HomeMy WebLinkAbout506 ORDINANCE NO. 506
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING
CHAPTER 1, TITLE H OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS,the City Council desires to amend Title II, Chapter 1 of the Municipal Code
to update the time and order of business of the regular meetings of the Council;
NOW, THERFORE,the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ORDAIN as
follows:
Section 1. Section 2-1.101 entitled "Regular meetings" of the Town Code shall be
amended as follows:
2-1.101. (a) Time: Place.
The City Council shall hold regular meetings on the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall, 26379
Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California, or in such other place within the Town limits
to which the meeting may be adjourned. In the event that there are no closed session
items on the agenda, the City Council meeting shall begin at 7:00 p.m. If by reason of
emergency it shall be unsafe to meet in the Town Hall, meetings may be held at such
other place within the Town limits as is designated in the special meeting notice.
Section 2. A subsection(d) should be added to Section 2-1.101 to read as follows:
2-1.101. (d) Order of Business.
Council business shall normally proceed in the following order: Roll call and
closed session shall convene at 6:30 p.m. The City Council will conclude the closed
session by 7:00 p.m. or continue to the closed session to a later point in the meeting.
Public hearings will commence at approximately 7:00 p.m.
Section 3 Section 2-1.106 entitled "End of Meetings" of the Town Code
shall be amended as follows:
2-1.106 End of Meetings
If a meeting is not completed by 10:00 p.m., the City Council shall then
determine whether to consider further agenda items or adjourn and defer unfinished
business until the next regular meeting of the Council.
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Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of the Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
invalid, or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part
hereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section,
subsection subdivision, paragraph, sentence clause phrase of the Ordinance irrespective
of the fact that one or more of them would be declared unconstitutional or invalid. To
this end,the provisions of the Ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days from the date of its
passage and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation and posted within
the Town of Los Altos Hills in three public places.
INTRODUCED: March 8, 2007
PASSED: March 22, 2007
AYES: Mayor Warshawsky, Mayor Pro Tem Jones, Councilmember Kerr,
Councilmember Mordo and Councilmember O'Malley
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
BY:
Dean War sky, Mayor
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City Clerk
APP VED TO FORM:
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City Attorney