§ 20A-1. Definitions.

(a)

For the purpose of this chapter, and for all purposes under this chapter, the following words and terms wherever and whenever used or appearing in this chapter shall have the scope and meaning hereinafter defined and set out in connection with each:

Lease shall mean any tract of land subject to an oil, gas and mineral lease or other oil and gas development contract, or any unit composed of several tracts and leases but operated as one lease, and any tract of land in which the minerals are owned by an operator or someone holding under it or him, but which, due to the fee royalty ownership, is developed and operated as a separate tract.

Permittee shall mean the person to whom is issued a permit for the drilling and operation of a well under this chapter, and his or its administrators, executors, heirs, successors and assigns.

Person shall include both the singular and the plural, and shall mean and include any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, club, society, cooperative, trust, municipal corporation or political subdivision whatsoever.

Well shall include and mean any hole or holes, bore or bores, to any sand, formation, strata or depth for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbon, or any of them.

(b)

All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily attributed thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.

(Ord. No. O-81-19, § 1, 7-23-81)