CC RESOLUTION 451RESOLUTION NO. 451
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO SOVr:R✓IGN 01;, CORPORATION A PERMIT ?'OR
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WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by SOVEREIGN OIL CORP0-,3ATION,
for a permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter referred to;
AND, 7EREAS, 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, TIERFFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Sovereign Oil Corporation is
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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 pur pose of drillinv 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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'"P E R M I T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORA-
TION, under date of April 20, 1938, 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 neeess ry 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 El Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, t o -wit :
1011 North of Franklin Avenue and 101'
West of Center Street, on Lot 13, Block
32, E1 Segundo,Sheet #1, M.B. 18, Page
69 of Daps, Records of Los Angeles County,
California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "SOVEREIGN OIL CORP. COMIUNITY #211.
Said well must be located at the place above
designated. Otherwise this permit shall lapse and be
and remain null and void.
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, the full amount of any license Pee
which may now or hereafter be reasonably required under
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the ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations of
the legislative bodythereof, 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.
Thirdt Said derrick and /or any appurtenant struc-
ture 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 t he 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 possi-
bilities for a municipal water supply within the district,
to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet, and t here-
after 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.
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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 drill-
ed 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 substances
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 demaril 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 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 maybe 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,
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 struc-
tures appurtenant thereto, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not all of the terms and conditions 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 referred
to, and the licensee above named by accepting this permit
and electing to operate under the same, hereby acquiesces
in the findings of the said legislative body in such regard,
end 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 acceptaaoe 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.
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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 E1 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 E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
El Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Sovereign Oil Corporation,
412 W. 6th 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 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 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
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sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the
name of such well and the name of the permittee of such well.
Twenty - First: Any misrepresentation of fact con-
tained in the application for this permit, skull be grounds
for the revocation thereof, and in case of revocation all
rights of the permittee herein named, or the successors
or assigns of such permittee, shall cease and terminate.
IN NITNEJS 71 Rt-OF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of April, A. D.,
1938, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
(ATTEBT:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Builling Inspector of e City
of El Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, Calif ornia
April , 1938
SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION, 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 con-
sideration passing to it, receipt of which is hereby
expressly acknowledged.
SOVERhIGN OIL CORPORATION
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LICENSEE
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The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
eyor obi e SeRmo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of e City of
E1 Segundo, California. "
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SECTIO% 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
receipt of a duplicate copy of said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said City and accepted in writing
by SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION, in the form of acceptance
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 p assaae 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 20th day of
April, A. D., 1938.
ayor of e y of El Segundo,
Calif ornia.
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, j SS.
CITY CF EL SEGUNDO.
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I, Victor D. ldcCarthy, 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. 451, was duly passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of
said City and attestad by the City Clerk of said City,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on
the 20th day of April, A. D., 1938, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the f ollowing vote:
AY'S: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, .:elby and Layor Binder:
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
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E1 Segundo, California.
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