Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 12.08 Oil Operating Areas

Except as in this Chapter otherwise provided, it is unlawful and a nuisance for any person to drill any well, or to erect any derrick or production equipment, or to operate or maintain the same or any thereof, or any portion of any thereof in or upon any real property in the City.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.5)

Except as provided in this Chapter, no petroleum operations shall be carried on in any of the areas set out in this Chapter until a permit, as provided for in this title, has been applied for and issued therefor.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 1 is that portion of the City bounded as follows:

On the north by the south line of Pacific Coast Highway; on the south by the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean; on the east by the west line of the right-of-way of the Los Angeles County flood control district channel of the Los Angeles River; and on the west by the westerly boundary line of the City; to the extent that such drilling, erection, operation and maintenance within the area are not in conflict with that certain initiative ordinance adopted by a vote of the registered qualified electors of the City at a special municipal election held on the fifteenth (15th) day of June, 1937, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. C-1505, ordinance of the City.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 2 is the west sixty feet (60') of the right-of-way of the Los Angeles County flood control district channel of the Los Angeles River, to the extent and in the manner authorized by the judgment in that certain action in the Superior Court of the State, in and for the County of Los Angeles, entitled "Continental Corporation, a corporation, et al., plaintiffs, vs. City of Long Beach, et al., defendants," being action No. 442081 in the files of the Clerk of the Court, and further to the extent and in the manner authorized by judgments in those certain actions in the Superior Court of the State, in and for the County of Los Angeles entitled, "Continental Southern Corporation, a corporation, et al., plaintiffs, vs. City of Long Beach, a municipal corporation, et al., defendants," being action No. 502421 in the files of the Clerk of the Court, and "Continental Northern Corporation, a corporation, et al., plaintiffs, vs. City of Long Beach, a municipal corporation, et al., defendants," being action No. 502422 in the files of the Clerk of the Court.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 3 is that portion of the harbor district of the City lying southerly of the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean and easterly of the centerline and its southerly prolongation of the back channel to the Long Beach inner harbor.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 4 is that portion of the harbor district of the City lying southerly of the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean and westerly of the centerline and its southerly prolongation of the back channel to the Long Beach inner harbor.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 5 is that portion of the City as described as follows:

Beginning at the northeasterly corner of Lot 57, Resubdivision of American Heights Tract, as per map recorded in Book 7, page 180, of maps in the Office of the Recorder of the County, said northeasterly corner being in the southerly line of 29th Street (formerly Brandon Street) 50 feet wide, as shown on Map of E. S. Field's Long Beach Heights No. 1, recorded in Book 10, page 196, of maps in the office of said county recorder; thence easterly along the southerly line of 29th Street and the prolongation thereof to a line 90 feet easterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to, the easterly line of Atlantic Avenue, 80 feet wide, said parallel line being the common boundary line between the cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill; thence northerly and easterly along said boundary line to its intersection with the prolongation southerly of the centerline of that portion of Lime Avenue, 60 feet wide, lying north of Wardlow Road; thence northerly along said prolongation and said centerline to the centerline of 35th Street (formerly Chateau Thierry Street), 51 feet in width; thence westerly along said centerline of 35th Street to the prolongation southerly of the easterly line of Lot 10, Block 12, Tract No. 2964, as per map recorded in Book 37, page 35, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder; thence northerly along said prolongation and said easterly line of said Lot 10 to the northeasterly corner of said Lot 10; thence westerly along the northerly line of said Lot 10 and along the prolongation west of said northerly line to the centerline of Atlantic Avenue, 80 feet in width; thence northerly along said centerline of Atlantic Avenue to the prolongation easterly of the northerly line of Lot 17, Block 11, aforementioned Tract No. 2964; thence westerly along said prolongation and along the northerly line of Lot 1, said Block 11, and the westerly prolongation thereof to the centerline of Linden Avenue, 80 feet wide; thence southerly along the centerline of Linden Avenue to a point in the easterly prolongation of the northerly line of Lot 16, Block 10, aforementioned Tract No. 2964, the same being the most southerly line of 36th Street (formerly Lincoln Avenue), 40 feet wide; thence westerly along said easterly prolongation, said southerly line of 36th Street and its westerly prolongation, to the northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 9, aforementioned Tract No. 2964; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the northeast corner of Fractional Lot 7, Block F, Los Cerritos, as per map recorded in Book 12, pages 198 and 199, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder; thence westerly along the northerly line of Fractional Lot 7 and along the northerly line of Fractional Lot 50, said Block F, aforementioned Los Cerritos, to the northwest corner of Fractional Lot 50, said Block F, said point also being the intersection of the southerly line of 36th Street (formerly Lincoln Avenue), 80 feet wide, and the easterly line of Locust Avenue, 60 feet wide; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the southeast corner of Lot 19, Tract No. 2219, as per map recorded in Book 22, page 41, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder, said point also being the intersection of northerly line of 36th Street and westerly line of Locust Avenue; thence northerly along westerly line of Locust Avenue, 60 feet wide, to the point of intersection with the southerly line of Cameron Place, 60 feet wide, said point being the northeast corner of Lot 1, aforementioned Tract No. 2219; thence northerly in a direct line to the southeast corner of Lot 18, Block B, Tract No. 4921, as per map recorded in Book 53, pages 51 and 52, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder, said point also being the intersection of the northerly line of Cameron Place and westerly line of Locust Avenue; thence northerly along the westerly line of Locust Avenue, 60 feet wide, as shown on map of said Tract No. 4921 to the northeast corner of Lot 42, said Block B, being a point in the southerly line of Bixby Road, 80 feet wide; thence westerly along said southerly line of Bixby Road and its westerly prolongation to the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block C, aforementioned Tract No. 4921, said point being the intersection of the southerly line of said Bixby Road and the westerly line of Weston Place (formerly Pine Avenue), 60 feet wide; thence southerly along the westerly line of Weston Place, 60 feet wide, to the southeast corner of Lot 24, said Block C, said point being the intersection of the westerly line of said Weston Place and the northerly line of Cameron Place, 60 feet wide; thence southerly in a direct line to the northeast corner of Lot 5, aforementioned Tract No. 2219, said point being the intersection of the westerly line of said Weston Place and southerly line of Cameron Place; thence southerly along the westerly line of Weston Place, 60 feet wide, and its southerly prolongation to the point of intersection with the southerly line of 36th Street (formerly Lincoln Avenue), 80 feet wide; thence westerly along the southerly line of 36th Street, 80 feet wide, and its westerly prolongation to the northwest corner of Fractional Lot 156, Block F, aforementioned Los Cerritos, said point also being the intersection of said southerly line of 36th Street with the easterly line of Pacific Avenue, 100 feet wide; thence southerly along the easterly line of Pacific Avenue, 100 feet wide, to the southwesterly corner of Lot 146, Block F, aforementioned Los Cerritos, said point also being the intersection of said easterly line of Pacific Avenue with the northerly line of Wardlow Road, 100 feet wide, as shown on map of said Los Cerritos; thence southerly in a direct line to the northwest corner of Lot 23, Block I, Vista Del Mar Tract No. 2, as per map recorded in Book 10, page 158, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder, said point also being the intersection of the southerly line of Wardlow Road, 100 feet wide, and the easterly line of Pacific Avenue

ine of Wardlow Road, 100 feet wide, as shown on map of said Los Cerritos; thence southerly in a direct line to the northwest corner of Lot 23, Block I, Vista Del Mar Tract No. 2, as per map recorded in Book 10, page 158, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder, said point also being the intersection of the southerly line of Wardlow Road, 100 feet wide, and the easterly line of Pacific Avenue, 100 feet wide; thence southerly along the easterly line of Pacific Avenue, 100 feet wide, to a point in the northerly line of 33rd Street (formerly Del Mar Avenue) 80 feet wide, said point being the southwest corner of Lot 16, said Block I, aforementioned Vista Del Mar Tract No. 2; thence easterly along the northerly line of said 33rd Street, 80 feet wide, to a point in the westerly line of Pine Avenue (formerly Pacific Boulevard) 120 feet wide, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 1 said Block I, aforementioned Vista Del Mar Tract No. 2; thence southeasterly in a direct line to a point on the easterly line of said Pine Avenue, 120 feet wide, said point also being the southwest corner of Lot 45, Block E, aforementioned Vista Del Mar Tract No. 2; thence southerly along the easterly line of Pine Avenue, 120 feet wide, to a point, said point being the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the northeast and having a radius of 280 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve to a point in the northerly line of 31st Street (formerly Frankfort Street), 120 feet wide; thence easterly along the northerly line of 31st Street, 120 feet wide, to a point, said point being the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the southwest and having a radius of 220 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve to a point on the westerly line of Long Beach Boulevard (formerly American Avenue), 100 feet wide; thence southeasterly in a direct line to a point on the southerly line of 31st Street (formerly Frankfort Street), 60 feet wide, said point also being the northwest corner of Lot 1, Block A, Tract No. 3207, as per map recorded in Book 33, page 7, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder; thence southerly along the westerly line of said Block A, being the easterly line of Long Beach Boulevard (formerly American Avenue), as shown on aforementioned map of Tract No. 3207, to the northerly line of Spring Street, 60 feet wide; thence easterly along the northerly line of said Spring Street, 60 feet wide, and its easterly prolongation to its intersection with the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of the alley, 13 feet wide, west of Atlantic Avenue and south of Spring Street in E. S. Field's Long Beach Heights No. 1, as shown on map recorded in Book 10, at page 196, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder; thence southerly along the easterly line of said alley and its southerly prolongation to a point in the southerly line of 29th Street (formerly Brandon Street), 50 feet wide, thence easterly along the southerly line of said 29th Street, 50 feet wide, to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 6 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the north line of Spring Street with the west line of Orange Avenue, said point being in the boundary line of the City of Long Beach; thence southerly along the boundary line of the City of Long Beach and following the various courses of said boundary to the north line of Farm Lot 12, The American Colony Tract as per map thereof recorded in Book 19, pages 89 and 90, miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County; thence easterly along the north line of said Farm Lot 12 to a line 433 feet westerly of the parallel to the easterly line of Farm Lot 7, said The American Colony Tract, thence northerly along said line 433 feet westerly of and parallel to the easterly line of said Farm Lot 7 to a line 50 feet southerly of and parallel to the northerly line of said Farm Lot 7; thence easterly along said line 50 feet southerly of and parallel to the northerly line of said Farm Lot 7 to line 333 feet westerly of and parallel to the easterly line of said Farm Lot 7; thence southerly along said line 333 feet westerly of and parallel to the easterly line of said Farm Lot 7 to the north line of said Farm Lot 12, thence easterly along the north line of said Farm Lot 12, and the easterly prolongation thereof, to the east line of Cherry Avenue; thence northerly along said east line of Cherry Avenue to the south line of Wardlow Road; thence easterly along said south line of Wardlow Road to a point in a line 588 feet easterly from and parallel with the centerline of said Cherry Avenue; thence southerly along said last-mentioned parallel line to the north line of Farm Lot 29; thence easterly 300 feet, along said north line of Farm Lot 29; thence southerly parallel to said centerline of Cherry Avenue to a point in the north line of Spring Street, said point being in the boundary line of the City of Long Beach; and thence westerly along the boundary line of the City to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 7 is divided into two (2) parcels, designated as Parcel A and Parcel B, and is that portion of the City described as follows:

Parcel A. Beginning at the intersection of the boundary of the City in Pacific Coast Highway, formerly State Street, with the prolongation northerly of the east line of the alley west of Obispo Avenue, thence easterly along the boundary of the City, and following the various courses of said boundary to the northeasterly line of the Alamitos Tract, as per map recorded in Book 36, pages 37 to 44, miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County, thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line of Alamitos Tract to a line 300 feet east of and parallel to the east line of Termino Avenue; thence south along said parallel line to the north line of Pacific Coast Highway, 100 feet in width, formerly State Street; thence east along the north line of Pacific Coast Highway, 100 feet in width, formerly State Street to a line 180 feet easterly of, measured at right angles, and parallel to, the easterly line of the parcel of land conveyed to the City by deed recorded in Book 4752, page 134, of deeds, records of Los Angeles County (Community Hospital Lands); thence southerly along said parallel line to a line 150 feet south of, measured at right angles, and parallel to, the south line of Pacific Coast Highway, 100 feet in width, formerly State Street; thence west along the last-mentioned parallel line to the west of Termino Avenue to the north line of Fifteenth Street; thence west along the north line of Fifteenth Street to the east line of Redondo Avenue; thence north along the east line of Redondo Avenue to the north line of Ransom Street; thence west along the north line of Ransom Street to the east line of Obispo Avenue; thence north along the east line of Obispo Avenue to the south line of Lot 2, Block 1, Tract No. 1954, as per map recorded in Book 22, pages 110 and 111 of maps, records of the County; thence westerly along the westerly prolongation of the south line of said Lot 2 to the east line of the alley west of Obispo Avenue; and thence north along the east line of said alley and the prolongation thereof to the point of beginning.

Parcel B. Beginning at the center of the inner circle of Los Alamitos Circle, which has a radius of 180 feet, said radial point being 19.41 feet northerly measured at right angles to the centerline of Pacific Coast Highway, formerly State Street, 60 feet in width as shown on map of Alamitos Tract, as recorded in Book 36, pages 37 to 44, both inclusive, miscellaneous records, of the County; thence south 0° 01' 15" east from said radial point a distance of 347.00 feet to the true point of beginning of this description; thence south 75° 43' 28" east a distance of 272.85 feet to a point in the northerly line of the Outer Circle; thence along said northerly line of the Outer Circle south 29° 18' 46" west a distance of 17.44 feet to an intersection with a curve, concave northerly and having a radius of 500 feet, a radial line through said point having a bearing of south 30° 47' 55" east; thence westerly along said curve, concave to the north and having a radius of 500 feet a distance 435.66 feet to a point in said curve, a radial line, through said last-mentioned point having a bearing of south 19° 07' 26" west, said point being an intersection with a curve, concave to the west and having a radius of 500 feet, a radial line through said last-mentioned point having a bearing of north 87° 12' 31" east; thence leaving the northerly line of the Outer Circle and northerly along said last-mentioned curve, concave to the west and having a radius of 500 feet a distance of 127.66 feet to a point in said curve, a radial line through said last-mentioned point having a bearing of north 72° 34' 48" east; thence north 89° 58' 45" east a distance of 186.27 feet to the true point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 8 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Santiago Avenue, 60 feet wide, and the southerly line of Colorado Street, 60 feet wide; thence east along the southerly line of Colorado Street to the boundary line of the City of Long Beach as established by Increment 11 of annexation to the City of Long Beach, filed with the Secretary of the State of California, December 17, 1923; thence southerly and easterly along the boundary line of the City of Long Beach as established by said Increment 11 and following its various courses to the most southerly corner of Lot 1, Tract No. 1077, as per map recorded in Book 18, page 195 of maps, records of the County; thence northwesterly along the southerly line of said Lot 1 to the intersection of a line 800 feet northeasterly of and parallel to the northeasterly line of the 200-foot right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway Company's Newport Beach Line, thence northwesterly along said parallel line to the northwesterly line of Parcel 1 of the property conveyed to the City by deed recorded in Book 4654, page 163, of official records in the Office of the County Recorder, having a bearing of south 74° 39' 30" west and a length of 401.30 feet; thence south 74° 39' 30" west 95.53 feet to an angle in said Parcel 1; thence south 56° 04' 30" west, 167.47 feet to the most westerly corner of said Parcel 1; thence north 56° 04' 25" west 311.34 feet to a point in the easterly line of Parcel 2 of said property conveyed to the City; thence south 80° 07' 11" west, 102.51 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of said Parcel 2; thence north 21° 42' 40" west 309.95 feet along said southwesterly line of Parcel 2 to a point in a curve concave to the south and having a radius of 1884.91 feet, a radial line passing through said point of curve having a bearing of north 3° 43' 54" east; thence southeasterly along said curve an arc distance of 503.52 feet to the end of said curve, a radial line passing through the end of said curve having a bearing of north 19° 02' 14.7" east; thence south 70° 57' 45.3" east 122.99 feet to the centerline of Santiago Avenue, 60 feet wide; and thence northerly along said centerline of Santiago Avenue to the point of beginning. Provided, however, that it is unlawful hereafter to drill any new well or to erect any derrick within that portion of Area 8 described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Santiago Avenue (60 feet wide) with the south line of Colorado Street (60 feet wide); thence east along said south line of Colorado Street to the centerline of Manila Avenue (60 feet wide); thence south 250 feet along said centerline of Manila Avenue; thence west along a line 250 feet south of and parallel to said south line of Colorado Street to the westerly line of Parcel 2 of the land conveyed to the City by deed recorded July 17, 1926, in Book 4653, page 163, of official records in the Office of the County Recorder, thence northwesterly along said westerly line of Parcel 2 to the south line of Colorado Street (60 feet wide); thence east along said south line of Colorado Street to the point of beginning.

Along with:

In the City of Long Beach, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described as follows:

Parcels 4, 5 and 6, as shown on Parcel Map No. 19212, as per map filed in Book 260, pages 93 and 94 of parcel maps, in the office of the recorder of said County; except therefrom all oil, gas, petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances conveyed by various instruments both recorded and unrecorded all confirmed and clarified by deed from Fred H. Bixby Ranch Company, a California Corporation, recorded September 16, 1971 as instrument no. 3355, in Book D 5193 Page 959 of official records, which deed recites that the grantees, their heirs, successors and assigns shall have no right to enter upon the surface of the property or use the property or any portion thereof above a plane parallel to and 500 feet below the present surface thereof without the express approval in writing of the grantor. Subject to covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements and rights-of-way of record if any.

(ORD-18-0002 § 1, 2018; ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Editor's note— Formerly codified as § 12.08.100 which was renumbered by ORD-18-0002.

Area 9 is that certain parcel of land being a portion of Lot 2, Tract No. 1077, in the City of Long Beach, as per map recorded in Book 18, page 195 of maps, in the Office of the County Recorder, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly line of said Lot 2 with a line 40 feet northwesterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to, the northwesterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles County flood control district San Gabriel River Channel, 400 feet wide thence northwesterly along said southwesterly line of Lot 2 to the intersection with a line 205 feet northwesterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to, said northwesterly right-of-way of San Gabriel River Channel; thence northeasterly along said parallel line to the intersection with a line 400 feet northwesterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to, said southwesterly line of Lot 2; thence southeasterly along said last-mentioned parallel line to said line 40 feet northwesterly of and parallel to said northwesterly right-of-way line of the San Gabriel River Channel; and thence southwesterly along said line 40 feet northwesterly of and parallel to said northwesterly right-of-way line of the San Gabriel River Channel to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 10 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of Farm Lot 45, The American Colony Tract, as per map thereof recorded in Book 19, pages 89 and 90, miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County with a line 390 feet westerly of and parallel to the east line of Temple Avenue, said point of intersection being in the boundary line of the City of Long Beach, thence northerly along said line 390 feet westerly of and parallel to the easterly line of Temple Avenue to the southerly line of Spring Street; thence easterly along said southerly line of Spring Street to a point in a line 660 feet easterly from and parallel with said easterly line of Temple Avenue; thence southerly along said line 660 feet easterly from and parallel with said easterly line of Temple Avenue; thence southerly along said line 600 feet easterly from and parallel with said easterly line of Temple Avenue to a point in a line 290.95 feet northerly from and parallel with the centerline of Willow Street, as per deed recorded in Book 5961, page 93, of deeds, records of Los Angeles County; thence easterly along said line 290.95 feet northerly from and parallel with the centerline of said Willow Street to the southeasterly line of that portion of Rancho Los Cerritos, as per map recorded in Book 2, page 202, of patents, records of Los Angeles County, deeded to the City by deed recorded in Book 4727, page 245, of deeds, records of Los Angeles County, said southeasterly line of that portion of Rancho Los Cerritos being also the northwesterly line of Page 16, Lot 1, Tract No. 10548, as per map recorded in Book 174, page 17, of maps, records of Los Angeles County; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line of said Lot 1 to the westerly line of Newport Avenue; thence southerly along said westerly line of Newport Avenue to the north line of Willow Street; thence westerly along said northerly line of Willow Street to the aforementioned southeasterly line of Rancho Los Cerritos; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly line of that portion of said Rancho Los Cerritos, deeded to the City of Long Beach, to its intersection with the southerly line of Willow Street, said point of intersection being in the boundary line of the City; and thence southwesterly along the boundary line of the City and following the various courses of said boundary line to the point of beginning in the southerly line of aforementioned Farm Lot 45, The American Colony Tract, 390 feet westerly thereon from the easterly line of Temple Avenue.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 11 is that portion of City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of Spring Street with a line 400 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of Newport Avenue; thence southerly along said line 400 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of Newport Avenue to a point in the southeasterly line of that portion of the Rancho Los Cerritos, as per map recorded in Book 2, page 202, of patents, records of Los Angeles County deeded to the City by deed recorded in Book 4727, page 245, of deeds, records of Los Angeles County; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly line of that portion of said Rancho Los Cerritos to a point in a line 700 feet westerly of and parallel to the centerline of Newport Avenue; thence northerly along said parallel line to the southerly line of Spring Street; and thence easterly along said southerly line of Spring Street to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 12 is that portion of the City described as follows:

That portion of Lot 6, Block D, and that portion of Lot 5, Block E, Subdivision of a part of the Rancho San Pedro, as per map recorded in Book 32, pages 97 and 98, miscellaneous records of the County of Los Angeles, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Compromise Ranch Line, as per map filed in Book 6, pages 15 and 16, records of surveys, in the Office of the County Recorder, with the southerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific System private right-of-way; thence south 24° 21' 17" east along said Compromise Line 34.50 feet; thence south 34° 04' 58" west 456.21 feet; thence south 22° 36' 48" west 1,269.48 feet; thence south 72° 19' 08" west 268.19 feet; thence south 45° 33' 33" west 348.86 feet to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel, said easterly right-of-way line being a boundary line of the City; thence north 3° 04' 59" east 1,420.84 feet along said easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel to the southerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific System private right-of-way; and thence north 67° 08' 23" east along said southerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific System private right-of-way 1,256.41 feet to the point of beginning; excepting therefrom all that portion of said parcel lying westerly of a line 120 feet easterly of and parallel to the easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel, and all that portion of said parcel lying northerly of a line 120 feet southerly of and parallel to the southerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific System private right-of-way.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 13 is that portion of the City described as follows:

That portion of Lot 5, Block D, Subdivision of a part of the Rancho San Pedro, as per map recorded in Book 32, pages 97 and 98, miscellaneous records of the County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of said Lot 5 with the westerly line of Tract No. 3554, as per map recorded in Book 38, pages 44 and 45, of maps, records of the County of Los Angeles; thence westerly along said southerly line of said Lot 5 to the easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel, said easterly right-of-way line being a boundary line of the City; thence northerly along said easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel to its intersection with the westerly line of aforementioned Tract No. 3554; and thence southerly along the westerly line of said Tract No. 3554 to the point of beginning; excepting therefrom all that portion of said parcel lying westerly of a line 120 feet easterly of and parallel to the easterly right-of-way line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 14 is that portion of the City described as follows:

The southerly 300 feet of the northerly 340 feet of the easterly 410 feet of Farm Lot 8 and the southerly 300 feet of the northerly 340 feet of the westerly 1,070 feet of Farm Lot 9, and the northerly 300 feet of Vine Avenue (vacated) all in The American Colony Tract, as per map thereof recorded in Book 19, pages 89 and 90, miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 15 is that portion of the City described as follows:

The southerly 200 feet of Lot 48, and the southerly 200 feet of the westerly 100 feet of Lot 49, all in Tract No. 8084, as per map thereof recorded in Book 171, of maps, pages 24 to 30 inclusive, records of Los Angeles County.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 16 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Lakewood Boulevard with the centerline of Willow Street; thence north 0° 05' 53" east along the centerline of Lakewood Boulevard a distance of 745.53 feet; thence westerly at right angles to said centerline of Lakewood Boulevard to a point in a line 66 feet westerly of, measured at right angles and parallel to, the centerline of said Lakewood Boulevard, said point being true point of beginning of this description; thence south 0° 05' 53" west a distance of 100.53 feet; thence south 34° 33' 48" west a distance of 106.39 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the northwest and having a radius of 155.00 feet; thence southwesterly along said curve a distance of 180.34 feet to line tangent; thence north 78° 46' 20" west a distance of 492.63 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave easterly and having a radius of 145.00 feet; thence northwesterly and northeasterly along said curve through an angle of 180° 00' 20" a distance 455.54 feet to a line tangent; and thence south 78° 46' 00" east a distance of 657.68 feet to the true point of beginning of this description.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 17 is that portion of the City described as follows:

That portion of the Rancho Los Cerritos as per map recorded in Book 2, page 202, of patents, in the Office of the County Recorder more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the southerly line of that certain railroad right-of-way, 20 feet wide, marked "not a part of this Subdivision" on map of Tract No. 8084 as recorded in Book 171, pages 24 to 30 inclusive, of maps in the Office of said County Recorder, said point being the northwesterly corner of that certain parcel vested in the City by final order of condemnation recorded in Book 27785, page 47, official records in the Office of said County Recorder; thence south 0° 02' 35" east along the westerly line of said condemnation parcel 5.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of an easement for the construction and maintenance of slopes, as granted to Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company by deed recorded in Book 6753 page 323, official records, last said point being the true point of beginning; thence south 89° 57' 25" west 150.00 feet along the southerly line of said easement; thence south 0° 02' 35" east 200.00 feet; thence north 89° 57' 25" east 200.00 feet; thence north 0° 02' 35" west 200.00 feet; thence south 89° 57' 25" west 50.00 feet to the true point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 18 is that portion of the City described as follows:

That portion of Lot A, Tract No. 5884, in the City as per map recorded in Book 62, page 38 of maps in the Office of the County Recorder, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Block 131 of the Alamitos Tract as shown on said map; thence south 43° 53' 45" east 41.63 feet, along the westerly line of said Tract No. 5884, to the centerline of Seventh Street; thence north 89° 59' 29" east 1,506.08 feet, along the centerline of the public thoroughfare known as Seventh Street; thence North 0° 00' 31" west, 190 feet, at right angles to last said centerline, to the true point of beginning of this description; thence continuing north 0° 00' 31" west, 150.00 feet; thence north 89° 59' 29" east, 290.40 feet; thence south 0° 00' 31" east, 150.00 feet; thence south 89° 59' 29" west, 290.40 feet to the true point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 19 is that portion of the City described as follows:

That portion of Lot 52, Tract No. 8084, as per map recorded in Book 171, pages 24 to 30 inclusive, of maps in the Office of the County Recorder, as more particularly bounded and described, using bearings based on the California Coordinate System Zone VII, as follows:

Beginning at a point marked by City monument No. 2906, a brass cap in concrete, having Zone VII coordinates of north 4,046,563.79 and east 4,244,900.30, said point being at the intersection of the westerly prolongation of the southerly line of said Lot 52 with the centerline of vacated Lakewood Boulevard and being formerly marked by City monument No. 1848; thence north 89° 51' 04" east to and along the southerly line of the aforesaid Lot 52,400.00 feet; thence north 0° 06' 03" east, 323.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence north 0° 06' 03" east, 344.12 feet; thence south 25° 20' 33" east, 146.01 feet; thence south 58.75 feet; thence south 49° 00' 00" west 102.13 feet; thence south 0° 06' 03" west, 6.24 feet; thence west 330.00 feet more or less to the true point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 20 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the north line of Willow Street with the west line of Orange Avenue, said point being in the boundary of the City; thence westerly along the boundary of the City, and following the various courses of said boundary, to its intersection with the east line of Walnut Avenue; thence east along the easterly prolongation of the last preceding course of said boundary line to a line 150 feet west of and parallel to the west line of Cherry Avenue; thence south along said parallel line to the north line of Spring Street, being a boundary line of the City; thence westerly along said boundary line and following its various courses to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 21 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly line of Alamitos Boulevard with a line 150 feet north of and parallel to the north line of Pacific Coast Highway (said southwesterly line of Alamitos Boulevard being also a boundary line of the City) thence northwesterly along said boundary of the City, and following the various courses of said boundary, to the northeasterly line of the Alamitos Tract, as per map recorded in Book 36, pages 37 to 44, miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County; thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line of Alamitos Tract to a line 300 feet east of and parallel to the east line of Termino Avenue; thence south along said parallel to a line 150 feet north of the aforesaid line 150 feet north of and parallel to the north line of Pacific Coast Highway; thence west along said parallel line to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 22 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 1, Block E of the Strand No. 3, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 11, page 199 of maps, official records of said County; thence south along the Sly, prolongation of the west line of said Lot 1, Block E, 108.00 feet to a point being the true point of beginning for this description; thence continuing north 89° 52' 12" east 85.00 feet to a point; thence due south 260.00 feet to a point; thence south 89° 52' 12" west 85.00 feet to a point; thence due north 260.00 feet to the true point being located south of West Seaside Boulevard (96 South Chestnut Place).

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 23 is that portion of the City described as follows:

Beginning at an angle point in the boundary line of the City as same existed July 1, 1965, and being the most northerly corner of "Increment 48," Annexations of the City of Long Beach, filed with the Secretary of State on October 9, 1944 and the County Recorder on October 19, 1944; thence south 41° 52' 37" west, along said boundary line, 651.34 feet; thence north 15° 51' 40" west 806.75 feet to the most easterly corner of that certain parcel of land described in deed to Dominguez Estate Company recorded in Book D2313, page 982 of official records of said County Recorder; thence along the easterly line of said certain parcel of land north 10° 41' 04" west 810.51 feet to the most northerly corner of said certain parcel of land; thence north 3° 16' 34" east 73.35 feet along the westerly line of that certain parcel of land described as Parcel 1 in deed to the State recorded in Book 50974, page 160 of said official records to the northerly line of said last-mentioned certain parcel of land, thence northerly in a direct line to the southwesterly corner of that certain parcel of land described in the deed to the State recorded in Book D422, page 703 of said official records; thence northerly in a direct line to the most northerly corner of said last-mentioned certain parcel of land; thence northerly along a curve concave easterly and having a radius of 4,068.00 feet in the westerly line of a strip of land, 200 feet wide, described in Parcel 1 of the deed to the State recorded in Book 39027, page 384 of said official records to the southerly terminus of that certain course having a bearing of north 12° 52' 00" east in said last-mentioned westerly line; thence north 12° 52' 00" east along said last-mentioned westerly line to its intersection with the northeasterly line of the Pacific Electric Railroad right-of-way, 120.00 feet in width, as shown on map filed in Book 75, page 2 of record of surveys in the office of said Recorder; thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line of the railroad right-of-way as shown on County Surveyor's Map C-S B-181 to the intersection of the northwesterly line of Terrylynn Place and the southwesterly line of Del Mar Avenue, said intersection being a point in the boundary line of the City as same existed July 1, 1965; thence along said boundary line of 1965, southeasterly, westerly and northerly along its various courses to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.6 (part))

Area 24 is that portion of the City described as follows:

In the City of Long Beach, County of Los Angeles, State of California, being that portion of the West Half of Section 1, T5S, R12W, San Bernardino Base and Meridian, described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the Los Angeles-Orange County line at the northerly terminus of that certain course shown on the map entitled "Exhibit "A", Superior Court Case No. 638660, the City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation, and the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles, Plaintiffs, versus E.A. Bryant, Jr., et al., Defendants, said course having a bearing and distance of S16° 46' 45"E and 1,444.82 feet; thence along said course and County line S16° 46' 45"E, 1,020.00 feet; thence departing said County line at right angles S73° 13' 15"W 160.00 feet; thence northwesterly parallel to said County line N16° 45' 45"W 1,020.00 feet; thence N73° 13' 15"E a distance of 160.00 feet to the point of beginning.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-7838 § 1, 2003)

Area 25 is that portion of the City described as follows:

A portion of Parcel 3 of City of Long Beach Lot Line Adjustment no. 9704-08, recorded December 12, 1997 as Instrument no. 97-1958951, official records of Los Angeles County, California, being a portion of the east one-half of section 2, township 5 south, range 12 west, in the Rancho Los Alamitos, as shown on partition map recorded in Book 700, page 141 of deeds, in the office of the Los Angeles County Recorder, described as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of said parcel 5, being the southwest corner of said east one-half of section 2, and being the centerline intersection of Westminster Avenue (100 feet wide) and Studebaker Road (100 feet wide); thence north 00° 10' 03'east, along the westerly line of said parcel 3, being the westerly line of said east one-half of section 2, and also being said centerline of Studebaker Road, a distance of 400.00 feet, thence south 89° 50' 17" east, a distance of 493.10 feet; thence south 64° 14' 06" east, a distance of 75.63 feet; thence south 00° 52' 38" west, a distance of 367.39 feet, to the southerly line of said parcel 3, being the southerly line of said east one-half of section 2, and also being said centerline of Westminster Avenue. Thence north 89° 60' 17" west along said southerly line and said centerline, a distance of 556.57 feet, to the point of beginning.

(ORD-18-0002 § 2, 2018)

To change an area boundary or create or delete an oil operating area shall require City Council action in accordance with the procedures of Sections 12.08.260 through 12.08.320. However, the City Council shall not act prior to receiving a recommendation thereon from the Planning Commission.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7(a))

Authority to initiate a change in an area boundary or create or delete an oil operating area shall be vested in the City Council (by minute order), in the Director (by transmittal to the Planning Commission), or by application to the Planning Commission through the Director made by the owner of surface drilling rights in the area encompassed by the creation, addition or deletion, or by the agent of such owner.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7(b))

Notice of the public hearing shall be provided by mailing a notice to all owners of property within three hundred feet (300') of the subject drilling site and by posting on the site. The owner of the properties entitled to receive shall be as provided on the latest equalized assessment roll of the County. The notice(s) to be posted shall be posted within ten feet (10') of any street property line and shall be provided on each street frontage with not less than one (1) notice posted for each three hundred feet (300') of street frontage and equally spaced along the frontage. If no street frontage exists, one (1) notice shall be posted at a conspicuous location on the site. Notices shall be mailed and posted not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. Failure of any property owner to receive or failure of any member of the public to see the notice shall not invalidate any action taken on a request. Failure to mail notices or failure to post notices shall result in continuance of the hearing.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7(c))

Within thirty (30) days following a Planning Commission action to recommend a change in an area boundary or to create or delete an oil operating area that recommendation shall be transmitted to the City Clerk for presentation to the City Council. Such recommendation shall give the reasons therefor and shall also disclose whether the decision has been concurred in by all the members of the Planning Commission who are in attendance at the hearing, and in the event the decision has not been concurred in by all such members, the view of the minority of such members shall also be disclosed, except that any action to deny a proposed change to the area boundary or to create or delete an oil operating area need not be transmitted unless the request was initiated by the City Council. A recommendation to deny a change, creation, or deletion may be appealed to the City Council.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7(d))

The private applicant requesting a change, creation, or deletion may appeal to the City Council the Planning Commission's recommended denial by filing an appeal with the City Clerk within ten (10) days after the Commission's action. Upon receipt of an appeal, the City Clerk shall notify the Director and request the transmittal of the Planning Commission's recommendation to the City Council.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7(e))

Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the City Clerk shall set a time for consideration of the matter by the City Council and shall notify the Planning Commission, through the Director and the private applicant, where applicable, of the date and time of such hearing. The Planning Commission may delegate to the Director authority to orally present the Planning Commission recommendation. The decision of the City Council shall be final. Any action by the City Council which concurs with the Planning Commission recommendation shall require a simple majority of the Councilmembers present. Any action by the City Council which overrules a Planning Commission recommendation shall require a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the full Council. If the Council fails to arrive at a decision, the proposal or request shall automatically be continued to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. The failure of the Council to reach a decision at the subsequent hearing shall be deemed an approval of the Planning Commission's recommendation.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7 (f))

In all cases the Planning Commission and the City Council shall be required to make the following findings of fact before changing the boundary of, creating or deleting an oil operating area:

A. The change, creation or deletion will not adversely affect the character, livability or appropriate development of surrounding community;

B. The change, creation or deletion is necessary to produce the petroleum envisioned to be produced from the site, and the petroleum cannot feasibly be reproduced from other sites within oil operating areas by unitization or production agreements, slant drilling or other mechanism; and

C. The change, creation or deletion will not unreasonably hinder production of existing petroleum reserves.

(ORD-16-0027 § 1(Exh. A), 2016; Ord. C-5575 § 2 (part), 1980: prior code § 3300.7 (g))