CC RESOLUTION 4312NI
RESOLUTION NO. 431.
A RESOLUTION OP TRI' CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO STANIDARD
OIL COMPANY 07 CALIFORNIA A PTRMIT FOR TEAT
CERTAIN OIL +i-ELL Iid SAID CITY D-ISIGhATED Ai11)
KNO`JN AS "STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA -
REFINERY #8"
WiEREAS, application has been made to the City of
El Segundo, California, by STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
for a permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter referred to;
AND, UHER"AS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said ^ity is disposed to
grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, regulations
and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, TNEPAFORiE, the ^ity Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Standard 091 Company of Cali-
forma, 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 overate the necessary
machinery and equipment for operating, the said well.
SEC^1IOT1 2. That said license or permit shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions, requirements
and regulations set forth in the followin„ form of permit
issued to the said licensee. The said form of permit is
as follows:
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"PER M IT
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that STAIDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, under date of December 1, 1937, by the legis-
lative 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 dr.illin,_ for oil, gas and /or
other hydrocarbon substances, and also to install and
operate the necessary drillinL equipment therein for the
purpose of drilling a well for oil, ;as or other hydrocarbon
substances, and also to Install and operate the necessary
machinery and equipment for operating the said well upon the
followin,_ express terms and conditions, each and every one
of which must be observe! and performed promptly by the
licensee (whenever the sane become applicable) in order to
keep this permit in full and continuing force and effect.
Said terms and conditions are as oliows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant structures
shall be erected on the following described real property
located in the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, to -wit:
The Northeast quarter (N04) of Section
Thirteen (13), Township 3 South, Range
Fifteen 4est, S. '. B. & M., in the City
of El Segundo, the center of said derrick
to be located annroximately one thousand
five hundred seventy (1570) feet west along
the north line of said Section 13, from
the northeast corner thereof, and thence
seven hundred (700) feet south at right
angles to said north line of Section 13,
and the sail well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "STAYDAFD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA- REPIURY 118 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
31 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
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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
naid as lon as drilling operations, drillin, minim -,,
numpin�; or other operations in and about said derrick or
well continue, includinc the production therefrom of oil,
,;as or other hydrocarbon substances from a flowinr, well,
and as lone, as such derrick remains standing, a nd the same
shall be promptly paid as the same becomes due and payable
to sail City. No fee or license fee paid, or any part
thereof, shall be refundex.
Third: Said derrick and /or any appurtenant
structure shall not be erected nearer than ten feet to the
neare,-,t property line of any public street, avenue or hi-,h-
way, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any ex_istin, dwelling,
except upon the written permission of the owner of surh
dwelling duly signed and filed with the Building Inspector
of said 'it-.
Fourth: Licensee ac_rees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log, of said
well for the use o' said ^,'t in ascertainin„ the possibilities
for a municipal water supply within the district, to a depth
of not tc 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 wody of said ',ity, route all heavy materials
and heavy loads oP 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 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 plug „ed
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 t 1e of the
granti ig of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not will-
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, avenues or hiChways,
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, 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.
Plinth: 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 El 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 El 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 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 ascertaining %bather or not all of the
terms and conditions of this permit are being observed and
kept by said licensee.
Thirteenth: 911 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
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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-
quiesoes 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 El Segundo, California, first had and obtained. or ex-
cept 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 with-
out 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
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
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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,
El Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Standard Oil Company of California,
605 W. Tenth Street,
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 parmit 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 thereafter, with
full crews, until same is completed or finally abandoned.
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
different sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating
the name of such well and the name of the permittee of
such well.
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IN WITNESS EEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this 2nd day of December,
A. D., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEMI)
Bailding inspector of the City
of El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, Calif ornia.
Decerb er 2, 1937
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Licensee
above named, does hereby consent to all of the conditions,
agreements, terms and requirements set forth in the f ore -
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.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By:
Its
And By:
Its
LICENSEE.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
mayor Of the CitY M El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to f orm-
i y Attorney of the city Of
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 and
to affix the official seal of said City thereto, upon
reoeipt of a duplic-te copy of said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said City and accepted in writing
by Standard Oil Company of California, in the form of ac-
oeptance 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 meka 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 let day of
Deotmber, A. D., 1937.
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(SEAL)
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California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY CF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 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. 431, 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 let day
of }December, 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.
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