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ORDINANCE 600 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS ADDING CHAPTER 8 "MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION" TO TITLE 6 OF THE LOS ALTOS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL AND RELATED REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 1383 WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills, California ("Town") is a municipality, duly organized under the constitution and laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, in September 2016, Senate Bill 1383 ("SB 1383") established statewide methane emissions reduction targets in an effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy; and WHEREAS, SB 1383 includes statewide goals to reduce the disposal of organic waste (food scraps, yard debris, paper products, etc.) and recover edible food for human consumption; and WHEREAS, to meet the SB 1383 regulations, jurisdictions throughout the State must adopt an ordinance or other similarly enforceable mechanism by 2022; and WHEREAS, this ordinance will mandate that organic waste generators, haulers, and other entities subject to the requirements of SB 1383 regulations and subject to the authority of the Town of Los Altos Hills, comply with SB 1.383 regulatory requirements; and WHEREAS, through adoption of this ordinance, the City Council desires to add Chapter 8, "Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction", to Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code relating to organic waste disposal and related regulations pursuant to Senate Bill 1383. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION I. FINDINGS. Based on the entirety of the record as described above, the City Council for the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby makes the following findings: 1. All of the facts and recitals above are true, correct, incorporated herein and made a part hereof. such that there exists a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare requiring immediate implementation of an urgency ordinance to regulate residential development projects, subdivisions and site developments in the Town of Los Altos Hills. 2. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to CalRecycle's SB 1383 Regulations. The SB 1383 Regulations were the subject of a program environmental impact report (EIR) prepared by CalRecycle, and the activities to be carried out under this Ordinance are entirely within the scope of the SB 1383 Regulations and that EIR. No mitigation measures identified in the ordinance 600 Page I