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ORDINANCE 565 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 4 OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION WHEREAS, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") wishes to amend the Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 1, related to Emergency Organization and Function; and WHEREAS, in 2014, the City.Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") amended this Code section to follow the State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services model Emergency Ordinance for local government; and WHEREAS, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services has .indicated that certain additional language is necessary to comply with current Volunteer Disaster Service Worker regulations, the current version of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Public Safety, has been reviewed and certain additions and updates were identified and incorporated below. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby ORDAIN as follows: SECTION I. AMENDMENTS. The City Council hereby amends the following sections of the'Los Altos Hills Municipal Code to read as follows amended by this ordinance are not included below, and shall remain in full force and effect. Chapter 1 EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION 4-1.02 Definitions. Local emergency means the duly proclaimed, actual or threatened, existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons, property and environment, within or affecting the territorial limits of the Town, which are, or are likely to be, beyond the control of Town services, personnel, equipment and facilities and requiring the combined forces of other public agencies to combat. Conditions may include air pollution, drought, earthquake, epidemic, fire, flood, human acts, plant or animal infestation or disease, riot, severe weather, sudden and severe energy shortage, technological interruptions and conditions such as, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction,or other conditions including conditions resulting from war or imminent threat of war. "Local emergency" does not include, nor does any provision of this chapter apply to, any conditions resulting from a labor controversy. Ordinance 565 Page 1