CC RESOLUTION 454RESOLUTION NO. 454
A HESOLUTION OF 'i'H., CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL iEGUNDO, CALIPO -iMA, GR3N'TING
TO APEX _3TROT6UY1 COPPWi TION, IW.U. , A
FLRMIT FOR THAT CE:R'2AIN OIL ,BELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED AND KNO`M AS "APEX ELSIE
NO. 3`I.
14HGREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by APEX PETROL "_.UTvi COHPOHATION,
LTD., for a permit for that certain oil well within said
City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, ,VIL^;RE.&S, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City is disposed to
grant ssme, subject to the terms and conditions, regula-
tions end requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THER,�203U, the City Council of the City of
"l Segundo, 'alifornia, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
S "sCTION 1. That Apex Petroleum Corporation, :,td.,
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 APEX PETROLEUM COR-
PORATION, IITD., 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 par, ose of drilling for oil, gas
or otl-;f�r 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 hydrocar-
bon 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 structures
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:
2E0' N. of C/1 of Grand Avenue, and
130' W: of C/L of Bungalow Avenue, on
Lot 15, Block 33, El Segundo Sheet 1�7,
Map Book 22, Pages 54 -55, Records of
Los Angeles County, California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "APEX ELSIE NO. 3 ".
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 fee
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
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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 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 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 loc&ted for 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 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 fur-
ther 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, 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, came 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 E1 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 end 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 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
said City, are required for the purpose of protecting the
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public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said City
of E1 Segundo, and particuD rly 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 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
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deposited in the United States post office at either bong
Beach, California, or El Segundo, California, postage pre-
paid, 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,
El Segundo, California:
and as to the licensee: -
Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.,
P. 0. Box 650,
Long Beach, 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.
F.Ighteenth: 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 fail-
ure 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 pith
necessary appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc.,
required to efficiently operate same, within sixty days
from date hereof and that said vaell 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: Phe 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 stat-
ing the name of such well and the name of the permittee of
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such well.
Twenty - First; Any misrepresentation of fact
contained in the a,plic Lion for this permit, shall be
grounds for the revocation thereof, and in case of revoca-
tion all rights of the permittee herein named, or the
successors or assigns of such permittee, shall cease and
terminate.
IN RITNESS WIFERBOY, this permit has been issued
to sai,'_ licenUee bove named this day of Ai)ril,
1936, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
A'TT'EST:
City ClerE
(SEAL)
nuilding Inspector of e ity
of El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California
April , 1938
APEX PETROLEUM COR?ORATIOIJ, LTD. , Licensee above
named, does hereby consent to all of the conditions, agree-
ments, 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.
AFE_�� CORtORLLIO��, :ilL.
BY
Its
LI Cr' lip: +L
The foregoing permit is a,) roved by me as to
provisions.
1,iayor the City of El Sermzdo,
California.
The f oregoing permit is approved by me as to f orm.
City Attorney of e City of
E1 Segundo, Dalifornia. "
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of :'1 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 APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 12D. , 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
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 some is passed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of
April, A. D., 1938.
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Mayor oX The City of &.1 Segunnd
Calif ornia.
ATT�ST
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
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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.
454, 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 20th day of April, A. D.,
1938, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
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i y Clerk o ty of 7-
El Segundo, California.
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