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ORDINANCE 590 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING SUBSECTION 10-1.702(N) (SECONDARY DWELLINGS) IN SECTION 10- 1.702 (ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED (R -A)) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING ARTICLE 14 (ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS) TO CHAPTER 1 (ZONING) OF TITLE 10 (ZONING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 881 (Bloom, Chapter 659, Statutes of 2019), Assembly Bill 68 (Ting, Chapter 655, Statutes of 2019) and Senate Bill 13 (Wieckowski, Chapter 653, Statutes of 2019), which were signed into law in October of 2019 and become effective January 1, 2020, amended Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22, and imposed updated requirements and new restrictions on local authority to regulate accessory dwelling units; and WHEREAS, The Town desires to amend the Municipal Code to provide reasonable regulations for the development of accessory dwelling units on lots developed or proposed to be developed with single-family residential dwellings in a manner that fully complies with this state legislation and Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22. WHEREAS, this Ordinance is adopted based on the following facts: (1) The Town's Housing Element has identified the development of accessory dwelling units (also known as secondary dwelling units) as a primary method to achieve the affordable housing units necessary to meet the Town's regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) for the eight-year period of 2015-2022. (2) The Town's Land Use Element includes goals to maintain the semi -rural character of the community while providing for residential uses, open space, and the minimum public and private facilities and services needed to serve residents on a continuing basis, and to ensure that all development occurs in a manner that minimizes disturbance of natural terrain, vegetation and wildlife, and maximizes the preservation of natural resources and open space, and provides policies to support these goals as follows: • Policy 1.1 - Uses of land shall be consistent with the semi -rural atmosphere of the community, minimize disturbance to natural terrain, minimize removal of the natural vegetation, and create the maximum compatibility of development with the natural environment through site design and landscaping. • Policy 2.2 - Residential densities shall be guided by considerations of topography, vegetative cover and significant physical limitations inherent in the natural environment. • Policy 2.5 - Steep slopes, canyons and ravines generally in excess of 30% slope, as well as natural swales and drainage channels, and geologic hazard areas within areas Ordinance 590 Page 1