CC RESOLUTION 387RESOLUTION NO. 367.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY Of EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO ROYALTY SERVICE CORPORATION, LTD., A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY, DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "ROYALTY
SERVICE -EL SEGUNDO NO. 2 ',VE,LL ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by ROYALTY SERVICE CORPORATION,
LTD. , 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, regulations
and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NO'fd, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd.,
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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P E R M I T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that ROYALTY SERVICE COR-
PORATION, LTD., under date of July 28, 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 in-
stall and operate the necessary drilling equipment therein
for the purpose of drilling a well f or 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:
At a point 1140.6 feet North and 300 feet
Last from the South 1/4 Corner of Section
7, Township 3 South, Range 14 West, S.B.3.
S M., County of Los Angeles, State of
California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "ROYALTY SERVICE- EL SEGUNDO NO. 2 "BELL:'
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 f or, 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 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 mater-
ials 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 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 maybe 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 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 E1 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 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 condi-
tions of this permit are being observed and kept by
this licensee.
Thirteenth: All of the teens and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body
of said City, are required for the purpose of protecting
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the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said
City of E1 Segundo, and particularly that portion of the
Public residing in the vicinity of the proposed well
herein referred to, and the licensee ab(Tie 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
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 opera-
tive for any purpose unless and until such assignee shall
have filed its written acceptance of the terms and condi-
tions 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 El Segundo, California, pos-
tage 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 : -
Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd.,
707 Edwards & Wildey Building,
600 South Grand Avenue,
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 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 WIMREOF, this permit has been
issued to said licensee above named this 29th 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 Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California.
, 1937.
TBE ROYALTY SERVICE CORPORATION, MID., 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
performed, and does hereby positively state and declare
that this consent and agreemerb is supported by an ade-
quate and valuable consideration passing to it; receipt
of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
ROYALTY SERV I M CORPORATION, 12D.
By:
Its
Licensee
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of 1'! o,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to f orm.
City Attorney o e City of
El Segundo, Calif ornia. "
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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 Royalty Service Corporation, Ltd., in the form
of acceptance hereinabove set f orth 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 t o be entered in t he book
of resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceed-
ings 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 28th day of
July, A. D., 1937.
dyo"r x e ityof E1 Segundo,
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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 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. 387, 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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