CC RESOLUTION 395RESOLUTION NO. 395
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO THE
APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, LTD., A PERMIT
FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED
AND KNOWN AS "APEX -ELSIE COMMUNITY NO. I ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, by APEX PETROLEUM 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.,
is hereby licensed and permitted 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.
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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"PERMIT
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that APEX PETROLEUM
CORPORATION, LTD., under date of August 25, 19370 by the
legislative body of the City of E1 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 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 ob-
served 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:
Lots 255 to 261 inclusive and Lot 237,
all in Block 123, El Segund ,), Sheet
No. 8, as per 14ap, the exact location
of said well and appurtenances to be
100 feet North of the center line of
Franklin Avenue and 150 feet West of
the center of Washington Street,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "APEX -ELSIE COMMUNITY NO. 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
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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 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 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 drill-
ing 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
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appropriately posted, at the expense of said City.
Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or
derricks used in connection with such well will be allow-
ed to remain upon the promises 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 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 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, innediately 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 X71 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall ixmme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of h1 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 damag-
ing 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 offi-
cers, the City Engineer of said City and /or his authorized
deputy, 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 ar_d his assistants, shall
have free and unmolested right to so enter u,)on the said
premises and into the said derrick and structures appurte-
nant thereto, for the purpose of ascertaining whet,io, or
not ell of '„pie terns and conditions of this permit are
being observed and kept by said licensee.
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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 L 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 m d 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 an d 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
Signal Hill, 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:
The City of El Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:-
Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.,
Post Office Box 650,
Signal Hill, 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.
Yineteenth: It is further agreed and made
a particular condition hereof that the said derrick will
be actually located and constructed, fully rigge -: 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
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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 day of August,
A. 0., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution o° said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST:
City Cler
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Building Inspector of the City
of El Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California.
, 1937.
APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATIO'�, LTJ., 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 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.
provisions.
APEX P ,TROIEUM CORPORATION, LTD.
By.
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
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City Attorney of the Citp of
El Segundo, California.
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 Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd., 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 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 25th day of
August, A. D., 1937.
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Mayes' t he ty of Segundo,
California.
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
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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. 395, 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
25th day of August, A. D., 1937, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent :Councilman Selby. /I
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City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, Californ ia.
(SEAL)
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