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~' personal injury, and such insurance must be maintained for such period of time as said well is in operation or is producing oil or ;as, Such policy or policies shall be for not less than One Hundred Thousand Dol- lars (~100,000.fl0). Sactiou ~, LIhSITATION ON ISSUANCE OF PER~[T. Ito permit shall be issue or the drilling of a well except upon the awned by the applicant, or held by the applicant inter an oil and gaa~ lease or drilling contract from the owner, giving permissi®n t~+ drill the well, and nothing herein cr~ttained nflr any perni.t issat_ hereunder° shall be deeffied to grant any right or ~icense to the permitee to enter upon or occupy, in any respect, for drilling ®r productimn ®perations, any land except by written persission of the owner. When a per~.t shall have been issued, the same shall terminate and become inoperative with- out any action on the part of the City, unless within 60 days from date= of issue actual drilling of the well shall have commenced; the cesaatien of the drilling operation for a likeperiod shall operate tc~ terminate and cancel the permit and the well shall be deemed. abandoned for pur- poses of this ordinance! and it shall be unlawful to thereafter drill or operate any such well with~t' the corporate limits of the City without the issuance: of another permit. Section $ OFERATIt~+i UDDER PERMIT. It shall be u~tawful to erect, or use ~rilling r~i.g within qne hundred fifty {150 feet of an inhabitable dwelling in the City of_Di~rth Olmsted, withc~t-first obtaining in writing the consent of all the owners of dwellings within that radius as measured from the center of the proposed. well, every drilling rig shall bR equipped with a fire extinguisher maintained in good condition; It shall be furhter unlawful to drill any .gas or oil well, or to extend or deepen one already drilled within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any railroad right-of-way, street or highway as measured from the center of the proposed well to the nearest point of the right-of-way or dedicated portion of the street or highway...: The Building Commissioner shall make such inspections. Section REJECTION OF APPLICATION. The Planning C4mmi.ssion of the City-~u~t2~ C?lmsted shall have the-right to recommend rejection of say application for a permit where by reasoh:of the location of the proposed well and the character and value of the permanent iteprovements already erected, and the use to which the land and surroundsngs are adapted for civic purposes, or for sanitary reasons the drilling of an oil or gas well will constitute a serious disadvantage to the City and its inhabitants. When a permit is refused, the deposit of ~.sh required. to be made with the application shall be returned to the applicant, Appeal from the denial of a permit shall be to the Hoard of Appeals as provided in Article gTII, Section 3 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, passed March 3, 1953• S.®cti.on 10. CONTROL GATE. It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corparatie~n -~.n the drilling of a well, or the cleaning of an abandoned well preparatory to the plugging of said abandoned well, to provide for adrilling-in control gate which shall be so constructed as to effectually cut off the flow of gas to the top of the well and v~~ich: Qas~be operated at a remote point from the well. ' Sec-?. 11 ABANDONMENT OF WELL. In the event a well is abandoned, it sha13 be the duty of the owner or lessee to notify the Hnilding Corruni.ssioner, and the location of the well shall be indicated on the map provided at the time of the original applications Such plugging and/or abandonment .shall be performed pursuant to the .laws of the State of Ohio providing far the plugging and/or abandonment and pursuant to the ordinances of the City of North Olmsted, and shall be done under the supervision:. of the representative of the Division of Mines, State of Ohim. Se= o~ FINDING OF ABANDONED AND/OR UI+TI~APPED T~fE~S. ~1p person, firm, or corporation engaged. in any phase of conatructivn shall remove any casing or pipix of any abandoned and/or unmapped well until such well has been reported to the Building Gommissianer of the City of North 01.msthd, and to the representative of the Division of Mines, State-