§ 14-27. Notice of and hearing on application.

(a)

Notice of the filing of an application for a permit under this article shall be given by the applicant, in the manner hereinafter provided, to each owner of minerals, royalty, fee or oil and gas leasehold estate in lands within the drilling district in which the lot upon which the applicant seeks a permit to drill is located, as such ownership is disclosed by the deed records of Harris County, except that no notice need be given to the owners of the fee, royalty or mineral estates in lands within such district on which the applicant holds oil and gas mineral leases. 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 14 of the Code of Ordinances, City of South Houston, Texas, and any and all ordinances amendatory thereof, did on the ____________ day of ____________ 19 ____________ , file with the City Secretary of the City of South Houston an application for a permit to drill a well for oil and/or gas upon Lot No. ____________ , Block No. ____________ , South Houston Townsite, in Drilling District No. ____________ , as defined by Ordinance No. ____________ A hearing upon such application will be held in the office of the City Secretary of the City of South Houston, Texas, at ____________ on the ____________ day of ____________ , 19 ____________ , at ____________ ."

(b)

At least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing on such application, as fixed in the notice, referred to in subsection (a), a copy of such notice shall be mailed by registered mail, addressed to the last known address of such land, mineral, royalty or lease owner, if known to the applicant, and a copy of such notice shall be published, at the expense of the applicant, in every issue of the official newspaper of the city for ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing. If the official newspaper is published weekly, the publication shall be made in one issue thereof. Proof of such publication shall be made by the printer or publisher of the newspaper, by affidavit filed with the city secretary, which shall be prima facie evidence of such publication.

(c)

At the time fixed in the notice given under this section, a hearing on the application shall be held in the office of the city secretary.

(Ord. No. 101, § 6, 2-14-35; Ord. of 2-9-37, § 2)