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EXHIBIT A Title 10. Zoning and Site Development Chapter 1. Zoning Article 15. Objective Standards for Qualified Senate Bill 9 Subdivisions and Development Projects 10-1.1501 Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this article is to establish objective standards and regulations to govern the development of qualified Senate Bill 9 subdivisions and development projects on residential zoned properties within the Town of Los Altos Hills. The establishment of these regulations will result in the orderly subdivision and development of qualified Senate Bill No. 9 (2021) ("SB 9") projects while ensuring that the new units are consistent with the semi -rural character of the Town and do not create any significant impacts with regards to public infrastructure or public safety. The regulations are established to implement the requirements under California Government Code Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7. 10-1.1502 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Accessory dwelling unit" or "ADU", means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a parcel with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multi -family dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes an efficiency unit and a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) "Dwelling unit" includes an ADU, JADU, a primary dwelling unit, and a SB 9 dwelling unit. (c) "Junior accessory dwelling unit" or "JADU", or "efficiency unit", means a dwelling unit that is up to 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within an existing primary dwelling unit that provides an efficiency kitchen and a separate exterior entrance, and may include separate sanitation facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure. (d) "Conservation Easement" means restrictive covenants that run with the land and bind upon successive owners that protects against future development such as preservation of open space, scenic, riparian, historical, agricultural, forested, or similar conditions. Open space and riparian easements are included in this definition. (e) "Existing dwelling unit' means a primary dwelling unit or other dwelling unit on a parcel that exists prior to any voluntary demolition or reconstruction or remodel where no more than 50% of the exterior wall framing has been removed or altered. Any existing dwelling Ordinance 598 Page 6