Chapter 12.64 — RESTRICTED AREA INITIATIVE ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENTS

An ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install any derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain, pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528, and providing penalties for the violation of this ordinance.

The people of the City of Long Beach do ordain as follows:

Section 1—It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well not actually being drilled or existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, within that portion of the City of Long Beach described as follows:

 Beginning at the intersection of the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean with the westerly boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence northerly along said westerly boundary line of the City of Long Beach and following its various courses to its intersection with a former northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach as said boundary line existed prior to the annexation election of December 28th, 1923; thence northeasterly along said former northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the southerly line of Willow Street; thence easterly along said southerly line of Willow Street to a line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue, said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue being also a boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence south along said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue to the northeasterly line of the private right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway Company; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly line of said private right-of-way and across all intersecting streets and alleys to its intersection with the easterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach at the Orange County line; thence southerly along said boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the line or ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean; and thence westerly along said line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean to the point of beginning, or to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed, any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well not actually being drilled or existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, within five hundred feet (500') of any real property used for public school purposes or any building used for hospital purposes at any place within the City of Long Beach.

Section 2—Every person, firm, association or corporation, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, firm, association or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted.

Section 3—Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528 are hereby repealed.

Note—The above Initiative Ordinance was passed by the electors of the City at a Special Municipal Election held on the ninth day of March, 1927, in accordance with Ordinance No. C-615 calling said election.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Prior code § 3300.3)

An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled, an ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install, any derrick, machinery, or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528, and providing penalties for the violation of this ordinance, so as to permit the drilling of not more than one such well to an acre in a certain portion of the property described in said ordinance.

The People of the City of Long Beach do ordain as follows:

Section 1—It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well not actually being drilled or existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, within that portion of the City of Long Beach described as follows:

 Beginning at the intersection of the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean with the westerly boundary line of the City of Long Beach and following its various courses to its intersection with a formerly northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach as said boundary line existed prior to the annexation election of December 28th, 1923; thence northeasterly along said former northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the southerly line of Willow Street thence easterly along said former northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the southerly line of Willow Street; thence easterly along said southerly line of Willow Street to a line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue, said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue being also a boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence south along said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue to the northeasterly line of the private right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway Company; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly line of said private right-of-way and across all intersecting streets and alleys to its intersection with the easterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach at the Orange County line; thence southerly along said boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean and thence westerly along said line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean to the point of beginning, except not more than one (1) well on any acre in that portion of the said defined area lying west of the west line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District right-of-way; or to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed, any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well not actually being drilled or existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, within five hundred feet (500') of any real property used for public school purposes or any building used for hospital purposes at any place within the City of Long Beach.

Section 2—Every person, firm, association or corporation, whether as principal agent, servant, employee or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such person, firm, association or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during

any portion of which the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted.

Section 3—Ordinance Numbers C-282 and C-528 are hereby repealed.

Note—The above Initiative Ordinance was passed by the electors at a Special Municipal Election held on the 15th day of June, 1937, in accordance with Ordinance No. C-1505 calling said election.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Prior code § 3300.4)

An ordinance amending that certain ordinance adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach at a Special Municipal Election held on the 9th day of March, 1927, entitled "An ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install any derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain, pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528 and providing penalties for the violations of this ordinance", as revised or amended by the people of the City of Long Beach at a Special Municipal Election held on the 15th day of June, 1937, so as to include therein a certain additional portion of the City of Long Beach within which it shall be unlawful, except upon prior approval, by vote of the qualified electors of the City, to erect, construct or install any structure, foundation, derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well or wells; and defining the meaning of the term "person" within the scope of said ordinance.

The people of the City of Long Beach do ordain as follows:

That certain ordinance adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach at a special municipal election held on the 9th day of March, 1927, entitled "An ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install any derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain, pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528 and providing penalties for the violation of this ordinance," said ordinance being set forth in full in Ordinance No. C-615, Ordinances of the City of Long Beach, the ordinance calling said special municipal election, as revised or amended by the people of the City of Long Beach at a special municipal election held on the 15th day of June, 1937, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

 Section 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed, any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well not actually being drilled or existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, within that portion of the City of Long Beach described as follows:

 Beginning at the intersection of the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean with the westerly boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence northerly along said westerly boundary line of the City of

Long Beach and following its various courses to its intersection with a formerly northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach as said boundary line existed prior to the annexation election of December 28th, 1923; thence northeasterly along said former northwesterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the southerly line of Willow Street; thence easterly along said southerly line of Willow Street to a line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue, said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue being also a boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence south along said line three hundred feet (300') west of and parallel to the westerly line of California Avenue to the northeasterly line of the private right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway Company; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly line of said private right-of-way and across all intersecting streets and alleys to its intersection with the easterly boundary line of the City of Long Beach at the Orange County line; thence southerly along said boundary line of the City of Long Beach to the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean and thence westerly along said line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean to the point of beginning, except not more than one (1) well on any acre in that portion of said defined area lying west of the west line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District right-of-way.

 Section 2. Except as in this Section hereinafter provided, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed any structure, foundation, derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well or wells within that portion of the City of Long Beach described as follows:

 Beginning at the intersection of the easterly line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control right-of-way of the Los Angeles River channel with the northerly line of Seaside Boulevard; thence south along the southerly prolongation of said easterly line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control right-of-way, 40.02 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the east and having a radius of 3,175.98 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve to the intersection with the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean, being the true point of beginning of this description; thence continuing southeasterly along said curve to the end of said curve, distant 2,915.95 feet, measured along the arc from the beginning of said curve; thence South 52° 36' 17" East, 3,400.00 feet to a point; thence South 17° 00' East to the southerly boundary of the City of Long Beach; thence easterly along said southerly boundary to the easterly boundary of the City of Long Beach, being the common boundary separating Los Angeles County and Orange County; thence northeasterly along said easterly boundary of the City of Long Beach to the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean; and thence westerly along said line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean to the true point of beginning.

 All or any portion of the aforegoing described real property may be designated as a permitted oil drilling area, thereby resulting in the release or withdrawal of such said designated area from the prohibitory boundaries hereinabove established, if, prior to, and as an express condition precedent to any such designation being made, the City Council shall, at any City election wherein all City qualified electors are entitled to vote, submit the proposition of establishing and designating such area as a permitted oil drilling area, and a majority of those voting thereon vote in favor of such proposition.

 Section 3. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed, any derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well within five hundred feet (500') of

any real property used for public school purposes or any building used for hospital purposes at any place within the City of Long Beach; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to any well which was actually being drilled or which existed on the 9th day of March, 1927, when the ordinance which is hereby amended was originally adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach.

Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of any thereof to any person or circumstance be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any other provision or application of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application; and to this end the people of the City of Long Beach hereby declare that the provisions of this ordinance are severable and that they would have passed this ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases, or the application of any thereof to any person or circumstances be declared invalid.

 Section 5. The term "person", as used herein, shall be construed to mean, refer to, and include, an individual; a co-partnership; joint adventure; an unincorporated association; a trust; a private corporation; a public corporation; a municipal corporation; a County; a State; a national government; a municipal, County, State, or Federal agency, board or commission; a water district; a utility district; a flood control district; a body corporate and politic; a political subdivision; and a drainage, irrigation, levee, reclamation, or water conservation district; whether acting for himself, or itself, or in any representative capacity.

 Section 6. Every person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and every such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted.

 Section 7. Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528, and all other ordinances and regulations and parts thereof, of the City of Long Beach in conflict herewith are hereby repealed; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall preclude the City Council or the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long Beach from adopting, and/or repealing, nor shall it operate to repeal, limit or modify, any ordinance which said bodies, respectively, deem, may deem, or have deemed, reasonable and necessary for the regulation and control of the erection, use, maintenance and abandonment of structures or facilities for the production, treatment, refining or disposition of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons, or any products manufactured or otherwise obtained therefrom, within any portion of the City of Long Beach in which the drilling, operation, maintenance, redrilling and deepening of oil wells is not prohibited by this ordinance.

Note—The above ordinance amending a certain Initiative Ordinance adopted by the people at an election held on March 9, 1927, as amended at an election on June 15, 1937, was further amended by the foregoing ordinance submitted by the City Council to the electorate and was adopted at an election held February 9, 1956, in accordance with Ordinance No. C-3554 calling said election.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Prior code § 3300.4.5)

An ordinance making certain determinations, and designating certain submerged land areas within the City of Long Beach, presently contained within the boundaries of a prohibited drilling area, as permitted oil drilling areas, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in that certain initiative ordinance adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach at a Special Municipal Election held on the 9th day of March, 1927, entitled "An ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install any derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain, pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528 and providing penalties for the violations of this ordinance", as amended by those two (2) certain ordinances adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach at Special Municipal Elections held on the 15th day of June, 1937, and the 9th day of February, 1956, respectively; and imposing certain conditions, limitations and restrictions upon the use of said submerged land areas as permitted oil drilling areas.

The people of the City of Long Beach do ordain as follows:

Section 1. It is hereby found and determined:

(a)

That it would be in the best interests of the City of Long Beach and the State of California to authorize and approve the institution of a plan for the controlled exploration and exploitation of the oil and gas reserves underlying the presently undeveloped portion of the tide and submerged land areas heretofore granted to the City by the State of California, and located easterly of and outside the Harbor District of the City, as said district boundaries are defined as of the effective date of this ordinance. Said presently undeveloped portion of tide and submerged lands (which shall not be deemed to include any of the tide and submerged lands committed to the Richfield Oil Corporation Parcel "A" Drilling and Operating Contract and presently under development from the Harbor District) shall, for convenience, be sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Offshore Area".

(b)

That the results of detailed engineering reports and the interpretations of geologic and seismic data indicate that undeveloped oil and gas reserves in economically recoverable quantities underlie certain portions of the publicly and privately owned upland properties located easterly of Pine Avenue in this City, and adjacent to and northerly of the Offshore Area. Said upland properties shall, for convenience, be sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Townlot Area".

(c)

That the said Offshore Area and Townlot Area are included within the geographic boundaries of a Subsidence Area, as heretofore fixed and established by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to the provisions of Section 3336 of the California Public Resources Code.

(d)

That the results of studies by qualified engineers which have been conducted in certain segments of said Subsidence Area, and the demonstrated beneficial effects derived as a consequence of putting the recommendations so made into operation, indicate that the only feasible method that can be expected to

prevent or arrest subsidence in such an area is by repressuring the subsurface oil and gas formations thereunder; and that such repressuring operations, in addition thereto, should increase the amount of oil ultimately recoverable from the formations underlying such area and protect the oil or gas in such lands from unreasonable waste.

(e)

That unit or cooperative development and operation of the pool or pools (as hereinafter defined) underlying the said Offshore Area and Townlot Area is necessary in order to prevent and insure against the occurrence of subsidence. "Pool" shall mean an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. Each zone of a general structure which is separated from any other zone in the structure is a separate pool.

Section 2. Reference is made to that certain Initiative Ordinance adopted by the people of the City of Long Beach at a Special Municipal Election held on the 9th day of March, 1927, as subsequently amended by those two (2) certain ordinances adopted by the people of said City at Special Municipal Elections held on the 15th day of June, 1937, and the 9th day of February, 1956, respectively, entitled "An Ordinance making it unlawful to erect, construct or install any derrick, machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for, pumping or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances from any well not existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, or to maintain, pump or operate such new well, within certain portions of the City of Long Beach, repealing Ordinances Numbers C-282 and C-528 and providing penalties for the violations of this ordinance", and particularly to Section 2 of said ordinance, as amended, which provides as follows:

Section 2. Except as in this Section hereinafter provided, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, to erect, construct or install, or cause to be erected, constructed or installed any structure, foundation, derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well or wells within that portion of the City of Long Beach described as follows:

 Beginning at the intersection of the easterly line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control right-of-way of the Los Angeles River channel with the northerly line of Seaside Boulevard; thence south along the southerly prolongation of said easterly line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control right-of-way, 40.02 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the east and having a radius of 3,175.98 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve to the intersection with the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean, being the true point of beginning of this description; thence continuing southeasterly along said curve to the end of said curve, distant 2,915.95 feet, measured along the arc from the beginning of said curve; thence South 52° 36' 17" East, 3,400.00 feet to a point; thence South 17° 00' East to the southerly boundary of the City of Long Beach; thence easterly along said southerly boundary to the easterly boundary of the City of Long Beach, being the common boundary separating Los Angeles County and Orange County; thence northeasterly along said easterly boundary of the City of Long Beach to the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean; and thence westerly along said line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean to the true point of beginning.

 All or any portion of the aforegoing described real property may be designated as a permitted oil drilling area, thereby resulting in the release or withdrawal of such said designated area from the prohibitory boundaries hereinabove established, if, prior to, and as an express condition precedent to any such designation being made, the City Council shall, at any City election wherein all City qualified electors are

entitled to vote, submit the proposition of establishing and designating such area as a permitted oil drilling area, and a majority of those voting thereon vote in favor of such proposition.

The above-described area constitutes the undeveloped portion of the tide and submerged lands referred to as the Offshore Area in Subsection (a) of Section 1 hereof.

Section 3. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter in Section 4 provided, the necessary number of offshore islands, in no event to exceed four (4), are hereby authorized to be located and constructed within the geographic boundaries of the said Offshore Area, as above-described in Section 2 hereof, and to be utilized as surface drillsite areas for the exploration and exploitation of the oil and gas reserves underlying said undeveloped Offshore Area and the adjacent Townlot Area. It is not intended, nor shall the authorization herein granted ever be construed, either directly or by implication, as permitting or sanctioning the erection, construction, installation or maintenance of any structure, foundation, derrick, machinery or other apparatus or equipment for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or pumping or producing the same from any well or wells, upon and from surface locations within said Offshore Area boundaries other than exclusively from the surface locations provided on said offshore island drill sites.

Section 4. The construction and use of said offshore islands are expressly predicated upon and subject to compliance with the following conditions, limitations and restrictions:

(a)

The northerly boundary of any of said islands shall not be closer than two thousand feet (2,000'), measured from the centerline of Ocean Boulevard, as said boulevard exists as of the effective date of this ordinance.

(b)

The actual area of each of said islands shall be approximately ten (10) acres.

(c)

Subject to the provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) hereof, the precise location of each of said islands shall be established by resolution of the City Council as permitted oil drilling areas. It is recognized in this regard that the precise location of each of said islands cannot be determined until after a programmed number of core holes have been drilled in the Offshore Area for the purpose of defining the extent of the oil and gas reserves in said area.

(d)

All improvements erected upon and oil operations conducted upon said offshore islands shall be compatible with the City's general plans for commercial, scenic and recreational development.

(e)

All drilling and production operations shall be conducted in a manner consistent with approved conservation practices, and so as to provide the maximum safeguards against drainage losses, subsidence damage, noise, contamination, unsightliness and detriment to the natural beauty of the surrounding area.

(f)

The oil and gas reserves underlying the Offshore Area shall be exploited only in accordance with a uniform and systematic plan of development, in an economic manner, and consistent with the best oilfield practices prevailing in the Wilmington Oil Field. To this end, the City shall reserve the right, in any agreement entered into for the development of the subject area, to control the rates of production of the oil and gas and the repressuring operations and practices to be conducted. Any such agreement shall provide that a program of complete pressure maintenance by water injection shall be instituted at the inspection of drilling operations, that the City shall have the right to order the shut-in of high gas-low oil ratio and high water-low oil ratio wells, that the respective drilling and operating contractor expressly agrees to waive any and all damages claimed to have resulted as a consequence of water injection operations and practices conducted or ordered by the City, that the City shall have the unilateral right, without the necessity of obtaining the consent or approval of the contractor, to commit the subject area to unitized operation or to a cooperative type agreement providing for coordinated repressuring operations, that in the event the subject area is committed to a unit plan of development the City shall have the sole right to vote the entire working interest assigned to said area, and that the contractor agrees, under unitized operations, if payment is provided to be made in oil and/or gas, to accept payment in allocated oil and/or gas as the equivalent of oil and/or gas actually produced and saved from the subject area.

(g)

The Offshore Area shall be developed as a single tract.

(h)

No surface drillsites shall be made available for use for the directional drilling of oil and gas wells to be bottomed beneath the Townlot Area unless a satisfactory plan of complete pressure maintenance is first submitted to and approved by the City and the appropriate State officials.

(i)

All oil tank farms are to be located in the Harbor District, and all final dehydration, treatment separation, storage, gauging and shipment of offshore oil and gas shall be accomplished from Harbor District site locations. The use of submarine pipelines is authorized in said Offshore Area, and said lines shall be laid from the offshore islands for the purpose of transporting the oil, gas, fresh water, and general purpose lines, together with power and telephone cables. All machinery, equipment, materials and supplies utilized in conjunction with the drilling and production operations, other than that transported by submarine pipeline, shall be transported from the Harbor District only, regardless of the proximity of the island to be served to the Harbor District. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply not only to the City's operations, but equally as well to any other operator conducting permitted drilling and production operations from one or more of said offshore islands.

(j)

Each offshore island shall be landscaped in such a manner as to provide complete screening for the well sites and surface facilities. The landscaping shall be designed to blend with the shoreline and add to the natural beauty of the offshore area. Drilling masts and other portable well servicing equipment, visible

above the landscape, shall be removed when not needed for the conduct of operations. Wellhead facilities shall be installed below the surface.

Note—The above ordinance designating certain submerged land areas as permitted oil drilling areas in accordance with the procedure prescribed in that certain Initiative Ordinance adopted by the people at an election held on March 9, 1927, as amended at those two (2) elections on June 15, 1937, and February 9, 1956, was adopted at an election held February 27, 1962, in accordance with Ordinance No. C-4213 calling said election.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Prior code § 33004.6)