§ 31-25. 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 owner and lessee of lots, blocks and tracts within the drilling unit described in the application not owned by or under lease to the applicant as such 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 31 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Houston, Texas, and any and all ordinances amendatory thereof, did on the ___ day of _______, 20___, file with the Director of Houston Public Works an application to drill, complete and operate a well for oil (or gas) upon Lot No. ___, Block No. ___ (or other appropriate description), City of Houston, Texas, as per map of record in Volume ___, Page ___, Plat Records of _______ County, Texas, in Drilling Unit No. ___ and located by Lambert Coordinates for the South Central Zone of Texas at the intersection of X = ___ and Y = ___."

    At least ten days prior to the granting or refusal of an application, a copy of such notice shall be mailed by registered mail, at the expense of the applicant, addressed to the last known address of each owner and lessee of lots, blocks and tracts in the drilling unit 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 daily newspaper of the city for ten days prior to the date of the granting or refusal of such application. Proof of such publication shall be made by the printer or publisher of the newspaper by affidavit filed with the building official and shall be prima facie evidence of such publication. The applicant shall file with the building official an affidavit showing the name and last known address of each owner and lessee of lots, blocks and tracts to whom notice is required to be given and the names of each owner and lessee of lots, blocks and tracts to whom notice is required to be given and whose addresses are unknown to the applicant.

(Code 1968, § 30-25; Ord. No. 90-635, § 68, 5-23-90; Ord. No. 93-514, § 46, 5-5-93; Ord. No. 98-613, § 56, 8-5-98; Ord. No. 04-1015, § 18, 9-27-04; Ord. No. 2018-11 , § 49, 1-10-2018)