CC RESOLUTION 338RESOLUTION NO. 338.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
GRANTING TO THE OHIO OIL COMPANY A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN
SAID CITY DESIGNATED AND BNOVJN AS
"GOUGH NO. 1'l.
V7HEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, Califo mia, by THE OHIO OIL COMPANY, an
Ohio Corporation, for a permit for that certain oil well
within said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, WHEREAS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City, is disposed
to grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, re-
gulations and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOVI$ THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That The Ohio Oil Company is hereby
licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for the purpose
of drilling for oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbon substances,
and also to install and operate the necessary drilling
equipment therein for the purpose of drilling a well for
oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances,and also to install
and Operate the necessary machinery and equipment for
operating the said sell.
SECTION 2. That said license or permit shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions, requirements and
regulations set forth in the following form of permit issued
to the said licensee. The said form of permit is as follows:
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" P E R M I T
" THIS IS TO CERTIFY that THE OHIO OIL Ct3IQPANY,
an Ohio Corporation, under date of May 13, 1936, by the
Legislative body of the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, was granted permission to
erect one derrick for the purpose of drilling for oil,
gas and /or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to in-
stall and operate the necessary drilling equipment therein
for the purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances, and also to install and operate
the necessary machinery and equipment for operating the
said well upon the following express terms and conditions,
each and every one of which must be observed and performed
promptly by the licensee (whenever the same become appli-
cable) in order to keep this permit in full and continuing
force and effect.
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant struc-
tures shall be erected on the following described real
property located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
1661.48 feet east and 330 feet north of
the southwest corner of Section 7, Town-
ship 3 South, Range 14 W., S. B. B. & M.,
in the City of El Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California,
and the said well shall be knomz and is hereby designated
as "Gough No. 111.
Second: Said Licensee shall pay to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, the full amount of any license
fee which may now or hereafter be reasonably required
under the ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations
of the legislative body thereof, and which applies to or
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has reference to any such derrick or well, and which
said license fee, if and when provided for, must continue
to be paid as long as drilling operations, drilling,
mining, pumping or other operations in and about said
derrick or well continue, including the production
therefrom of oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substance
from a flowing well, and as long as such derrick remains
standing, and the same shall be promptly paid as the same
becomes due and payable to said City. No fee or license
fee paid, or any part thereof, shall be refunded.
Thins: Said derrick and/or any appurtenant
structure shall not be erected nearer than ten feet to
the nearest property line of any public street, avenue
or highway, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any exist-
ing dwelling, except upon the written permission of the
owner of such dwelling duly signed and filed with the
building inspector of said City.
Fourth: Licensee agrees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of
said well for the use of said City in ascertaining the
possibilities for a municipal water supply within the
district, to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet,
and thereafter said licensee shall, if requested, notify
said City of any water strata encountered and recorded
by it, and the depth thereof.
Fifth: The said licensee shall, on request of
the legislative body of said City, route all heavy materials
and heavy loads of materials brought to or from said well,
over such streets as the said legislative body may direct;
provided, however, that such streets shall be appropriately
posted, at the expense of such City.
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Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or
derricks used in connection with such well will be allow-
ed to remain upon the premises where same is located for
a longer period than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seventh: That upon abandonment of any well
drilled under this permit, the same shall be filled or
plugged according to good mining practice, the derrick
removed and the premises cleaned up and restored as nearly
as possible to their condition as they existed at the time
of the granting of this permit.
Eight : That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substance
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or high-
ways of the said City of El Segundo, California, unless
by further permit in writing from the legislative body of
said City first had and obtained; provided, however, that
the licensee will pay to said City, immediately upon demand
therefor, the full amount of any and all damage which may
be occasioned to any of such streets, lanes, ways, avenues
or highways, by reason of a violation of the provisions of
this section whether such violation was willful, negligent
or otherwise.
Ninth: The licensee does hereby further agree
to erect at its own cost and expense such embankments, sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in order to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives and
property of persons in the vicinity.
Tenth: Said licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California, re-
lating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said state, and also all
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valid ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of El Segundo, California, any and all damage
to any public street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place
within the said City which may be occasioned by it or by
any of its agents or employees, in or by reason of the
transportation of materials or supplies, or equipment, or
production, either to or from the said derrick or well,
or by reason of any overflow therefrom. Said licerBee
shall also cooperate with the authorities of said City
of E1 Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons
damaging public property, when delivering materials, equip-
ment, supplies or production, either to or from the said
we U.
Twelfth: That the said licensee shall at all
times during the construction and operation of the said
well permit the Chief of Police of said City and his
officers, and the City Engineer of said City and /or his
authorized deputy, to enter upon the said premises and
into the said derrick at their ovn risk, so far as licensee
is concerned, and the said Chief of Police and his officers,
§nd the said City Engineer and his deputy shall have free
and unmolested right to so enter upon the said premises and
into the said derrick and structures appurtenant thereto,
for the purpose of ascertaining vhether or not all of the
terms and oonditions of this permit are being observed
and kept by said licensee.
Thirteenth: All of the terms and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of
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said City, are required fur the purpose of protecting
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the
said City of El Segundo, and particularly that portion
of the public residing in the vicinity of the proposed
well herein referred to, and the licenses above named
by accepting this permit and electing to operate under
the some, hereby acquiesces in the findings of the said
legislative body in such regard, and further agrees to
each, all and every one of the terms and conditions set
forth in this permit and promises and agrees to perform
each and all of them on its part to be kept and performed.
Fourteenth: This permit is not assignable
except by written consent of the legislative body of the
said City of E1 Segundo, California, first had and ob-
tained; or except to a subsidiary or parent corporation
of the licensee, but no such assignment shall operate to
relieve the licensee herein from any obligations imposed
or created herein without the consent of such legislative
body first had and obtained, nor shall any such assign-
ment be opm rative for any purpose unless and until such
assignee shall have filed its written acceptance of the
texts and conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes
automatically void unless the derrick to be erected here-
under is so erected end completed within sixty days from
date hereof, unless a further extension of time within
which to complete the same is granted in writing by the
legislative body of said City.
Sixteenth: Nothing in this permit contained
shall be construed as limiting or abridging the power or
rights of the legislative body of said City to prescribe
more or less stringent provisions in any future permit which
may be granted by said legislative body within said City.
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Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under
the provisions of this permit will be deemed sufficient
if depoeited in the United States post office at either
Los Angeles, California, or El Segundo, California,
postage prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City
of E1 Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
City of El Segundo, care of City Clerk, City Hall, E1
Segundo, California. and as to the licensee:- The Ohio
011 Company, 1250 Subway Terminal Building, Los Ange lee,
California. The day of actual service as contemplated
herein shall be construed to be the day following that.
upon which such notice is actually deposited in the post
office.
Eighteenth: The City Council reservesthe right,
upon ten days notice to licensee of the breach of any of
the terms and/or conditions herein set forth, and the
failure of licensee to remedy azW such breach within said
period, to cancel and revoke this permit, forthwith and
without any liability therefor on the part of said City,
or any of its officers or agents.
Nineteenth: It is further agreed and made a
particular condition hereof that the said derrick will be
actually located and constructed, fully rigged and with
necessary appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc.,
required to efficiently operate same, within sixty days
from date hereof and that said well will be actually
spudded in within ninety days from date hereof, and that
same will be diligently and continuous]yope rated there-
after, with full crews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been
issued to said lioensee above named this 21st dey
of May, A. D., 1936, upon orders of the legislative
body of said City, expressed by resolution of said
body, heretofore adopted.
Building Inspector of e City
of El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California.
, 1936.
THE OHIO OIL COMPANY, Licensee above named,
does hereby consent to all of the conditions, agreements,
terms and requirements set forth in the foregoing permit,
does hereby agree to same aad does hereby further promise
and agree to observe and. abide by the same and each and
all of them on its part to be kept and performed, and doss
hereby positively state and declare that this consent and
agreement is supported by an adequate and valuable considera-
tion passing to it, receipt of which is hereby expressly
aokno v&s dged.
THE OHIO OIL COMPANY, an
Ohio Corporation.
By
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of e Uir.7 of a o,
Cali fo rnia.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney o a yo
El Segundo, California. "
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of El Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
instructed to issue the said permit hereinabove referred
to to said licensee, and th:e City Clerk of said City is
hereby authorized and instructed to attest the same and
to affix the official seal of said City thereto, upon re-
oeipt of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said City and accepted in writing
by The Ohio Oil Company, the form oP acceptance herein -
above set forth and which constitutes a past of the
consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall
cause the original of the same to be entered in the book
of resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the City Council of said City in t1ke minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 13th day of
May, A. D., 1936.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
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CITY OF EL SEGINDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
City is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 338, vuas duly passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of
said City and attested by the City Clerk of said City,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the
13th day of May, A. D., 1936, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Reeser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilman Gerow.
(SEAL)
C ,y Cler.c of • ty ojy
E1 Segundo, California.
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