CC RESOLUTION 416RESOLUTION NO. 416.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO TIME PETROLEUM COMPANY A PERMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY
DhSIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "PALMER NO. 1 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by TIME PETROLEUM COMPANY for
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, regulations
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 Time Petroleum Company 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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THIS IS TO CERTIFY that TIi�
PETROLwM COMPANY,
the legislative body
of October 20� 1937, State of
date
under do, County of LOS Angeles,
of the City of El 9egun erect one derrick
was granted Permission to
for oil, gas and
Other
California,
of drilling and operate
for the Purpose and also to install
Hydrocarbon substances, Purpose
equipment therein f,07rdrthe drilling other ocarbon sub -
the necessary oil, gas or
of drilling a well for crate the necessary
Install stances, and also to and °p
crating the said well upon
and equipment for operating each and every
machinery d conditions,
the following express terms an promptly by
e observed and Performed
must b a licable) in order
one of which a become pp
the licensee (whenever the sin
to keep this permit in Bill
and continuing force and effect'
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
d its OPPurtenant structures
First. Said derrick e arty
shall be erected on t
following described real prop
ndo, County of Los Angeles
f El Sego
located in the City o
State of California, to -wit'
Block 123, in the City of
Lot 387, per map recorded in
undo, as P and 107 of Maps,
E1 Sag 106
Books 229 page ales County,
Los Ang to be located
Records i said derrick line of
117 feet east of the Center
117 feeStreet and 125 flat Avenue,
Indiana center line of Holly
Of the is hereby designated
and the said well shall be kno'pn and
as °PALMER NO. 1 to the
City of
Se` nd% Said licenseeshall Pay license
E1 $egundo, California, the full amount of any
reasonably required
fee which may now or hereafter be or regulations
ordinances or laws of said City ,
thereof, and whir
'h the h applies to or
of the legislative body
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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 high-
way, 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.
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;
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
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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 substance
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways
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 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
valid ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
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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 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
El Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons
damaging public property, upon delivering materials, equip-
ment, 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, t he 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: All of the terms and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of
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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 ac-
quiesces 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 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 legislative
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 mW
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, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of El 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: -
Time Petroleum Company,
820 Park Central Bldg.,
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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Twentieth: The derrick of the said well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in letters
not less than two inches in height, visible from two differ-
ent sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the
name of such well and the name of the permittee of such well.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of October, 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.
4 a
El Segundo, California.
October , 1937.
TIME PETROLEUM COMPANY, 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 considera-
tion passing to it, receipt of which is hereby expressly
acknowledged.
TIME PETROLEUM COMPANY
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the Citq of E1 Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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SECTION 3. Th
City Se
of E1 at the Building
gundo, California =nsPeetor of the
Ins
tructs
d to issue the said .9 is hereby authorized
an d
to to said licensee pelt hereinabov
hereby referred
y authorized and , and the City Clerk of said
to affix instructed City is
to attest the same end
the official seal of
receipt of said City thereto
a duplicate copy of , upon
duly executed °n the y T i said form of permit
writing b the part of said City and
me Petroleum accepted in
um Company in the form of
ance hereinabove set
forth accept_
of the consideration for and which constitutes a part
the issuance
SECTION 4. That of said permit.
to the passage the City Clerk shall certify
and adoption o
cause the original of the Of this resolution; shall
of reso same to be entered in the book
lutions of said Cit
y, and shall make a minute of
the passage and
adoption P thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the
City Council of said City in the
minutes of the meeting at
adopted. which the same is passed and
Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of
October, A. -,
• , 1937.
mayor of the Cit
CaliSegundo
fornia.,
(SEAL)
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