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ORDINANCE NO. 420 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 1 (EMERGENCY SERVICES) OF TITLE 4 (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") wishes to amend the Emergency Services provisions of the Municipal Code in order to take advantage of the California Emergency Services Act (CESA), Gov. Code Section 8550, et seq. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ORDAIN as follows: 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Chapter 1 (Emergency Services) of Title 4 (Public Safety) of the Municipal Code of the Town of Los Altos Hills is amended in its entirety and replaced with Chapter 1(Emergency Organization and Protection), consisting of Sections 4-1.01 through 4-1.09, as follows: Chapter 1 Emergency Organization and Protection Sec. 4.1.01 Purposes. The declared purposes of this Chapter are to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property within the Town in the event of an emergency, and to provide for the coordination of the emergency services of the Town with all other public agencies and affected private persons, corporations and organizations. Any expenditures made in connection with such emergency activities, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the Town. Sec. 4.1.02 Definitions. (a) "Emergency" as used in this Chapter, means the actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the Town caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, acts of terrorism, or other conditions including conditions resulting from war or imminent threat of war. (b) "Emergency Services" means the preparation and carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage resulting from disaster. It shall not include preparation for any conditions relating to a labor controversy. (c) "Local Emergency" means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property, within the territorial limits of the Town, in the absence of a duly proclaimed State of War Emergency or State of Emergency, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, CMocuments and Settings\pdowdlLocal Settings\Temporary Internet Fi1esk0LK2F1\emerg1.ord.doc 1