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confrontation in connection with attempts to steal marijuana and risk of fire damage and loss from improper wiring within structures growing marijuana. 3. By adopting the ordinance, the Town will satisfy the requirement under the new state legislation that an application for a state license for commercial recreational marijuana operations in the Town cannot be approved if approval of the state license would violate Town land use regulations or ordinances regulating or prohibiting commercial marijuana operations. 4. The Town of Los Altos Hills' Zoning Codes are hereby amended where and as necessary to prohibit cultivation of recreational marijuana and commercial recreational marijuana activity and businesses in the Town of Los Altos Hills. 5. 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. 6. The proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are consistent with the adopted General Plan because the prohibited uses are not compatible with the low density, semi -rural atmosphere of the community. None of the amendments will conflict with or impede achievement of any of the objectives, goals, policies, programs, or general land use designations established in the General Plan and are compatible with such General Plan objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs. SECTION II. AMENDMENTS. The City Council hereby amends the following sections of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code to read as follows (with additions indicated in double underline). Sections and subsections that are not amended by this ordinance are not included below, and shall remain in full force and effect. 1. Section 10-1.202 Designated. is hereby amended: Commercial cannabis activity includes cultivation, possession, manufacture, processing, storing, laboratory testing, oackaeine. labeling, sortation, delivery. distribution, or sale of medieel cannabis or a medical cannabis product. 2. Section 10-1.706 Prohibited Uses. is hereby amended: The following uses are prohibited in the Residential -Agricultural District (R -A): (a) Medical and recreational marijuana or cannabis cultivation, including outdoor cultivation for personal use; (b) All commercial medical and recreational marijuana or cannabis activities except Ordinance 573 Page 3