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0 • ORDINANCE NO. 433 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING TITLE 5 "PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND CONDUCT" OF THE LOS ALTOS MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5 PERTAINING TO SOLICITING AND PEDDLING WHEREAS, in January 2004 police in the nearby municipalities of Menlo Park, Los Altos and Palo Alto arrested peddlers and solicitors on charges of sexual assault, battery,making criminal threats, and burglary; and WHEREAS, adopting laws which protect the safety and security of Town residents while in their residences is of great importance to the Council and is within the police power of the Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the Town's existing ordinance regulating peddling and soliciting, should be amended to reflect the United States Supreme Court's most recent opinions on the constitutionality of laws regulating peddlers and solicitors as well as applicable state laws and regulations; and NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 5 of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows: 5-5.01.Definitions For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (a) "Peddler" shall mean any person who goes from house to house, or from place to place, in the Town (i) selling or taking orders for the immediate delivery of, or (ii) offering for sale or taking orders for immediate delivery of, any goods, wares, merchandise, services or anything of value in the possession of the peddler. (b) "Solicitor" shall mean any person who goes from house to house, or from place to place, in the Town (i) selling or taking orders for the future delivery of, or(ii) offering to sell or take orders for the future delivery of, goods, wares, merchandise, services or other things of value.