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at four (4) duly noticed public hearings: August 5, 2021, October 7, 2021, January 13, 2022, and March 3, 2022. Notice was provided for each public hearing consistent with Section 10-1.1005 of the Municipal Code including mailing to property owners within a 500 -foot radius of the project, publication on the Town's website, and posting at public locations and at the proposed project site. As such, the Planning Commission heard the matter pursuant to public hearings in compliance with the procedural requirements set forth under the Municipal Code, including providing multiple opportunities for the applicant to be heard and address inquiries from the Commission. Therefore, the City Council finds that the Zoning Permit application was properly considered by the Commission in accordance with the procedures set forth under the Municipal Code. b. The March 14, 2022 appeal of the Conditions of Approval Imposed by the Planning Commission were considered and acted upon by the City Council in accordance with the procedures set forth under the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code. Decisions of the Planning Commission are appealable to the City Council pursuant to Section 10-1.1009 of the Municipal Code within twenty-one (21) days following the decision prior to it becoming final. The Planning Commission approved the Zoning Permit with conditions of approval on March 3, 2022. The appeal from that decision regarding the Conditions of Approval imposed by the Planning Commission was timely filed with the City Council on March 14, 2022. Consistent with the requirement under Section 10-1.1010 of the Municipal Code, the City Council set a public hearing within forty-five (45) days from receipt of the appeal on April 21, 2022 and conducted the public hearing on such date to consider the matter. The City Council received public testimony and provided the applicant an opportunity to be heard and respond to questions from the City Council. Therefore, the City Council finds that the March 14 appeal was properly considered in accordance with the procedures set forth under the Municipal Code. c. There was substantial evidence in the record below to support the Planning Commission's approval of the Zoning Permit application with the Conditions of Approval imposed on March 3, 2022. i. The Planning Commission was authorized to review and issue the requested ested Zoning Permit with such reasonable conditions as it deems necessar. The Zoning Permit application was referred to the Planning Commission by the Town's Planning Director as authorized under Sections 10-1.507(e) and 10-2.1305(b) of the Municipal Code. The Planning Commission is directed to consider and act on the application under Section 10-2.1305(c). That section authorizes the Planning Commission to issue the requested permit "with such reasonable conditions as it deems necessary" to achieve the purposes of, in the context of this application, the Fence Ordinance provisions under the Zoning Code. This authority provides the Planning Commission the ability to impose conditions that are reasonably related to the proposed new fencing under the Zoning Permit. The City Council notes in particular that although Section 10-2.1305 is normally utilized by the Town's Planning Director and Planning Commission to review site development applications, the provisions of that section apply in this case because of the Exhibit A Page 4