CC RESOLUTION 484;i`� _
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RESOLUTION N0. 484
A RESOLUTION OF TIC CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALI1'OI2T7IA, GRASTTING TO K. SIP4S
A Pr-d?MTIT FOR 'TjD,T C72TAIN OIL .1ELL IN SAID CITY
DESIGIATED AND Y,NOdiN AS "COPINGER- SIT.95 NO. 1 ".
,iHEfdEAS, application has been made to the City of
El Segundo, California, by K. SITvB , for a permit for that certain
oil well within said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, ,iHER-111S, after consideration of the said appli-
cation, the City Council of said City is diSDosed to ,„rant same,
subject to the terms and conditions, re_- -ulations and requirements
hereinafter set forth;
NW, TIIF.R.-ORE, the City Council of the City of El
5 egundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine as
follows:
SF.CTIUN 1. That K. SITIS is hereby licensed and per-
mitted to use one certain steel derrick already erected, for
the purpose of drillinc- for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon
substances, and also to install and operate the necessary drill -
inl ecuipment therein for the purpose of drilling, a well for oil,
cps or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to install and
operate the necessary machinery and eq ipment for oneratinc the
said well.
SECTION 2. That said license or permit shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions, re,,uirements and
regulations set fo --th in the followinc form of permit issued
to the said licensee. The said form of permit is as follows:
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"THIS IS TO CFRTIFY that K. SITTS, under date of
December 13, 1939, by the legislative body of the City of
F1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, was
granted permission to use one certain steel derrick already
erected for the purpose of drilling for oil, ?as - ind /or
other hydrocarbon substances, and also to install and operate
the necessary drilling equipment therein for the purpose of
drillin; said well for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances,
and also to install and operate the necessary machinery and
e-uipment for o_)eratin�* the said well upon the following
eypress terms and conditions, each and every one of which
must be observed and performed promptly by the licensee
(%ihenever the same beeo "ie applicable) in order to keep this
permit in full and continuin, force and effect.
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant structures
are erected on the followin.; described real property located
in the City of 71 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of
California, to -wit:
Lots 235 , 236, 203, 204, Block 123, City of
El Segundo, Los Angeles County, State of
California, as per 7,Iap ,Book 22, Pages 106 -107
of i,:aps, Los Angeles County, on file in the
office of the County Recorder of said County,
and the said well shall be knovm and is hereby designated as
"COPIDJG71.R -SIJ S 'TO. 1" 'dell.
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
le-islative body thereof, and which applies to or has re-
ference to any such derrick or well, and which said license
fee, if and when provided for, must continue to be paid as
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long as drillinm operations, drilline, 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 re-
funded.
Third: Said derrick and/or any appurtenant struc-
ture shall not be erected or maintained 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 possibili-
ties for a municipal water supply within the district, to a
depth of not to exceed one thousand feet, and thereafter said
licensee shall, if renuested, notify said City of any water
strata encountered and recorded by him, and the depth thereof.
i+ifth: The said licensee shall, on request of the
legislative body of said City, route all heavy materials and
herivy loads of materials brought to or from said well, over
such streets as the said legislative body may direct; prov-
ided, 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
upon the premises where same is located for a longer period
than ninety days after such abandonment.
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Seventh: That upon abandonment of any well
drilled under this permit, the same shall be filled or
plugF -ed according to good mining practice, the derrick
removed and the premises cleaned up and restored as nearly
es possible to their condition as they existed at the time
of the granting of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not willfully
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.
Plinth: The licensee does hereby further agree to
erect at his 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, relat-
ing 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.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
at his 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
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street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place within the said
City which may be occasioned by him or by any of his 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
?pprehension 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 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 recuired for the purpose of protectinm the public peace,
health, safety and welfare of the said City of El Segundo,
and particularly that portion of the public residin -; in the
vicinit 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, and further
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agrees to each, all and every one of the terms and condi-
tions 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 oT ,)erative for any purpose
unless and until such assignee shall have filed its written
acceptance of the terms and conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: Nothing in this permit contained shall
be construed as limitinr 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.
Sixteenth: Any notice to be given under the pro-
visions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if deposited
in the United States post office at either Los 9n ,-eles,
California, or El Segundo, California, postage prepaid,
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:
Mr. K. Sims,
Care 1134 Board of Trade 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.
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Seventeenth: The City Council reserves the right
u:on 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.
Eighteenth: It is further agreed and made a par-
titular condition hereof that the said derrick will be fully
rig ^ed 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.
Nineteenth: 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.
Twentieth: Any misrepresentation of fact contained
in the application for this permit, shall 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 �iITNr.SS '.iHEREOF, this permit has been issued to
said licensee above named this 14th day of December, A. D., 1939,
upon orders of the legislative body of said City, expressed by
resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
AT'T -P ,T:
City Clerk
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Bu Ifnspector of the City
of El Segundo, California.
F.1 Segundo, California
December 14, 1939
K. Sims, Licensee above named, does hereby consent
to all of the conditions, agreements, terms and renuirements
set forth in the foregoing permit, does hereby gree to same
and does hereby further promise and agree to observe and
abide by the same and each and all of them on his 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 him, receipt
of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
LIC FNSF.E
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
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ayor of the City of
El Segundo, California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City
of El Segundo, California. "
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S-jDCTIL,N 3• That the Building Inspector of the
City of E1 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 affic the official seal of said City thereto, upon re-
ceipt of a duplicate copy of said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said City and accepted in writing
by K. SDJS, in the form of acceptance hereinabove set forth
r,,nd 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 re-
solutions of said City, and shall make a minute of the
pass =ge and adoption thereof in the records of the procoed-
ings 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 13th day of
December, A. D., 1939.
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
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S'1 W7 OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
CITY OF EL SEMENDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
Cit is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 454, was duly passed and adorned by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the : °ayor of
said City and attested by the City Clark of said City,
all at P regular meeting of the said Council held on
the 13th day of December, A. D., 1939, and that the same
was so passed and adoyted by the foilov�ing vote:
AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Selby and TIayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSFSST: Councilman Love. or
Cit k of th vCity of
71 Segundo, Cali ornia
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