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SECTION II. AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE. Chapter 9 "Automatic License Plate Readers" is hereby added to Title 4 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code as set forth below. Chapter 9 AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS Article 1. Purpose Article 2. Definitions Article 3. Regulations Pertaining to Operations and Data Use Article 4. Penalties for Violation Article 1. Purpose and Applicability This chapter applies to those Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) that are either owned or contracted for by the Town and deployed at fixed locations in Los Altos Hills for the purposes of deterring crime, assisting with law enforcement investigations, and creating a safer environment for the Los Altos Hills community. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, and dissemination of information collected pursuant to ALPRs owned or contracted for by the Town protect individual privacy and civil liberties, and also to enforce regulations regarding the use, management, retention and other aspects of Town ALPRs. Article 2. Definitions Automatic License Plate Reader or ALPR means the technology, software and hardware owned or contracted for by the Town and deployed in Los Altos Hills that provide automated detection of vehicle license plates using high speed cameras or other similar means. ALPR Policy means a City Council -adopted and publicly available policy of the Town governing the use, operation, management, data retention and other aspects of ALPRs. Authorized Personnel means individuals or entities that are authorized to access data collected by ALPRs pursuant to an ALPR Policy. Data means any and all information gathered by ALPRs in the form of license plates and metadata (such as location and time of the license plates being viewed), as well as access records, searches, and any other operational data collected by the ALPR software system used to store, index, and access the information gathered by ALPRs. Article 3. Regulations Pertaining to Operations and Data Use Only authorized personnel may operate and access ALPR systems and data collected thereunder. The Town shall develop, and the City Council shall adopt and may amend from time to time, an ALPR Policy that establishes the requirements and standards governing the use, operation, maintenance, and data collection and access for Town ALPRs. The ALPR Policy shall also impose requirements relating to the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, and dissemination of Ordinance 595 Page 2