Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout3161640 ORDINANCE NO. 316 'J AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 12-2.02 12-2.04 12-2.05 AND 12-2.10 OF CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED'STREEf ThEES, SHRUBS, AND PLANTS' OF TITLE 12 THEREOF The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1, AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 12-2.02 of Chapter 2 entitled "Street Trees, Shrubs, and Plants' of Title 12 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 12-2.02, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE. (a) The TOWN shall have control of all street trees, shrubs, and plants or flowers now or, hereafter growing in any street, park or public place within the TOWN limits, but the owner of the property which abuts the street or public place shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of such trees, shrubs and plants. (b) In connection with the approval of a landscaping plan required for the subdivision of land within the TOWN or as part of any Site Development Permit, the City Council, Planning Commission or Site Development Authority, as the case may be, may include as a part thereof the planting and maintenance of street trees within the portion of any street lying between the property line of the property which is the subject of a Subdivision or Site Development Permit application and the paved or otherwise improved portion of that street. (c) Unless required to plant street trees as part of a landscaping plan described in sub -section (b) above, no other person shall plant, trim, remove, or interfere with street trees, shrubs, plants, or flowers In any street, park, or public place without a permit therefor issued as provided in Sections 12-2.04 and 12-2.05. (d) If the owner of the property which abuts the street or public place upon which are located trees, shrubs or plants and who is responsible for their care and maintenance, fails to care and maintain them, a notice may be sent by ordinary United States mail to the owner or any tenant involved. Such notice shall describe the condition, state the work necessary to remedy the condition, and shall specify the time within which the work must be performed. If, at the end of the time specified, such work has not been performed, the TOWN may perform such work, and the cost thereof shall constitute a charge against such owner or tenant, and such charge shall be a lien on such property. SECTION 3, AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 12-2.04 of Chapter 2 entitled 'Street Trees, Shrubs, and Plants" of Title 12 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 12-2.04. PERMIT; APPLICATION. Any person desiring to do any of the work described In Section 12-2.03 may apply for a permit to do so. The application for a permit shall be made on forms provided for the purpose and shall state the work proposed to be done and In the case of removal the number and location of the trees to be removed by types and the reason for removal for each. SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 12-2.05 of Chapter 2 entitled "Street Trees, Shrubs, and -2- Plants" of Title 12 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 12-2.05. PERMIT; REVIEW; CONDITIONS. Each application shall be reviewed to determine: (a) Whether the proposed work (i) Will create, continue or aggravate any hazardous condition, or public nuisance. (ii) Will prevent or interfere with the growth; location or planting of approved street trees; (lit) Will be consistent with the planting plan being fol lowed by the TOWN. (b) The condition of the tree or trees with respect to disease, danger of falling, proximity to existing or proposed structures and interference with utility services; (c) In the case of removal (i) The necessity to remove the tree or trees. (11) The topography of the land and the effect of the removal of the tree on erosion, soil retention and diversion or increased flow of surface waters; (111) The number of trees existing In the neighborhood on improved property and the effect the removal would have on the established standard of the area and the property values. The City Manager may issue the permit with or without reasonable conditions, or may deny the permit, after making the determinations described above. If a permit is issued the City Manager may attach as a condition, the replacement by the applicant of the tree with another tree contained in a list of trees determined by the City Council to meet the criteria set forth in Section I1-8.08. -3- If the application for a permit is denied, the applicant may appeal to the City Council which shall hear and determine the appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting. SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 12-2.10 of Chapter 2 entitled "Street Trees, Shrubs, and Plants' of Title 12 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: Sectlon 12-2.10. ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS. The City Council, by Resolution, may adopt regulations prescribing standards of landscaping and planting of streets and public places, therein, together with a list of appropriate street trees. A copy of such regulations and street tree list shall be available for public inspection upon request, and all work performed in streets or public places shall be performed in accordance therewith. The following criteria shall be considered in compiling any list of appropriate street trees. Each tree should (a) Be disease resistant. (b) Not require extensive pruning or leaf clean-up. (c) Be erect and non -drooping for the sake of pedestrians and motorists. (d) Be appropriate to the space in which they are to be planted for their root growth and breadth of canopy in order to reduce sidewalk and utility line damage. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. POSTING. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and shall be posted within the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places. The within Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills held this 16thday of SepteTber , 1987, and was thereafter passed and enacted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills this 7th day of October 1987, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember: Dronkert, Plummer, Siegel, Tryon and van Tamelen NOES: Councilmember: None ABSENT: Councilmember: None MAYOR ATTEST. 82787 -5-