CC RESOLUTION 363RESOLUTION NO. 363
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION A PERMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIG-
NATED AND KNOWN AS "A. T. & S. F. NO. 1s.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by RICHFIELD OIL 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, regula-
tions 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 Richfield 011 Corporation, 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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"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION,
under date of March 17, 1937, by the legislative body of
the City of El 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 hydro-
carbon 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 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 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:
The center of said derrick to be located
504 feet South of the North line, and 694
feet East of the West line of the SE 1/4
of Section 18, T. 3 So., R. 14 W., S. B. B.
& M., in the said City of E1 Segundo,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "A. T. & S. F. #1 ".
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 re-
ference to any such derrick or well, and which said license
fee, if and when provided for, must continue to be paid
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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 substances 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 high-
way, 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 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 said 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
than ninety days after such abandonment.
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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 hydrocarbon 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, 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
valid ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely repaired
to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, any and all damage to any public
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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 E1 Segundo, in the
apprehension of any other persons damaging public property,
upon delivering materials, equipment, supplies or produc-
tion, either to or from the said well.
Twelfth: That the said licensee shall a t all
times during the construction and operation of the said well
permit the Chief of Police of said City and his officers,
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 Department 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 of El
Segundo, and particularly that portion of the public residing
in the vicinity of the proposed well herein referred to,
and the licensee above named by accepting this permit and
electing to operate under the same, hereby acquiesces in the
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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 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 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.
Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under the
provisions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if de-
posited 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 E1
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
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The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:-
Richfield Oil Corporation,
555 South Flower Street,
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 hreach 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 end that said well will be actually spudded
In within ninety days from date hereof, and that same will
be diligently and continuously operated thereafter, with
full crews, until same is completed or finally abandoned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this 16th day of March, A. D.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clark
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the C ty
of E1 Segundo, California.
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of E1 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 Richfield Oil Corporation, in the form of
acceptance hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a
part 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 the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 17th day of
March, A. D., 1937.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
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. 363, was duly passed and adopted by the said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City
and attested by the City Clark of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the 17th day
of March, A. D., 1937, and that the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes; Councilmen None,
Absent: Councilman Gerow.
(SEAL)
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