HomeMy WebLinkAbout267ORDINANCE NO. 267
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 5 ENTITLED "ZONING" OF THE
LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTIONS
9-5.215 (1) AND 9-5.231, AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION
(b) OF SECTION 9-5.503, RESPECTIVELY, CONCERNING
WALLS AND FENCES
The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills
DOES ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Chapter 5 entitled "Zoning" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding to Article 2 thereof
Section 9-5.215 (1) to read as follows:
SECTION 9-5.215 (1). FENCE.
"Fence" shall mean a constructed barrier or screen
composed of wood, metal, masonry, glass, plastic
or any other construction material (not including
graded berms or living hedges).
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE
Chapter 5 entitled "Zoning" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding to Article 2 thereof
Section 9-5.231 to read as follows:
SECTION 9-5.231. WALL.
"Wall" shall mean a constructed barrier or screen
composed of wood, metal, masonry, glass, plastic
or any other construction material (not including
graded berms or living hedges).
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SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Chapter 5 entitled "Zoning" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Subsection (b) of
Section 9-5.503 of Article 5 to read as follows:
SECTION 9-5.503. HEIGHT.
(b) Walls and Fences. Walls or fences (herein
referred to collectively as "fences") shall not
exceed a maximum height of six feet (6') when
located between setback lines and property lines;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the height of any fence along
a road shall be determined by the openness of the
fence and its distance from a "reference line,"
and PROVIDED, further, that no fence shall be
erected on the roadway side of the "reference
line."
1. The "reference line" for a fence
along any road shall be:
(a) The existing right of way
boundary line, or
(b) A line located thirty feet
(30') from the centerline
of the right-of-way of the
road,
whichever is farthest from the center-
line of the road.
2. The maximum height of a fence
erected on the "reference line" for
that fence shall be"
(a) Three feet (3') for a fence
with less than fifty percent
(508) open area (when viewed
perpendicular to the plane
of the fence).
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(b) Four and one-half feet (4-1/2') for
a fence with no less than fifty per-
cent (508) open area.
3. The maximum height of a fence erected on the
property side of the "reference line" may be in-
creased by one foot (1') for each ten feet (10')
the location of the fence is moved from the
"reference line" for that fence; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, no fence shall exceed a maximum height
of six feet (61) when located between the
"reference line" for that fence and the struc-
tural setback line for the property on which
the fence is located.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. POSTING.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage, and shall be posted within the
City of the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting
of the City Council of the City of the Tuan of Los Altos Hills on the 7th day of January,
1981, and was thereafter passed and adopted on the 1st day of July, 1981.
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