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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1659 Page 2 SECTION 16-2: PERMITS (1) New Well Permit It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person acting either for himself or acting as agent, employee, or independent contractor for any other person, to commence to drill, or to operate, any new well within the city limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, or to work upon or assist in any way in the development or operation of any such new well, without a new well permit for the drilling and operation of such new well having first been issued by the authority of the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, in accordance with the terms of this chapter. (2) Old Well Permit It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person acting either for himself or acting as agent, employee or independent contractor for any other person, to commence to deepen, to repair, or to recomplete any well, old or existing, within the city limits of the City of La Porte or to work upon or assist in any way in the development or operation of any such well, without an old well permit having first been issued by the proper authority of the City Council of the City of La Porte in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance. SECTION 16-3: STREETS AND ALLEYS No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is within any of the streets or alleys of the City of La Porte1 and no street or alley shall be blocked or incumbered or closed in any drilling or production operation except by special permit by order of the City Council of the City of La Porte, and then only temporarily. SECTION 16-4: WELL LOCATION (1) Well Location - Subdivisions No drilling for gas and oil wells in recorded subdivisions shall be allowed. This subsection shall apply only to acreage which has been subdivided into home sites the size of which are one (1) acre or less and the plat thereof has been filed for record in the Office of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas. (2) Well Location - Dwellings, Schools, Buildings, etc. No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than seven hundred fifty feet (750') of any residence or commercial building without the applicant having first secured the written permission of the owner or owners thereof. No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled at any location which is nearer than seven hundred fifty feet (750') of any school campus within the La Porte Independent School District. No drilling and no permit shall be issued to any well nearer than seven hundred fifty feet (750') to city-owned buildings or water wells without written permission from the City of La Porte, Texas. SECTION 16-5: APPLICATION AND FILING FEE Every application for a permit to drill and operate a well shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and duly filed with the City Secretary of the City of La Porte, accompanied by a certified check for one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) as a permit fee. The application shall be for a single well and shall include full information including the following: