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ORDINANCE 9982 �Gf• ORDINANCE NO. 99 AN ORDINANCE OF THEE CITY OF EL SEGUIZO, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING TIM DRILLING, MAINTE- HANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF OIL AND GAS WELIB THEREIN; DECLARING OIL AND GAS WELLS WITHIN CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITHIN SAID CITY TO BE NUISAN CES , AND MAKING IT UNTA rJFUL TO DRILL, MAINTAIN OR OPERATE OIL OR GAS WELLS WITHIN SUCH SPECIFIED DISTRICTS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES, FOR THE VIOTATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF. The Board of Trustees of the City of E1 Segundo, do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That the drilling, boring or otherwise sinking of an oil or gas well or oil or gas wells, or the maintenance, pumping or operation of ashy oil well or oil wells, or gas well or gas wells within any of the districts in the City of El Segundo, California, hereinafter described, is hereby declared to be a nuisance; is also hereby declared to be unlawful and is also hereby declared to be prohibited. SECTION 2. That the districts within the said City of E1 Segundo, California, hereinabove in Section 1 of this ordinance referred to, shall be known as residence districts, ani the same are hereby described ard the exterior boundaries thereof are hereby fixed aryl established as follows: Reservoir Residence Distriot No. 1 shall be knolm as arch ard shall include all of that portion of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, in- cluded within the follosdng described exterior boundary line: 1- is 78e 3 Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Lomita Street, 250.00 feet south of the southerly line of Grand Avenue as recorded in Map Book 22, pages 54 -55, El Segundo Sheet No. 7, on file in the office of County Re- corder, County of Los Angeles; thence N 890 - 591 -00" r9 from point of beginning a distance of 300.00 fe_�t to a point; thence due nort h a distance of 280.00 feet ; to a point; thence N 00- 071 -01" W a distance of 794.36 feet to a point; thence N 890 - 531 -4511 E to a point of intersection with the easterly line of Bungalow Drive; thence S 00- 071 -01" E along the easterly line of Bungalow Drive and the projection of said easterly line across Holly Avenue and the alley north of Grand Avenue to a point where said easterly line inter- sects the center line of Grand Avenue; thence south along the easterly line of Bungalow Drive a digtanee of 260.33--lest; to a point; tbenee N 890-591-00" W to the point of beginning. Reservoir Residence District No. 2 shall be known as such and s ha ll include all of that portion of the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of Califomia, in- cluded within the following described exterior boundary line: Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 3, Tract 1685, as per Map Book 21, page 98, on record in the office of County Recorder, County of Los Angeles; thence N 890- 571 -15" W a distance of 659.09 feet to a point; thence N 00- 001 -50" Z a distance of 350 feet; to 'a. point; 'theilbe'Z ' 890- 571 -15" R to a point of intersection with the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of Lot 6, Block 3, Tract 1686, recorded as aforesaid; thence southerly along the said easterly line of said lot and its prolongation thereof to the point of beginning. ' School Residence District No. 1 shall be known as such azA shall include all of that portion of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, included within the following described exterior boundary line: Beginning at the southwest comer of Lot 3, Tract 2620, Block 95, El Segundo Sheet No. 3, as par Map Book 25, Page 60, on record in the office of County Recorder, County of Los Angeles; thence east a distance of 890 feet to a point; thence south a distance of 983.29 feet to a point; thence west a distance of 1150 feet to a point; thence north a distance of 982.03 feet to a point; thence east to the point of beginning4 That it shall be unlawful f or avy pers an, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent or otherwise, to drill, bore or otherwise sink, dig or maintain, pump or operate, or eamse to be drilled, bored or otherwise sunk or dug or main- tained, pumped or operated,. or to aid in the drilling of, boring, or otherwise sinking of, digging of or maintaining, pumping or operating of, arW well or wel.la for the purpose of: discovering 2- i:, 784 or producing oil, gas or other hydro - oarbon substance or sub- stances in any of -the residence districts hereinabove in t Section 2 of this ordinance described. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent or otherwise, to dig, excavate, sink or maintain, or cause to be dug, sunk, excavated or maintained, or to aid in the digging, s inking , e=oavat ing or maintaining of any sump, or oil sump or sunup whole, in any of the residence districts hereinabove in Section 2 of this ordinance described, whether in connection with any oil or gas well or wells located without the boundaries of arty of said residence districts or otherwise. SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent or otherwise, to drill,, bore or otherwise sink or dig, arW oil or gas well, or oil or gas wells, or to commence, carry on or prosecute the erection of any derrick or derricks, or other structures for,. or for use in connection with, any such well or wells, in any portion of the City of El Segundo, California, outside of the residence districts hereinabove in Section 2 of this ordiname described, without a permit from the Board of Trustees of said City so to do, first had and obtained. application to drill, bore or otherwise sink or bore any such well or wells, and to erect and maintain the usual and necessary structures in con - neotion therewith, shall be merle to said Board in writing by the applicant for such permit, stating the name of applicant, the definite location of the proposed well and appurtenant C structures, the purpose for which the same is to be drilled, bored or otherwise sunk or dug, and a statement that if such permit is granted, said well will be drilled,, bored or other- wise sunk or dug . at the location shown in said application and that the permit for same contemplated hereunder, if granted by 1 785 said Board, may contain a provision as a condition thereof that said well will be located at the place so designated and. that otherwise said permit shall lapse and become sad remain void. Said application shall be accompanied by a fee of One Hundred Dollars (100.00) for each such well, to be paid to and retained by said City in the event that the said applica- tion be granted and permit issued. All permits issued hereunder shall be upon direction of said Board of Trustees issued by the City Clerk of said City, who shall attend to all details in connection with the presentation of such applications to the Board of Trustees, the collection of the fees herein prescribed and the delivery of such fees to the City Treasurer and the issuing of the permits granted by said Board. SECTION 4. Every person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent or otherwise, violating any of the provi- sions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not eat - oeeding Three Hundred Dollars (P00.00) or by imprisonment of not more than three months in either tha City jail of the City of E1 Segundo, California, or the county jail of Los Angeles County, California, as the committing magistrate may direct, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each and every calendar day during which any violation of this ordinance shall continue, shall be considered and deemed a new and separate offence. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and virtue thirty (30) days from and after the final passage and adoption thereof. SECTION 6, The City Clerk shall certify to the I passage and adoption of this ordimnee. and shall cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the said City of E1 Segundo, .s 4- and which is hereby designated for that purpose. Dated this 5th day of February, A. D. 1924. President o f the Board of Trustees of the City of El Segundo , Cali tbrnia. EST: City Cle rk (SEAL ) 5- 786 i 78'7 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 Board of Trustees of the said City is five; that the foregoing ar,dinanoe, being Ordinance No. 99 , was duly passed and adopted by the said Board of Trustees, approved and signed by the President of said Board, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regalar meeting of the said Board held on the 5th day of February, 1924, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: TRUSTEES Gerow, Rueger, Smiley and Binder. ; NOES : TRUSTEES None. ABSENT: TRUSTEES None. (SELL) City Cle.r$ of the City of E1 ,Segundo, California.