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Section 9-4:223. ' 'Easbrh6 t, 'Storm'Drain. "Storm Drain Easement" shall mean a portion of land reserved for the express use of storm run-off or water course improvements both immediate and future, and shall be determined as such by the City Engineer. Section 9-4.224: 'Engineering Geologist. "Engineering Geologist" shall mean an individual licensed as such by the State of California. Section 9-4.225. Fire Official , Fire Department. "Fire Official " or "Fire Department" shall mean the Fire Official and/or Department of the Los Altos County Fire Protection District. Section 94:226: Fouhdation -Design, Daylight. "Daylight Foundation'Design" shall be defined as a foundation' design which results in the establishment of habitable, storage,, or vehicular space within, or immediately adjacent to a structure that is totally or partially at a lower elevation than the natural contour(s) of.the site. < (a) Said foundation design shall include a masonry walr - or•, walls alternately approved material , which range from approximately oblique to par- allel to the native contours for the retention of native or near native con- tours that shall abut them. (b) Said foundation design shall include masonry walls or walls of al- ternately approved material , which range from oblique to perpendicular to contour so that the approximate native contours can be re-established on the downhill s-i-des of the structure upon its completion. "Section '9=4:227. Foundation 'Design, `Pole. "Pole Foundation' Des •gn". shall be defined as a foundation design which supports the main structure from the earth via the use of wooden poles or other similarly approved pole devices. The in- stallation of this foundation design type shall result in little if any alter- ation to the native contours of the building site, and shall also result in an air space beneath the lowest floor level which is unenclosed. Section 9-4.228, ' Foundation Design , Step-on-Contour. "Step-on-Contour 'Design" shall e defined as a foundation' design' Which results in the first floor levels of a structure being of different elevation. Said differences in elevations shall correspond approximately to the differences in elevations of the native contours of the building site. (a) The difference in finished floor elevations shall be a minimum of twenty-one inches (21 ") unless otherwise approved by the Site Development Com- mittee at the time of the Site Development review. Section 94:229.' Frontage. "Frontage" shall mean all property abutting one side of a public roadway. Section 9 '4 '230. General Plan. "General Plan" shall mean the General Plan and its Elements of the Town of Los Altos Hills, adopted by Resolution #745, effective January 2, 1974, and any amendment thereto, or any General Plan a- dopted subsequent to the adoption of this Chapter. Section 9-4.231 . Government Code. "Government Code" shall mean the Govern- ment Code of the State of California, or as amended. Sectioh '9=4:232: ' Health Officer, Health Department. "Health Officer" and/ or "Health Department" shall mean the County Health Officer or his assistant(s) or authorized deputy(ies) acting as Health Officer for and of the Town of Los Altos Hills. - 5 -