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Home My WebLink About14083 ORD - 12/21/1977jkh:12- 14 -77; 1st J TEXAS: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 35 -97, PARAGRAPH (k), SO AS TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR A LAND DRILLING PERMIT FROM $300 TO $500; AMENDING SECTION 35 -100, AMENDING DRILLING PERMIT, THE FIRST SENTENCE THEREOF, BY CHANGING THE SERVICE CHARGE FROM $50 TO $100 FOR AMENDING AN UNEXPIRED AND UNUSED DRILLING PERMIT; AMENDING SECTION 35 -420, AMENDED PERMIT -- UNUSED PERMIT, THE FIRST SENTENCE THEREOF, BY CHANGING THE SERVICE CHARGE FROM $50 TO $100 FOR THE HOLDER OF AN UNUSED, UNEXPIRED DRILLING PERMIT TO OBTAIN AN AMENDED PERMIT; AMENDING SECTION 35 =113, SEISMIC SURVEYS, THE SECOND SENTENCE THEREOF, BY INCREASING THE APPLICATION FEE FROM $50 TO $100; AMENDING ARTICLE III - BAY DRILLING, DIVISION 16 PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 35-43 , ENTIT ED "ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE "; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, 1976 Revision, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending paragraph (k), Section.35 -97, Division 5, DRILLING AND OPERATING PERMITS, said amended paragraph (k) to hereafter read as follows: "(k) All applications for permits to drill shall be accompanied by filing fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) in cash or by cashier's check made payable to the city." SECTION 2. That Section 35 -100, AMENDING DRILLING PERMIT, be amended by amending the first sentence so•as to provide for increase from $50 to $100 for service charge for, amending an unexpired and unused drilling permit, said first sentence to hereafter read as follows: "The holder of an unexpired and unused drilling permit may, upon application and payment of a One Hundred Dollar ($100) service charge, obtain an amended drilling permit from the superintendent for the purpose of changing the surface location from a regular or irregular location to another regular location." SECTION 3. That Section 35 -420, AMENDED PERMIT - UNUSED PERMIT, be amended by amending the first sentence so as to provide for increase from $50 to $100 for the holder of an unused, unexpired drilling permit to obtain an amended permit, said first sentence to hereafter read as follows: MICROFI► -��►Ep 140K� JUL 0 7 1930 "The holder of an unused, unexpired drilling permit may, upon application and payment of a service charge of One Hundred Dollars ($100), obtain an amended permit from the superintendent for the purpose of changing the surface location from one regular or irregular location to another regular location." SECTION 4. That Section 35 -113, SEISMIC SURVEYS, be amended by amending the second sentence so as to increase the application fee from $50 to $100, said second sentence to hereafter read as follows: "Other geophysical systems employing the 'thumper,' 'vibroseis' and other techniques not employing explosives will be permitted upon proper application and the payment of.a One Hundred Dollar ($100) application fee." SECTION 5. That Article III - BAY DRILLING, Division 16, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, be amended by adding a new section, to be numbered 35 -431, entitled ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE, and reading as follows: "Section 35 -431. ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE. "There is hereby levied an annual per well inspection fee of . Twenty -Five Dollars ($25) which shall be due and payable during the month of January of each calendar year, and a failure to pay such fee shall' be cause for revocation of any permit issued under this article. The superintendent will prepare an annual well inspection report which is to be made available to the operators prior to January 1st of each year. In the event an intent to plug and abandon a well has been filed with the superintendent prior to January 31st, but which abandonment may not have been completed by January 31st, payment of said Twenty -Five Dollars ($25) fee for that well shall be excused provided such well is finally plugged and abandoned in accordance with this article prior to March 1st of that same year. A new well on which drilling operations are in progress on the 31st day of January shall be exempt from the Twenty -Five Dollar ($25) fee for the remainder of that calendar year." SECTION 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict herewith be and the same are repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 7. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publishing the caption of this ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. That the foregoing ordinance was read for h first time and passed to its second reading on this the 11 of 192_, by the following vote: Jason Luby Eduardo de Ases David Diaz Ruth Gill Bob Gulley Gabe Lozano, Sr. Edward L. Sample That the foregoing ordinance was read for he second time and passed to its third reading on this the .04 day of , 1917_, by the following vote: Jason Luby Eduardo de Ases David Diaz Ruth Gill Bob Gulley Gabe Lozano, Sr. Edward L. Sample That the fore oing ordinanc s read for the third time and passed finally on this theday of 1971, by the following vote: Jason Luby Eduardo de Ases David Diaz Ruth Gill Bob Gulley Gabe Lozano, Sr. Edward L. Sample Al PASSED AND APPROVED, this the v2/ day of D�Ltl�lJr�tf� , 19�_ ATTEST: City Secretary AP7f1D DAY OF 19-7L J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY r By Assistant City Attorney MAYOR sou CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1-408: This ordinance is in effect and force with or without the signature of the Mayor, in accordance with Article II Section 6 of the City Charter. %136 - 320 LOWER N PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT I , C. ".rpu,� jq i-�:, * � , - F1 TE,,%, STATE OF TEAS, County of Nueces. Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ........ . . . ...... . ......... Gloria Garza ..................... who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that be is the ..Av..C..Q.v_K1U1G9 . . ... . ........ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of LEGALS..NCTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 14083 AMENDING THE..DRILLING PER4IT. ME 'fe of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Caller—Times on the-2.3-. day of Ae_9JtM!!qXL_..._..._. 19_2.a an4M&X4K% ....... . ._............Times. $_22.06 Subscribed and sworn to before me this__ Eugenia S. 1,orte, NOTICE OF PA?SASE OF ORDINANCE NC- `4089 AMENDING IHE GCE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF " .CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REV 1- r.R , AS AMENDED, BY NDING SECTION 35-97, AGRAPH (k), SO AS TO EASE THE FEE FOR A D DRILLING PERMIT M 5300 TO M; AMEND- ING SECTION 35.100, AMEND• NG DRILLING PERMIT, HE FIRST SENTENCE HEREOF, BV CHANGING HE SERVICE CHARGE ROM SSG TO S100 FOR AMENDING SECTION 35420, AMENDED PERMIT- - UNUSED PERMIT, THE FIRST SENTENCE THERE- OF, BY CHANGING THE SERVICE CHARGE FROM S50 TO $100 FOR THE HOLD- ER OF AN UNUSED, UNEX- PIRIED DRILLING PERMIT TO OBTAIN AN AMENDED PERMIT: AMENDING SEC- TION 35-113, SEISMIC SUR- VEYS, THE SECOND SEN- TENCE THEREOF, BY INCREASING THE APPLI- CATION FEE FROM S50 TO 5100; AMENDING ARTICLE 111 . BAY DRILLING, DIVI- SION 16, PERMITS AND IN- SPECTIONS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUM- 'BERED 35.431, ENTITLED "ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE ", REPEALING ALLOR- DINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WAS PASSED AND APPROV- ED by The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, during the Regular Council Meeting held on December 21, 1977, eT 2:00 P•m. and Provides that h shell be In full force and effect from and after Its pas- sage and publl®tlon one time In the official publkatlon of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of the City of Cor- pu lsti, Taxes, thls 22nd day of. 1977., -s -Big G. Read, City Secretary Carpus Christi, Texas