CC RESOLUTION 4573114; 1
RESOLUTION NO. 457.
A RESOLUTION OF TH CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION A PERMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL ',NET�L IN SAID CITY DESIG-
NATED AND _HO7JN AS SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION
ELSIE NO. 2.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION,
for a permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter 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;
Now, Therefore, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Sovereign Oil Corporation 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 equip-
meet 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 SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORA-
TION, under date of June 15, 1938, by the legislative 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 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 anon 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, to -wit:
139.25' Nest of Center line from Oregon
St. 155' North of Center line of El Segundo
Ave, located on Lot 15, Tract 2028, E1
Segundo, as recorded in PaI.B. 35, Pa,e 37,
Records of Los Angeles County, California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "SOVZRliIGU OIL CO'iPORe1TI01, uLSI - 1;0. 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
B1 Segundo, California, the full amount of amy license fee
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 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 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 highway, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any exist-
ing 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 mater-
ials and heavy loads of materials brought to or from said
well, over such streets as the said legislative body mag
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 high-
ways, 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.
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 E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
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Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
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 apprehen-
sion 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 author-
ized 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
public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said
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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 accept-
ing this permit and electing to operate under the same,
hereby acquiesces 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 opera-
tive 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 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.
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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 '_'1
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of "l 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 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 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
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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.
Twenty - First: Any misrepresentation of fact
contained in the application 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 WITNESS t1MRE011, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of June, A. D.,
1938, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of e City
of E1 Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California.
June , 1938
SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION, Licensee above naive d,
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 p rt 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.
SOVERliIGN OIL CORPOK.�'TI01:.
By-
Its
MI CENSEh
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
to form.
Ivia,yor of the City of:lSeguno.
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as
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City Atorney of y of'—'
E1 Segundo, California. "
SECTIO11 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of 71 degundo, California, i., 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 re-
ceipt of a duplicate copy of said fort„ of permit duly
executed on the part of said City nd accepted in writing
by 307' _1 I3N OIL 00::!0.3�TIO1,, in the fort., of acceptance
hereinabove _et forth and -ahich constitutes a part of the
consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SISCTIOL 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 same is ,assed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 1Fth day of
June, :,. D., 1958.
tu. y r of the `City of '3egundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY 01" LOS ANGST 'S, ) SS.
CITY Oil L S GUN'u0. )
1, Jictor D. !ocCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of 11 Segundo, California, do hereby certi y that the
;help number of ?= icmbers o� the City Council of the sciC
City is five; that the fore`oing resolution, being
Resolution '.,,o. 457, was duly p�ssed and ,,dopted by the
said city Council, approved and si ^ned by the I'ayor of
said City and attested by the City Clerk_ of said City,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the
15th day of rune, A. L., 1938, and that the same was so
passed and ado_ted by the follosain,, vote-
Ay--,3
: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and
I',ayor Binder;
N0'r:S- Coumcilmen Done
ABSu.1Y" : Councilmen Not
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