§ 21-22. Issuance or denial generally.

If, after an application or supplemental application is filed pursuant to this article, it is found by the city council to comply in all respects with the terms of this chapter, and the drilling and operation or deepening and operation of a well will not unduly adversely affect the public safety, environment, public facilities and welfare of the city and its citizens, the city council shall direct the city secretary to issue a permit for the drilling and operation or deepening and operation of the well applied for; provided that city council shall not authorize the issuance of a permit for a well that is located within five hundred (500) feet of any residence, church, business establishment, place of public gathering, or any other structure suited for public habitation, unless either the owner of such property has consented in writing to the drilling and operation or deepening and operation of such well, or the well is located on a drill site designated as such in a planned unit development approved by the city council. The issuance of a permit for a well in a planned unit development shall not be authorized except at sites designated as drill sites therein. However, this provision shall not be construed to limit drilling activities on drill sites designated by plat and properly recorded in the deed records of Brazoria or Harris County prior to January 1, 1996, so long as said drilling activities comply in all respects with the terms of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 716, § 1(Exh. "A"), 2-12-96; Ord. No. 763, § 1, 12-20-96; Ord. No. 893, § 2, 2-8-99)