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Please substitute for Ordinance No. 1601 (Placed on 1~ Reading and referred t~ the Rules and Ordinances Committee 2/20/01, Placed on 2"" Reading and referred back bo Rules and Ordinances Committee 3/S/0~.) ORDINANCE NO. 16-01 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to amend Chapter 729, Gas and Oil Wells of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of including maintenance, venting and testing of wells in the regulations, to require contractors to file an application with the Building Commissioner for drilling new wells, to require notice to adjacent property owners that work will commence on a well, to limit the location of vent terminals on wells, to require that the City receive notice of operating and abandoned wells and to reorganize Chapter 729. WHEREFORE, Chapter 729 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood was enacted by Ordinance No. 1091 in 1915; and WHEREFORE, since its enactment, there have been numerous changes in technology that the current Chapter 729 does not contemplate; and WHEREFORE, improper venting of wells can potentially cause inconvenience to abutting property owners; and WHEREFORE, requiring the registration and plugging of abandoned wells will help document well locations throughout the City for notice to the City in the event of an emergency;, and WHEREFORE, these amendments are necessary for the public health, welfare and safety. Now, therefore BE 1T ORDAZNED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OH[O: Section 1. That Chapter 729 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: CHAPTER 729 GAS AND OTL WELLS 729.01 PERHI'r REQUIRED; APPL[CAT[ON; DEPOSIT; FEE Before commenting, or proceeding with the erection or construction of any structure be used for drilling or operating of any gas or oil well in the C;~y, a written application for a permit shall be filed with the Building Commissioner. Such application shall contain the names and addresses of the owner of the land, the owner of the proposed well and the a contractor or driller and shall give a description of the lot or parcel of land and indicate the place where such structure is to be erected and such well located and the distance to the nearest building. The applicant shall deposit with the Commissioner the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the payment of any damage to sidewalks, curbing, paving, or otherwise caused by or arising out of the work done in connection with the drilling or operation of such well, and shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for such permit. 729.02 REGULATIONS FOR DRZLLING AND OPERATION. No oil or gas well shall be drilled, nor structure erected, at any point in the City within 100 feet of any dwelling house or structure. The drilling and operation of any gas or oil well located within 500 feet of any dwelling house shall cease entirely during the night time between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Noise adsing from the sharpening of tools, pounding of pipes or use of apparatus at any such well within the