default has occurred in the performance of any requirement or condition of these regulations, written notice thereof shall be given to the principal and to the surety on the bond.
(b)
Such notice shall specify the work to be done, the estimated cost thereof and the period of time deemed by the superintendent to be reasonably necessary for the completion of such work.
(c)
After receipt of such notice, the surety shall, within the time therein specified either cause or require work to be performed, or failing therein, shall pay over to the superintendent the estimated cost of doing the work as set forth in the notice, plus an additional sum equal to twenty-five percent of said estimated cost. Upon receipt of such moneys, the superintendent shall proceed by such mode as he deems convenient to cause the repaired work to be performed and completed, but no liability shall be incurred therein other than for the expenditure of said sum in hand. In the event that the well has not been properly abandoned under the regulations of the division of oil and gas, such additional moneys may be demanded from the surety as is necessary to restore the drill site in conformity with the regulations of this title.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
Any bond issued in compliance with these regulations shall be terminated and cancelled and the surety be relieved of all obligations thereunder when the well has been properly abandoned in conformity with all regulations of this title and in conformity with all regulations of the division of oil and gas and notice to that effect has been received by the department of building and safety.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
A substitute bond may be filed in lieu of any bond on file hereunder and the superintendent shall accept and file the same if it is qualified and in proper form and substance and the bond for which it is substituted shall be exonerated but only if the superintendent finds that all of the conditions of last mentioned bond have been satisfied and that no default exists as to the performance upon which the bond is conditioned.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
A fee for each drilling permit or redrilling permit shall be paid to the superintendent as set forth in Section 16.12.110.
Where drilling, redrilling, construction, or other work for which a permit is required by this title is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining said permit, the fees hereunder specified shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fee shall not relieve any persons, firms, corporations or employees from fully complying with the requirements of this ordinance or the execution of the work, nor from any other penalties prescribed herein.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
A plan-checking fee shall not be charged for the derrick, or its appurtenances. A plan-checking fee shall be charged for all permanent buildings, production tanks, washing tanks, skim ponds and such other structures not directly connected with the derrick itself. A plan-checking fee shall be charged for oil well cellars designed to accommodate more than one oil well. Said plan-checking fee shall be equal to one-half of the building permit fee as set forth in Section 16.12.110.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
The superintendent shall inspect annually and at such other times as he deems necessary, each producing oil well and suspended oil well regulated by this title for the purpose of ascertaining whether the well is being operated or maintained in conformity with the minimum standards of this chapter. To meet the expense of such inspection, the operator shall pay to the department of building and safety an annual inspection fee as specified in Section 16.12.110 on or before June 30th of each year; however, no additional fee shall be charged for additional inspections which may be required during the year. The superintendent shall keep a permanent, accurate account of all annual inspection fees collected and received under this chapter, the name of the operator for whose account the same were paid, the date and amount thereof, together with the well name and designation and the general location of the well. A report of the superintendent's annual inspection findings shall be furnished to the operator.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
A building permit fee shall be charged for the erection or construction or relocation of any permanent building, tank or other structures hereinabove included and such fee shall be based on the total valuation of the structure when completed.
(Ord. 27, 1959)
(a)
A fee established by resolution of the city council shall be charged for the drilling or redrilling of any oil well, no pan of which shall be refundable.
(b)
Annual Inspection Fees. A fee established by resolution of the city council shall be charged for the annual inspection of each existing, suspended, or producing well.
(c)
For all construction work for which a building permit is required, a fee schedule for this permit shall be set by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 27, 1959; Ord. 1254 § 9, 1996)
No permit issued hereunder shall be valid unless utilization of the privileges granted thereby be commenced within sixty days from and after the date of issuance of the permit and diligently and progressively prosecuted thereafter.
(Ord. 27, 1959)