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WHEREAS, it is reasonable to conclude that outdoor personal marijuana cultivation and all commercial marijuana or cannabis operations for recreational marijuana use could cause similar adverse impacts on the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Town of Los Altos Hills; and WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Town of Los Altos Hills to prohibit, in express terms, outdoor personal marijuana cultivation and all commercial marijuana or cannabis operations; and WHEREAS, in light of the new state legislation that the State will issue licenses for commercial recreational marijuana operations by January 1, 2018, the Town considered the immediate adoption of this urgency ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36934 and 65858 at a special meeting on December 14, 2017, at which time the urgency ordinance received the requisite four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council for adoption in accordance with Government Code Section 65858(a) and took effect immediately for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety under Government Code Section 36937(b); and WHEREAS, the urgency ordinance shall be in full force and effect for forty-five (45) days from its date of adoption in accordance with Government Code Section 65858(a); and WHEREAS, the urgency ordinance may be extended for ten (10) months and fifteen (15) days upon notice, and the urgency ordinance subsequently may be extended a second time for one (1) year pursuant to Section 65090 and public hearing in accordance with Government Code Section 65858(a); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills finds that this project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to "general exemptions" described in Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, since the ordinance would not have any significant effects on the environment. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby ORDAIN as follows: SECTION I. FINDINGS. Based on the entirety of the record as described above, the City Council for the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby makes the following findings: 1. All of the facts and recitals above are true, corrected, incorporated herein and made a part hereof such that there exists a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare requiring immediate implementation of an urgency ordinance to prohibit marijuana cultivation and commercial operations within the Town of Los Altos Hills. 2. The urgency ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety because the cultivation of marijuana in other cities and towns as resulted in calls for service to the police department, including calls for robberies and thefts; marijuana cultivation poses safety risks to surrounding neighbors, including but not limited to, risks of violent Ordi.0 573 Paget