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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1659 Page 4 with the application shall be returned to the applicant, except that there shall be retained therefrom by the City of La Porte, one hundred dollars ($100.00) as a processing fee. SECTION 16-7: TERMINATION OF PERMIT The permit shall terminate without any action on the part of the City unless actual drilling of the well shall have commenced within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance. The cessation for a like period of the drilling operations or the cessation of the production of oil or gas from the well after production shall have commenced, shall cancel" the permit, and the well shall be considered as abandoned for all purposes of this Ordinance. It shall be unlawful thereafter to continue the operation or drilling of such well without the issuance of another permit. SECTION 16-8: PERMITTEE'S INSURANCE AND BOND In the event a permit is issued by the City Council under the terms of this chapter for the drilling and operation of a well, no actual drilling operations or site preparation work shall be commenced until the permittee shall file with the City Secretary of the City of La Porte, a bond and a certificate of insurance, as follows: (1) The bond shall be a cash bond in the principal sum of such number of dollars as has been determined by the City Council of the City of La Porte, but not to be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). Said cash bond shall be for the benefit of the City and all persons concerned, conditioned that the permittee will comply with the terms and conditions of this chapter in the drilling and operation of the well. Said bond shall become effective on or before the date the same is filed with the City Secretary and remain in force and effect and on deposit for at lease a period of six (6) months subsequent to the expiration of the term of the permit issued, and in addition the bond will be conditioned that the permittee will promptly payoff fines, penalties, and other assessments imposed upon permittee by reason of his breach of any of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this chapter, and that the permittee will promptly restore the streets and sidewalks and other public property of the City, which may be disturbed or damaged in the operations, to their former condition~ and that the permittee will promptly clear all premises of all litter, trash, waste, and other substances used, allowed, or occurring in the drilling or producing operations, and will, after abandonment, grade, level, and restore said property to the same surface condition, as nearly as possible, as existed when operations for the drilling of the well or wells were first commenced~ and that the permittee will indemnify and hold the City of La Porte harmless from any and all liability growing out of or attributable to the granting of such permit, including the payment of any expenses incurred by the City for any legal action which may be filed by either party hereto by reason of seeking or recovery of damages to the City as aforesaid. If at any time, the City Council shall deem any permittee's bond to be insufficient for any reason, it may require the permittee to make an additional cash bond. If after completion of a well, permittee has complied with all of the provisions of this chapter, such as to removing derrick, clearing premises, etc., he may apply to the City Council to have said cash bond reduced to a sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the remainder of the time said well produces without reworking, and be given a refund of the amount of reduction. During reworking operations, the amount of the bond shall be increased to the original amount.