CC RESOLUTION 408RESOLUTION NO. 408
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
GRANTING TO WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY, INC.,
A PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING OF THAT CERTAIN
WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS
"WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY, INC., ELSIE NO. 9 -2*
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY, INC., far
a permit for that certain oil well within said City, here-
inafter 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;
80;4, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Wilshire Oil Company, Inc.,
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 drill-
ing equipment therein for the purpose of drilling a well for
oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to in-
stall 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 WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY,
INC., under date of September 22nd, 1957, 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 axed /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 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 strac-
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:
258 feet from the North of the center line
of Grand Avenue and 275 feet East of the
center line of Oregon Street, being a portion
of lot 159, Block 123, map recorded in Book
No. 22, pages 106 and 107,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated as
"WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY, INC., ELSIE N0. 9 -2".
Second: Said licensee shalt pay to the City of
El Segundo, California, the full amount of ary license fee
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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 re-
ferenos 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 there-
of, 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
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.
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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.
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 wilt-
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, avenaea or high-
ways, of the said City of Sl 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 de-
mand therefor, the full amount of any and all damage which
may be occasioned to any of such streets, lanes, ways, ave-
nues or highways, by reason of a violation of the provisions
of this section whether such violation was willful, negligent
or otherwise.
xinth: The licensee does hereby further agree
to erect at its own cost and expense such embankments,
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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
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 o onpletely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of 11 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 therefor m. Said licensee
shall also co- operate with the authorities of said City of
El Segundo, in the ep prehension 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
officers, the City Engineer of said City and /or his
authorised 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
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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 said
licensee.
Thirteenth: 1111 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 re-
ferred to, and the licensee above named by accepting this
permit and electing to operate under the same, hereby ao-
quieeces 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 B1 Segundo, California, first had and obtain-
ed; 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.
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Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes au-
tomatically 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.
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 Vernon,
California, or El Segundo, California, postage prepaid,
addressed to the licensee or the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, as the case may bet as follows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
21 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Wilshire Oil Company, Inc.,
2455 Bast 27th Street,
Vernon, 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 anp liability therefor on the part of said City,
or any of its officers or agents.
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Nineteenth: It is further agreed and made a
particular condition hereof that the said derrick will
be actuhlly 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 thereafter, with
full crews, until same is completely or finally abandoned.
Twentieth: The derrick of the said well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in
letters not less than six inches in height, visible from
two different sides of such derrick, appropriate signs
stating the name of such well and the name of the permittee
of such well.
IN WITNESS WH:-3RECF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this ESrd day of September,
1.D., 1437, 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 El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California,
September E3, 1937
WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY, INC., 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.
provisions.
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WILSHIRI� OIL COMPANY, INC.,
LIC"EM3ES
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
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The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
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El 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 a i
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 Wilshire Oil Company, Inc., 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
osuse 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 22nd day of
September. A.D., 1937.
YayZirof e y of B1 Segunicb
Cali fo rn ia,
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFO'_mA, )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of 31 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. 408, 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 82nd day of September, A.D., 1937p and that the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayrz: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder.
N033: Councilmen None.
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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