CC RESOLUTION 702RESOLUTION NO. 702
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, LTD., A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "ELSIE-
COMMUNITY #611.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
LTD., 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 Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.,
is hereby licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for
the purpose of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydro-
carbon 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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" P E R M I T
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that APEX PETROLEUM CORD
PORATION, LTD., under date of February 2, 1944 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 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 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 appli-
cable) 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 E1 Segundo, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
At a point 40 feet, more or less, East of the
Easterly line of Sierra Street, and 255
feet, more or less, North of the Northerly
line of Grand Avenue,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "ELSIE- COMMUNITY #611.
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
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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
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 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 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 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, resolutions and orders of the City of
E1 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 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. Saia 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, equip-
ment, 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
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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 re-
ferred 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 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 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
Long Beach, California, or E1 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 E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:-
Apex Petroleum Corporation, Ltd.,
1445 E. Hill Street,
Long Beach (6), 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., re-
quired 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 differ-
ent sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the
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name of such well and the name of the permittee of such
well.
Twenty- First: That the said licensee shall at
all times observe, abide by and conform to, each and all
of the rules, regulations, terms, conditions and orders
promulgated, established, prescribed or ordered by the
Petroleum Administrator of the United States of America
(or other Federal Board or officer having jurisdiction
with reference to petroleum subjects), and of the State
Oil and Gas Supervisor of the State of California (or
other State Board or officer having jurisdiction with
reference to petroleum subjects), and which in any manner
relate to or are concerned with the location, drilling
or operating of the well referred to in this permit, or
the treatment, handling or disposition of any product or
effluent therefrom.
Twenty- Second: That in the event the permittee
violates any of the terms or conditions of this permit,
then and in that event, and upon ten days notice to said
licensee, the City Council may revoke and annul this permit.
Twenty - Third: Any misrepresentation of fact
contained in the application for this permit, shall, on
ten days notice to licensee, be grounds for the revocation
thereof, and in case of revocation all rights of the per -
mittee herein named, or the successors or assigns of such
permittee, shall cease and terminate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this _ day of
1944, upon orders of the legislative body of said city,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST: Building Inspector of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
City Jerk
(SEAL) 8_
E1 Segundo, California
, 1944
APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 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.
APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, LTD.
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of t e y of Segun ,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
E1 Segundo, California. "
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SECTION 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 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, LTD., 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 same is passed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of
February, A. D., 1944.
Mayor of the CM of
California.
tBEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
1, 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.
702 , 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 2nd day of February, A. D.,
1944, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
(SEAL)
Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Selby and
Mayor Love ;
Councilmen Skelley ;
Councilmen None
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