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CITY ODUNCIL MINUTES - March 16, 1981 *4w E. SPECIAL oRDERs (continued): 3. Public Hearings: a) ordinance # mending Chapter 5 entitled "Zoning" of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code by adding sections 9-5.215(l) and 9-5.231, and by anenJing subsection (b) of Section 9-5-503, respectively, concerning walls and fences (SEODND REMING) MOTION SEODNDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Perkins, seconded by Hillestad and passed un animo usly by all manbers present to waive further reading of Ordinance #267. Councihnanbers expressed various opinions and concerns regarding the ordinance that was before them: 1) the ordinance would be administered with great diffi- calty; 2) existing fences would not be affected; 3) contained too much archi- tectural control; 4) why wasn't it possible to ban certain types of fences?; 5) the possibility of requiring the penuit process to get fencing; 6) clarifi- cation of such terms as "openness" . MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Nystrom, seconded by Hillestad and passed unanimously by all members present to refer this item back to the Planning Comission for further consideration including the convents made by Council. b) P:esolution �__approving and adopting aTentTents to the General Plan for said City The City Attorney pointed out that it was necessary that a notice be given regarding the negative declaration. Since no action could be taken until this was done, he recomemded that this item be continued to the April 1, 1981 meeting. MOTION SECONDED AM CARRIED: moved by Nyst�, seconded by Proft and passed unanimously by all mextbers present to continue this itm to tha next Council meeting. Although m action could be taken, the following resident asked to address the Council concerning this matter. O%W Peter Wallace, 27975 Vi ana, suggested that the following phrase not be added to the Paragraph Wmntleu "iesidential Unit No. 1": "arid distributed among the residential lots". Mr. Wallace felt this phrase was too restrictive and further noted that no planning had been done to date on low the open space nature of the school property should be distributed. Mr. Wallace was of the opinion that deletion of this phrase would give the Planning Comnission and the council the opportunity of attaining the goal of open space and ruralness. C) Request for Tentative Map Approval, UANDS OF RIGGEN, File TM #2095-79 Due to a possible conflict of interest, oDmcil�on Hillestad rmoved herself from consideration of this matter. -3-