CC RESOLUTION 386RESOLUTION NO. 386 .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY, DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "STANDARD
OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA- REFINERY NO. 3 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIF ORNIA, f or 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
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Standard Oil Company of Cali-
fornia, 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 chilling equipment therein f or the
purpose of drilling a well f or 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 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 STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, under date of July 28, 1937; by the legisla-
tive 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 f or 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 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 El Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
The Northeast Quarter (RE-41) of Section
Thirteen (13), Township Three (3) South,
Range Fifteen (15) 'Nest, S. B. B. & Id. , in
the Dity of E1 Segundo, the center of
said derrick to be located approximately
eight hundred twenty six and four- tenths
(826.4) feet westerly along the north line
of said Section Thirteen (13) from the
northeast corner thereof, and thence two
hundred eighty and five- tenths (280.5) feet
south at right angles to said north line of
Section Thirteen (13 ), as shown on map
attached to application for permit,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA- REFINERY NO. 3 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City
of El Segundo, California; the full amount of any license
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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
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 drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of said
well for the use of said City in ascertaining the possibi-
lities for a municipal water supply within the district,
to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet, and there-
after 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;
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provided, however, that such streets shall be appro-
priately 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.
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 high-
ways 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 t he vicinity.
Tenth; Said licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California,
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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 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 licensee
shall also cooperate with the authorities of said City
of El Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons
damaging public property, when 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 author-
ized 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
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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 ac-
quiesce 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 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 with-
out 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
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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
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 E1
Segundo, California; as the case may be, as follows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee;
Standard Oil Company of California,
605 W. Tenth 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 fail-
ure 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-
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after, with full crews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this 29th day of July, A. L.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of time City
of E1 Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California.
, 1937.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Licensee
above named, does hereby consent to all of the conditions,
agreement s, terms and requirements set f orth 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, 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.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By
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And By:
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LI CENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
mayor oT the City of Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the y o
E1 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 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 Standard Oil Compass* of California, in the
form of acceptance hereinabove set forth and which con-
stitutes a part of the consideration f or 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.
Paseed, approved and adopted this 28th day of
July, A. D., 1937.
Z�L-RL o r
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo;
California.
(SEAL)
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STATE Or 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. 386, 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 28th day of July, A. D., 1937. and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Hesser.
( SEAL )
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