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 Pearland
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 21. OIL AND GAS
 Article II. PERMIT

  § 21-17. Notice of application.  

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  • Notice of the filing of each application for a permit under this article shall be given by the applicant to each surface owner and surface lessee of lots, blocks and tracts within one thousand (1,000) feet of the location of the proposed well not owned by or under lease to the applicant as such surface ownership is disclosed by the deed records of the county in which the property is located. Such notice shall be in words and figures, as follows:

    "Notice is hereby given that ___________________________ acting under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Pearland, Texas, and any and all ordinances amendatory thereof, did on the ______ day of ______________________, 19_____, file with the City Secretary of the City of Pearland an application to drill, complete and operate a well for oil (or gas) upon Lot No. _______, Block No. ______ (or other appropriate description), City of Pearland, Texas, as per map of record in Volume ______ Page ________, Plate Records of __________ County, Texas."

    Such notice shall be sent within ten (10) days after the filing of such application by registered mail, at the expense of the applicant, addressed to the last known address of each surface owner and surface lessee of lots, blocks and tracts within one thousand (1,000) feet of the location of the proposed well not owned by or under lease to the applicant; and a copy of such notice shall be published, at the expense of the applicant, in every issue of a weekly newspaper of the city for four (4) consecutive weeks immediately following the filing of such application. Proof of such publication shall be made by the printer or publisher of the newspaper by affidavit filed with the city secretary and shall be prima facie evidence of such publication. The applicant shall file with the city secretary an affidavit showing the name and last known address of each surface owner and surface lessee of lots, blocks and tracts to whom notice is required to be given and the names of each surface owner and surface lessee of lots, blocks and tracts to whom notice is required to be given and whose addresses are unknown to the applicant.

(Ord. No. 716, § 1(Exh. "A"), 2-12-96)