CC RESOLUTION 680RESOLUTION NO. 680
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS STANDARD OIL
COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA GOUGH NO. 15.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, 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, regulations
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 the Standard Oil Company of Cali-
fornia, 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.
as follows:
The said form of permit is
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"P E R M I T
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that STANDARD OIL COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA, under date of September 15, 1943, 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 hydro-
carbon 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:
Three Hundred (300) feet west and three
hundred (300) feet south from the center
of Section Seven (7), Township Three(3)
South, Range Fourteen (14) West, S.B.B. &M.,
in the City of El Segundo,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA GOUGH NO. 15 ".
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 re-
ference to any such derrick or well, and which said license
fee, if and when provided for, must continue to be paid aslong as
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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, as 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:
under this permit,
ing to good mining
premises cleaned u
their condition as
of this permit.
Eighth:
That upon abandonment of any well drilled
the same shall be filled or plugged accord -
practice, the derrick removed and the
and restored as nearly as possible to
they existed at the time of the granting
That the said licensee shall not willfully
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 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, 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.
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
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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 appre-
hension 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 required for the purpose of protecting the public peace,
health, safety and welfare of the said City of E1 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
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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 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 whion 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 de-
posited 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 E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
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and as to the licensee:
Standard 011 Company of California,
605 West Olympic Boulevard,
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
sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the name
of such well and the name of the permittee of such well.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been Issued to
said licensee above named this 16th day of September, A.U.,
1943, upon orders of the legislative body of said city,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
City Clerk e
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El Segundo, California.
September _, 1943
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, 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.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By:
Its
Licensee
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
form.
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
City Attorney of the City of
E1 Segundo, California. 8
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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 receipt
of a duplicate copy of said form of permit duly executed
on the part of said city and accepted in writing by Standard
011 Company of California, in the form of acceptance herein -
above 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 same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of
September, A. D., 1943.
Mayor of City of E1 Se undo,
Cal fornia.
AT�EST:
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City C er
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF 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.
680, 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 15th day of September, A. D.,
1943, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby, Skelley and
Mayor Love;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
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