CC RESOLUTION 355RESOLUTION W. 355
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
GRANTING TO UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, A PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN
OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED AND
KNOWN AS "UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA EZ SEGUNDO 110. 1 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo; California, by UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, for a permit for that certain oil well
within said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, RMREA5, 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Union Oil Company of Califor-
nia 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 well.
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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"PERMIT
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, under date of January 6, 19379 by the legis-
lative body of the City of El Segundo; County of 'Moe Angeles,
State of California; was granted permission to erect one
derrick for the purpose df 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 hydro-
carbon substances; and also to install and operate the
necessary machinery and equipment for operating the said
well upon the following esla^ess terms and conditions,
each and every one of which must be observed and per -
f ormed promptly by the licensee (Whenever the same become
applicable) 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:
330' southerly and 990' westerly from the
center line of Inglewood - Redondo Road and
the intersection of t bs center line of
Section 18; or from the Northeast corner
of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 18, Town-
ship 3 South, Range 14 hest, S. B. B. & M,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Union Oil Company of California El Segundo 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 has
reference to any such derrick or well; and Which said
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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.
Third: 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 existing
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 drill-
ing 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 dis-
trict, 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
thelegislative 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.
Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or derricks
used in connection with such well will be allowed to remain
upon the premises where same is located for a longer period
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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.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not
willfully permit any water, oil or other hydroearbon
substance to escape from said well or premises and flow
in or upon any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues
or highways of the said City of E1 Segundo, California,
unless by further permit in writing from the legislative
body of said City first had and obtained; provided, how-
ever, that the licensee will pay to said City, immediately
upon demand therefor, the full amount of any and all damap-e
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 each 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,
relating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of El Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
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repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of E1 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 licensee
shall also cooperate with the authorities of said City
of El Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons
damaging public property, upon delivering materials,
equipment, supplies or production, either to or from
the said well.
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, and the Chief of the Fire Department
of said City and his duly authorized assistants,
to enter upon the said premises and into the said derrick
at their own risk, so far as licensee is concerned, and
the said Chief of Police and his officers, the City
Engineer and his deputy and the Chief of the .Fire Depart-
ment and his assistants , 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 whether or not all of the terms
and conditions 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
said City, are required for the purpose of protecting the
public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said City
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of E1 Segundo, and particularly that portion of the
public residing in the vicinity of the proposed well
herein referred to; and t,e licensee above named by
accepting this permit and electing to operate under the
same; 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 ex-
oept by written consent of the legislative body of the
said City of El Segundo, California, first had and obtained:
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 assignment be
operative for any purpose unless and until such assignee
shall have filed its written acceptance of the terms and
conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes auto-
matically void unless the derrick to be erected hereunder
is so erected and 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 legis-
lative 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
deposited in the United States post office at either los
Angeles, California; or E1 Segundo, California. postage
prepaid; addressed to the licensee or the City of El
Segundo, California; as the ease may be; as f ollows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee: -
Union Oil Company of California,
Union Oil Building,
Los Angeles, 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 reserves the 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 any 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 nude 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 continuously operated there-
after, with full crews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
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IN 'WITNESS HEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of January,
A. D., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clark
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Building Inspector of e Ci y
of E1 Segundo, California.
E1 Segundo, California.
1937
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Licensee
above named, does hereby consent to all of the conditions,
agreements, terms and requirements set forth in the fore-
going permit, does hereby agree to same and 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 per-
formed, 8nd does hereby positively state and declare that
this consent and agreement is supported by an adequate
and valuable consideration passing to it; receipt of
which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
provisions.
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UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.
By:
Its
LI CENSEB
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
Mayor of e City of Segue o,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
City Attorney of City of
El Segundo, California. "
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of ::1 Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
instructed to issue the said permit hereinabove referred
to to said licensee, and the 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
receipt of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit
duly executed on the part of said City and accepted in
writing by the Union Oil Company of California, in the
form of acceptance hereinabove set forth and which con-
stitutes a part of the consideration for the issuance
of said permit.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passa '-e 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 the
minutes of the meeting at which the sane is passed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of
January, A. D., 1937.
MWor of the City of El Segundo,
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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CITY OF B1 SEGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. MoCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El 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. 355; was 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 6th day of January, A. D., 1937, and that the some
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Reeser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Gerow.
(SEAL)
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