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ORDINANCE NO. 150 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 69 OF SAID TOWN BY ADDING THERETO PROVISIONS FOR SLOPE DENSITY REGULATION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 69 of the Town of Los Altos Hills adopted by the City Council on April 17, 1961, is hereby amended as follows: a. Subsection 1:20 of said Ordinance is hereby repealed and there is substi- tuted in its place and stead the following: "1:20 Purposes: This Ordinance is adopted to regulate the division of land and to require the provision of certain prescribed improvements which are needed in consequence of the division of land in order to achieve the following purposes: a. To insure the development of land in a manner consistent with general community objectives as set forth in the General Plan; b. To insure that all subdivision and development of land conforms to the primary objective of providing in the Town of Los Altos Hills for a permanently wholesome rural residential environment; c. To promote the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare; d. To protect property in the Town of Los Altos Hills against deterior- ation and obsolescence; e. To preserve and protect the natural beauty and the established charac- ter of the community, and through good design provide for a harmonious relationship between the completed subdivision and the natural environment; f. To provide lots of adequate size and appropriate design for the purposes for which they are to be used; g. To protect the community against excessive storm water run-off, soil erosion, earth movement, earthquake, and other geologic hazards; h. To facilitate law enforcement and fire protection through orderly design and development and the provision of adequate facilities and improvements; i. To insure at the time of subdivision the provision of adequate water supply, storm drainage, sewage disposal, and other utilities, services and improve- ments needed as a consequence of the division of land; j. To insure that governmental costs are minimized by requiring the installation of improvements of adequate size and quality; k. To provide streets of adequate capacity with appropriate improvements, to provide access to abutting property, to carry the anticipated traffic, and to insure that streets are designed so as to minimize safety hazards to vehicles and their occupants, pedestrians and equestrians;