CC RESOLUTION 383RESOLUTION NO. 383
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OR EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY, DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "EL SEGUNDO
NO. 3".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALI-
FORNIA, 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, regu-
lations 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
California, 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 hydro-
carbon substances, and also to install and operate the
necessary machinery and equipment for operating the said
well.
SECTION 2. That said 1 is en se 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 3d I T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, under date of July 21, 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 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 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 tenns and conditions are as f ollows:
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 feet east of the west line and
330 feet south of the north line of the
south half of Section 18, Township 3
South, Range 14 West, S. B. B. & M.,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "El Segundo No. Z ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
El 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 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 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 f iled 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 f or 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 will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substances
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 El Segundo, California; unless by fur-
ther 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 ard expense such embankments; sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in order to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives an3
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 El 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
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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 E1 Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons
danaging 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, 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 ascer-
taining 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
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herein referred to, and the 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
pe rf orm each and all of them on it s part t o b e ke pt
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 corpora-
tion of the licensee, but no such assignment shall
operate to relieve the licensee herein from any obliga-
tions 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
automatically 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
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deposited in the United States post office at either
Los Angeles, California, or El SegurA o, California,
postage prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City
of E1 Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
El 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 f ollowing 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 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 continuously operated 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 `_ day of July, A. D.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City ler
( SEAL )
Building inspector of e City
of El Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California
, 1937
UNION OIL COMPANY CP CALIF ORNIA , 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 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 performed; and 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.
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By: f s _.._.
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
f orm.
ayor o the City of do.
Calif orhia.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
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City Attorney of e city o
El Segundo, California.
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of tke
City of El Segundo; California, is hereby authorized aril.
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 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 re-
cords 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 21st day of
July, A. D., 1937.
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
Calif ornia.
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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COUN'T'Y OF LOS ANGELES, } SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, 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. 383, 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 21st day of July, A. D. , 1937, and that the same
was so passed end adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Counoilmen Gerow, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Hesser.
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y Clark of e
E1 Segundo, California.
(SEAL)
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