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RESOLUTION NO_ 19-87.
A RESOLUTION OF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
LOS ALTOS HILLS ESTABLISHING A POLICY CONCERNING
.VOTING ON LAND USE MATTERS
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, County
of Santa Clara, State of California, that
WHEREAS, the Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 81r000
et.seQ) prohibits any person from participating in a governmental action or
decision in which he or she knows or has reason to believe that .that person
has a financial interest, that is if the decision would have a material
financial affect on the business or property that person has destinguished
from the effect of the action or decision on the public generallg: and
WHEREAS, the City Council has .become aware of other potential
conflicts. of interest which may arise by reason of the proximity of a
property which is the subject of a particular land use application to the
property owned or leased by members of various Committees or Commissions
or of the Council who may be required to participate in a governmental action
. or decision on such an application; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a policy to guide the
members of such Committees or Commissions and of the Council itself in
determining whether to vote on a particular land use application.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE !T FURTHER RESOLVED a:3 follows:
No member of a Commission or Committee or of the City Council of the
Town of Los altos Hills shall vote on any application concerning or dealing
with the use of land, or any portion or aspect thereof, which is before a
Commission or Committee or the City Council itself if the member owns or .
leases real property within three hundred (300) feet of the property tib which is
the subject of the application, in order to avoid the appearance of any
potential conflict of interest.
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Whether the property of a member of a Commission, Committe or the
Council is within three hundred (3 00) feet of the property which is the
subject of a particular application, shall be determined in the same manner
as is used to identify other properties within three hundred (300) feet of the
subject property for the purpose of ► i .in+ notice to property owners as
required in the Planning and Zoning Law (Government Code S,ecti on 65,000
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et.seq.).
REGULARLY passed and adopted this 18thday of March , 1967.
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CITY CLERK
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