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ORDINANCE NO. 278 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS <br />HILLS AMENDING SECTIONS 5-1.02(j) AND 5-1.21 OF <br />CHAPTER 1 ENTITLED "LITTER" OF TITLE 5 OF THE LOS <br />ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE POSTING <br />AND REMOVAL OF ELECTION SIGNS <br />The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills <br />DOES ORDAIN as follows: <br />SECTION 1. <br />The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby <br />finds and determined that it is necessary to amend and revise its <br />ordinances dealing with the posting and removal of election signs by <br />reason of the recent decision by the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of <br />Appeals in the case entitled TAXPAYERS FOR VINCENT AND CANDIDATES' <br />OUTDOOR GRAPHICS SERVICE (COGS) vs. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, and in order <br />to accomplish each of the following: <br />(a) That the posting of election signs shall not: <br />(i) Interfere with the normal and primary use of <br />City objects, many of which uses are intimately <br />connected with public safety; or <br />(ii) Increase traffic hazards; or <br />(iii) Damage public property or City objects. <br />(b) To continue and implement the City's long-standing <br />concern with promoting a pleasing, aesthetic environment <br />reducing visual clutter in the City's residential zones. <br />SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. <br />Subsection (j) of Section 5-1.02 of Chapter 1 entitled "Litter" <br />of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to <br />read as follows: <br />