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A R7SOLUTION ClTT CTTY
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DRTLL Ii P7R1',17, IYIPMING cm,ITT7ToNs t D
RI ';0 .DS TO 57 7 1L77 R ECJIEIC
BY 711 PERMIT= ANT:: AUTHORIZIC AND EM-
PCTRIG T- CITY L7R TO ISF.0 7
DRTLLI7G 77REIT.
wH7REAs, th e Steel Petroleum. Company, a corPoration,
heretofore filed with the ity Flannin Comiliesion of the City of
Anaheim an applicatior for a specll use permit under Ordinance
No. 774, to drill upoi and conduct surface operations for the pro-
duction ef oil, pas and other hydro-car'bor, substances on certain
property situated. In the industrlal area. wthin the corporate
limits of the City of A.naheim, and
71HF0ITAS, said P]annin0 Commission 6ld fix the 4th day of
1epteber, 1951, for a. public hEarLnc, upon sale .pplicatlon, and
Faye notice thereof as required by law and. :A.ty Ordinance lo. 774;
that at 'r,h.e time ane. elace 21:xed for ead public hearin, such
public hearing v:ae (fuly held and conducted and evidence and re-
ports duly received the Flanninc Commission; 17.:1; after due con-
sideration saiS Plannin Commission acted upon said petition for
said special use pernilt, and recomended tht anolication
for s spec i.1 use Permit be denied, the reaso7, that the Com-
mission had. not bad te to determine. under That ccocutiorS it
should be granted, if :ranted at all, and
':A1-77R the applicant thereupoc filed. an. appeal to the
City Council of the City of Anaheim within.. twenty (20) jays from
the decision snd recommendation of the (It-J "rl-nning, Ccrmission
as iovided by the terms of said Ordinance fo 774; that the City
Council fixed the 9th Jay of October, 1951, et 8;00 clock
in the nit- Hall of the 0*t,-7 of Anaheim as the tine and place for
nearinE said Peal; hEd at tIl.e tine and elec fixed for the bear-
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ing thereon the Council did duly/hdld end conduct a public
hearin, at which time and place all persons interested therein.
en an opportunity either to oppose or recommen('.i the gr,ant-
rig of such application for s1c peciLJ use perplit; that at
tf)le arlu place the nty (,ouncil cdd t,,.ereupon. receive evidence
an,,L reports from all r irtereFtoL, in al r Lter -nc does
hereby fiuS thc eolloin facts:
1. That the Lranti' Of suc,a cermlt an', the drillin, for
or 2roducin or oli tbereuner '1J not create nisaice.
That the granting of such permit will not be detri-
mental to public health, safet y or welfare.
3. That the granting of uc permit and the 5ri1iin for
or production of oil tberaunUer in the location desi3nated will
not create a fire hazard or other hazard detrimental to the public
welfare.
4. That the grating ef such T.ermit will afford equal
protection to all property owners within the area affected by the
grantin of ouch permit.
5. That the :::rantInc2 of such permit will not deny to any
property owner the enloyment of a substantial property riht Erante
to other owners ip said vicinity affected by said permit.
6. Mat the of sur..h perit 11 conserve property
values and encourage the most appropriate use of land in the immed-
late vicinity and area affected by the rantln of said permit.
7. That the grantin of said permit will not he detri-
ental to the orderly development and expansion o the CAty of
Anaheim and t'ne direction of build development according to a
well ordered and zoned plan.
8. That tne i,aanti of said_ permit will not violate any
deed or tract re trictors relating to any tract or property
affected by said permit unless said bermit is consented to or said
restrictions waived in the manner specified in said deed or tract
restrictions or in the manner required by aw; brovi5.et.:7, boweYer,
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that in the event that any applicant for permit has inadvertently
obtained an oil and gas lease covering property containing such
3 restrictions, that such applicant shall be given a reasonable
4 opportunity to obtain a waiver of such restrictions or may be
5 permitted to quitclaim such property
61 9* That the granting of said permits will not be in viola-
tion of any State law, regulation, court decision nor any City
8 Ordinance.
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10 WT-F,REAS, the City Council finds the special use permit
114 should be issuea to said Steele Petroleum Company authorizing it
12 to drill and prospect for oil, gas and other hydro-carbon substancet
131 by normal and/or directional drilling from and to conduct surface
14 operations upon the hereinafter described real property situated
15 in the industrial area of the City of Anaheim, County of Orange,
State of California, and
171 WHEREAS, the City Council does find that such permit, when
18 issued, should contain the conditions, restrictions and regulations
19 1 relative to oil well drilling and surface operations hereinafter
20 more particularly set forth, and that the City Clerk of the City
21 of Anaheim should be authorized to issue such special use permit.
22 NOW, THER7FORF, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
23 City of Anaheim that the appeal of the Steele Petroleum Company
24, from the decision and recomriendation of the City Planning Commission
25 of the City of Anaheim be, ano the same is hereby, sustained and
26 that their application for a special use permit to drill an oil
27 well and conduct surface operations,' for the exploration and the
28 production of oil, gas and other hydro-carbon substances upon and
29 from other lands by wells drilled upon the following described real
30 property and premises situated within the City of Anaheim, County
31 of Orange, State of California, to-wit:
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PARCEL 1.
A pc'rtion of the West One-half of the Southeast C:ual of
Section 3, Township Four (4) South, RanLe Ten (10) West, S.E.B.&11.
and more particularly described as follows:
Be0.nning at a point on the east line of North Olive Street
whle roint is 30 feet East of the monumented center line of said
ITorth Olive Street and 746.23 feet south, measured elon eaid East
line, fro the monumented center line of Commercial Street; thence
East 784.83 feet to a point on the East line of said West
SE4 of said Section 3, which line is also the present East City
Limit line of the City of knaheim; thence South.. 0°-05t-East alons.
said City Limit Line 375.38 feet to a point of intersection with
the North line of Julianna Street; thenne West along said North lin
of Julianne Street a distanoe of 4SE--i.7 feet, more or less, to a
point 325.13 feet east of the monumented center line of 1orth Olive
Street; thence North1:7ardly25E.12 feet along line parallel to sai
monumented center line of North Olive Sire thence ITest 285.1
feet s1orL E line parallel to the North line of said Julianna Str
to nt on the East line of sc..id 17b2th Olive Street; thenno
northwardly alon said Last line of NartL. Olive Street distance
of 30.52 feet to the t)oint of beinning, containih,7 an area. of 4,
acres, hore cr 7ess.
PAR%L 2.
Lots 23 and 24, GzessI::ell Subdivisiot as shown on a map
thereof recorded in 7ook 5, Pae
of OranF;e County, containinE; an area of 0.31 acres, more or less.
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Pk"IrL 3.
A tact of lanCL in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange,
State of Csaiforria, heir s iportion of the SE:a- of the SW-- of
Section 5, Torn 4 South, Range 10 West S.7. M., and more
riarticflaary described es follows:
7:eginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 24, &resswell Sub-
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5 113.25 feet to a point; thence West 242.40 feet to a point; thence j
6 N-23°-45'-E a distance of 10.93 feet to a point; thence Y-22°-46
7 -E 54.23 feet to a point; thence West 7.32 feet to a point; thence
8 N-0 a distance of 167.34 feet to a point; thence West a dis-
tance of 66.57 feet to a point; thence N-0°-02'-W a distance of
10 12.0 feet to a point; thence West 52.48 feet to a point; thence
11 S-0°-02 a distance of 502.51 feet to a point; thence Fast 30
12 feet to a point on the Westerly line of Kemp Street; thence north-
13 wardly along the Westerly line of said hemp Street a distance of
14 150.0 feet to a point; thence Fast 30 feet to the Northwest corner
15 of Lot 23 of said Gresswell Subdivision; thence continuing East
16 along the North line of Lots 23 and 24 of said Gresswell Subdivisio
17 a distance of 283.28 feet to the point of beginning, containing an
18 arekof 1.62 acres, more or less,
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division, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book 6, Page 47,
Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County, California, said
Northeast corner also being on the West line of Patt Street; thenceI
N-0°-02'-W along the West line of said Patt Street a distance of
be, and the same is hereby, granted.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said permit be issued
21 upon and contain the following express terms and conditions:
22 1. That such permittee shall at the time of receiving
23 this permit, execute an offer in writin giving to each record
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owner of property within the area from which oil, gas or other
25 hydro-carbon substances can be reasonably recovered or produced
26 from the drilling site for which this permit 13 issued, toe right
27 to share in the proceeds of production from any well or wells bot-
28 tamed in said area upon the same basis as the property owners who
29 have by lease or other legal consent, agreed to the drilling for
30 and production of oil from the subsurface of said area. Such offer
31 I shall remain open for acceptance for a period of at least one year
32 after the date of production or until such property owner or ownerS
earlier shall have released or waived all claim thereto in waiting
1 OT by asin such property to a cerson, firm OT
2 1 than the Steel Petroleum OCc.:Coy, wbich lease shall remain 1.n force
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oomnar during the tie said offer is in effect
said permittee or its sueceesors in interest shall impound all roy—
or any of them may be enit1ed on a pro
of any such owners property bears to the
the lease offered as aforementioned, which
6 eities to which said owner
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made in a bank or trast company in the State of
California with proper provisions for payment thereof to said record
owners of property in the area who have not signed the lease at the 1
becomes effective but who accept such offer in
and consent to the production of oil
sharing of royalties on the same terme
conditions as the owners of other property in the said area.
12 Itime this permit
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23 3. All drilling operations shall be conducted by electric
in any bank or trust company at the
time said offer expires, which are not due or payable as herein
provided, shall be paid in such pro rata shares to those owners
who, at the time of exniration, are otherwise entitled to share in
proceeds of such production.
Drilling operations shall be commenced on said drilling
power or by internal combustion motors or steam driven eauinrnent.
25 ;If internal combustion methods or steam driven eouipment are used,
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27 Hm.inimi, shall be installed upon such motors or equipment and also
28 1 upon mud Dump motors. Proven technological improvements and pro-
29 clueing and drilling methods shall be adopted from time to time as
30 they become available, if capable of reducing noise and vibration.
31 4. Pumping and producing operations shall at all times be
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Drilhin operations shall be carried on or conducted in
4 connection with only one well at a time by any one permittee on any
5 1 Controlled Drillin Site and such well shall be brought in or aban-
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the Oty Council mEy permit the of more than one well on
9 such Controlled Drilling Site et any time after a discovery well
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11 6. All oil Orillin7 production operations shall be conducted
12 in such a manner as to eliminate, as far as practicable, dust,
13 noise, vibration or noxious odors, and shall be in accordance with
14 ;7ood erwineering practice incident to dri11in for and the produc-
15 1 Lion of oil, as and other hydro-carbon substances.
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All parts of the derrick above the derrick floor shall be
17 enolosecl with fire reFistant, souncl.proofinz material, except for
18 first well, approved by the Chief of the Fire Department.
19 8. Heavy truckThg ef materirls, ecuipment, or pine used
20 either for drilling or oroduction operations shall be conducted to
21 or from the Controlled rillin Site only between the hours of 6:00
22 o'clock A.M., and 8:00 olciock. P.11. on any day except in case of
23 1 emergency incident to unforeseen clrillinJg or produci% operations.
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veuThti of the Cit7 Phall be Inantained on tlie site at all
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30 o1et e1 unT said wel1 placed on production OT abandoned, the
31 derrib anJ L other drillin eaut ment sha be entirely removed
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9. Yo earthen sumt)ts shaTi he used eyretA as Council may
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Tire 'PLEhtin ecuipment as recuired by applicable fire
L. Within 30 f,..ay s. after the dri?TLin6 of each well. has been
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3 satisfactory corporate surety bond in favor of the city, in the sum
4 of Two Thousand Dollars (2,000.00) per well or Ten Thousand Dollars
5 (10,000.00) for five (5) or more wells, conditioned upon the cam-
6 pliance the applicant with each. and all of the provisions and
7 conditions set forth in this resolution and such additional condi-
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9 the granting of said permit to be reasonably necessary to be imposed
10 1 to carry out the purposes and Provisions of this Resolution.
11 12. No oil, gas or other hydro-carbon substances may be
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be used in a reasonable time for the drilling of another well in
the same Site. The applicant shall post with the City Council a
tions and limitations determined by the City Council at the time of
produced from any well hereby permitted unless all equipment neces-
13 sarj for such production is reasonably screened from view or in-
14 stalled below ground level and maintained in accordance with
15 applicable fire regulations.
16 13. No production talks and no tanks or other facilities
17 for the storage of mud, water or oil shall be erected or maintained
18 on the Site, which extend above the ground level to a heing,ht of
19 more than 18 feet.
20 14. No refinery or other processing plant of any kind
21 shall be constructed, established or maintained on the Site at any
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23 15. No sign shall be constructed, erected, maintained or
24 placed on the Site or any part thereof, except those reouired or
25 permitted by law, permit or Ordinance, to be displayed in connect-
2 6 ion with the drilling or oiaintciance of the well.
27 16. Suitable and adequate sanitary toilet and washing
28 facilities shall be installed on the Site and maintained in a clean
29 and sanitary condition at all times.
30 17. Each Permittee and its agents, successors and assigns
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32 hereunder, must at all times be insured to a limit of not less than
500,000.00 against liability in tort arising from drilling, pro-
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2 from any Controlled Drilling Site. The policy of insurance s
3 be writtel by an insurer or insurers satisfactory to the City and
4 the form of the policy shall be subject to the approval of the City
5 Attorney. A duplicate policy or policies shall be filed with the
6 City Clerk. Each such olicy shall be conditioned or endorsed so
7 as to cover all agents, lessees, or representatives of the owner,
8 I lessee or permittee who may actually conduct drLllin&, production
9 or incidental operations permitted hereunder.
10 j 18. The performance of any act required. to be performed
11 within a specified period of time shall be suspended during the
12 time that the Permittee is prevented from performing by the ele-
13 ments, accidents, strikes, lockouts, riots, delays in transportation,
14 interference by municipal, state, or federal action, or the action
151 of other governmental officials or bodies, or any other cause or
16 causes beyond the reasonable control of the Permittee, whether such
17: causes are similar or dissimilar to the causes specifically men-
181 tioned, or so long as the price of oil of the quality produced from
191 any well shall be less than .,75;i per barrel at the well.
20 AN BE T ThRT TR R that in the event that oil,
21 gas and other hydro-carbon substances are not discovered and all
22 drilling is abandoned that the Permittee shall quitclaim all prop-
23 erty held under lease which may be explored, prospected, or from
24 1 oil, gas or other hydro-carbon substances may be produced
25 from the drill site designated in said permit.
26 ANT) BF _m FMTHoR R7SOLVP that the City Council does
27 hereby reserve the right to cancel, suspend or revoke said permit
28 for good cause or for a violation of any of the terms or conditions
29 of said permit or for violation of any agreements made and entered
30 into by the Permittee with tie City, and after fifteen (15) days
31 written nJt77,.c;e to Fe=ittee srecifying the cause for which the City
32 intends to cancel, suspend or revoke said permit and notifying said
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3 and the City within a reasonable tine, not exceeding thirty days.
4 AND BE IT FURTHER REnOLVFD that the Permittee shall be
5 required. to file with the City a complete list of all persons who
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7 TH7 FOREGOING RESOLUTION is signed and approved by me
8 this „So day of December, 1951.
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11 MAYOR fl F r1114.7 CITY OF ANAHEIM
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Permittee to remove such cause or comply with the terms and condi-
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STATF OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY 07 ORANGE ss
CITY OF ANAHFIM
1, CHARLES E. GRT City Clerk of the city of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoin Revolution was passed and
adoote,, at a reE meeting of the City Council of the 0iti of
Anaheim held on the 18th day oP 7 )ecember, 1951, by the following
vote of the members thereof:
Av7S: C0miCILY Pearson, Wisser, Heying, Boney and Van Wagoner.
NoS: CflU=LM77: N
ABSEET: 90UP2ILFT None.
AND 1 F TTRTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
signed and approved said Leoo1ution on the .020 day of Dec:ember,
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CITY =Talc. 05 TH7 CTTY 05 ANAHFIM;