CC RESOLUTION 392RESOLUTION NO. 392
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRAND ING
TO THE OHIO OIL COMPANY A PERMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY
DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "GOUGH iRELL N0.8 ".
1dHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo; California, by THE OHIO OIL COMPANY, for
a permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter referred to;
AND, WE&REAS, 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;
NOW, TiTLREFORE, the City Council of the City
of El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and
determine as follows:
SECTION 1. That The Ohio Oil Company is here-
by 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, require-
ments 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 THE OHIO OIL COMPANY,
an Ohio Corporation, under date of August 18, 1937, by
the legislative body of the City of E1 Segundo, County
of Los Angeles, State of California, was granted per-
mission 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 equip-
ment 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 31 Segundo, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
2311.78 feet from the South line and
2445.63 feet from the west line of
Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 14
west, S. ?. .'3. &. M., City of El Segundo,
County of Los Angeles, State of
California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "GOUGH ' jELL NO. 811.
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City
of F1 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
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of the legislative body thereof, and which applies to
or has reference to any such derrick or well, and which
said license fees, 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
structures 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 q,scertaining 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 said City.
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Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or der-
ricks 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
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, ave-
r_ues or highways of the said City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, 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,
relating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all
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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 i�l Segundo, California, any and all damages
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
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.
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Thirteenth: All of the terms and c orrlit ions
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 E1 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 ac-
cepting 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 ob-
tained; 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
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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 El
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:
The Ohio Oil Company,
12E0 Subway Terminal 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 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
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same will be diligently and continuously operated there-
after with full crews, until same is completed or finally
abandoned.
III JITIESS 'IM OF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this d'y of August,
<.. D., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution oT said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST:
icy ].er
( SEAL)
Building Inspector of e
City of El Segundo, California.
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:�s1 - egundo, California.
, 1937.
TIE, OHIO OIL COb9PAi!Y, Licensee above named,
does hereby consent to all of the conditions, agreements,
terms and reauirements set forth in the foregoing permit,
does hereby agree to same and does hereby further promise
and agree to observe and abide by the stone 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.
TIE OHIO OIL COMPAIN
By:
i'U s
And By:
Its
LI CLMEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
f orm.
ayor of e City of El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
City Attorney of the City of
El Segundo, California. It
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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 paimit 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 Ohio Oil Company, in the form of accept-
ance 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
adopt ed.
Passed, approved and adopted this 18th day
of August, A. D., 1937.
ATT/tST:
0i�y er
(SEAT, )
did
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mayor or tHe My 7E`1 Segundo,
Calif orni a.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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COUNCY OF LOS ANGEU -S, ) 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. 392, 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 16th day of August, A. ji., 1937, and that
the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen Love and Selby.
(SEAL)
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ZITy —Ul r he of
E1 Segundo, California. f
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