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AN ORDINANCE OF TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS FURTHER AMENDING
THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS
3-1.106, 3-1.118, 3-1.201, 4-2.201, 4-4.02, 4-7.02, 5-1.14,
6-4.117, 6-4.122, 6-4.125. 6-4.201, 6-4.202, 7-3.05, 7-3.06,
7-3.27, 8-2.02, 8-3.02, 8-6.03. 8-7.01, 8-1.03 AND 8-4.03 AND BY
REPEALING SECTIONS 3-1.202 TO 3-1.214, INCLUSIVE, AND 6-2.05,
RESPECTIVELY, CONCERNING CHANGES IN FEES AND CHARGES
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills DOES ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 3-1.106 entitled "Licenses; Duplicate; Fees" of Chapter 1 of
Article l of Title 3 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 3-1.106. Licenses; Duplicate; Fees.
A duplicate license may be issued by the City Clerk to replace
any license previously issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Chapter which license has been lost or destroyed upon the
licensee filing a statement of such fact and paying to the City
Clerk a duplicate license fee in an amount to be set by
Resolution.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 3-1.118 entitled "License Taxes; Delinquencies; Penalties" of
Article l of Chapter l of Title 3 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3-1.118. License Taxes; Delinquencies; Penalties.
For failure to pay a license tax when due, the City Clerk shall
add a penalty of a percent of the license tax on the last day of
each month after the due date thereof and the amount of which
shall be set by Resolution; provided, however, the amount of
such penalty to be added shall in no event exceed a certain
percent of the amount of the license tax due, the amount of
which also shall be set by Resolution.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 3-1.201 entitled "Scope" of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 3 of
the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3-1.201. Scope.
Every person engaged in business in the Town shall pay a
license tax in the amount to be set by Resolution.
SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 4-2.201 entitled "Sales; Permits Required; Fees" of Article 2
of Chapter 2 of Title 4 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-2.201. Sales; Permits Required; Fees.
No person or entity shall sell or expose for sale firecrackers,
fireworks, or torpedoes of any nature whatsoever within the
Town except by a permit therefor specifically granted by the
Council. Such permit shall only be granted when deemed
advisable for the public welfare, and for such terms and such
condition as may be fixed, and upon the payment of a fee in an
amount to be set by Resolution.
SECTION 5. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 4-4.02 entitled "Discharging; Transportation; Permits
Required; Fees' of Chapter 4 of Title 4 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code
is hereby amended by amending the last sentence thereof to read as follows:
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Section 4-4.02. Discharging; Transportation; Permits Required: Fees.
Such permits shall only be issued upon the payment of a fee in
an amount to be set by Resolution and shall be upon such
conditions and for such terms as the Chief of Police may
determine.
SECTION 6. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 4-7.02 entitled "Fire Alarm Rating Period" of Chapter 7 of Title
4 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4-7.02 False Alarm Rating Period.
Each alarm system shall be granted a false alarm period of
twelve (12) months which will begin on the date of the first
alarm occurring within said system. Succeeding alarm periods
shall begin on the anniversary of the first false alarm. A
service charge shall be imposed by the Town upon the third
false alarm during each alarm period. A service charge for each
additional false alarm beyond the third false alarm also will be
charged. The amounts of the service charges shall be set by
Resolution.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Subsections (c) and (d) of Section 5-1.14 entitled "Clearing Private
Property by Town" of Chapter I of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code are hereby amended by amending the words appearing therein and
reading
"at the rate of six (6%) percent per year ......
to read
"at the annual rate to be set by Resolution....
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SECTIONS. AMENDMENT OF CODE_
Subsections (d) and (e) of Section 6-4.117 entitled 'Private Systems;
Pumping" of Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6-4.117. Private Systems; Pumping.
(d) Licenses to pump: Fees The licensee shall pay, in advance,
to the City Clerk a license fee in an amount to be set by
Resolution.
(e) Licenses to pump,- Teem; Renewal Each license issued
shall be valid for a period of one year only but may be
renewed for additional one-year periods upon the payment
of the annual license fee in an amount to be set by
Resolution and submission of such additional information
as the City Clerk may require.
SECTION 9. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 6-4.122 entitled 'Private Systems; Fees; Inspections" of
Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6-4.122. Private Systems: Fee: Inspections.
The amount of all fees required to be paid under Subsection (a)
shall be set by Resolution of the Council.
(a) Fees.
(1) The applicant for a septic tank permit for new
construction or for an existing system modification or
expansion shall pay to the Town a nonrefundable
filing fee.
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(2) The applicant shall pay to the Santa Clara
Environmental Health Services, at the time of issuance
of a septic tank and drain field permit by the Health
Services, a nonrefundable fee for each new private
sewage disposal system.
(3) The applicant shall pay to the Santa Clara
Environmental Health Services a nonrefundable fee
for test holes investigated during any single filed
review of a site or proposed subdivision of land.
(4) The applicant shall pay to the Santa Clara
Environmental Health Services a nonrefundable fee
for the review of locations for new swimming pools,
exterior building additions and new tennis courts on
each parcel or lot where the existing parcel or lot is
services by private sewage disposal system.
(b) Inspections. In any case in which the City Engineer
certifies that additional inspections and/or tests, beyond
those normally required, are necessary, the actual
additional costs of such tests or inspections shall be paid by
the applicant to the Town in addition to the fees required
to be paid in Subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 10. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 6-4.125 entitled "Appeals" of Article I of Chapter 4 of Title 6
of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6-4.125, Appeals.
Any person aggrieved by a determination of any administrative
official may appeal such determination to the Council by filing a
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written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within ten (10) days
after receiving a notice of the determination of the
administrative official. There shall be paid a nonrefundable
filing fee for each such appeal, and, in addition thereto, there
shall be paid a deposit for services. The City Clerk shall put the
matter on the neat open agenda for a hearing at a regularly
scheduled Council meeting. The amounts of the filing fee and
deposit shall be set by Resolution.
SECTION 11. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 6-4.201 entitled "City of Palo Alto Facilities" of Article 2 of
Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6-4.201.
City of Palo Alto Facilities.
(a)
Stupe The charges referred to in this Section shall apply
to every sewer service connection which is served by or
pursuant to that certain Agreement between the Town and
the City of Palo Alto, dated March 29, 1968, pertaining to
sanitary sewer service, and the amounts of which shall be
set by Resolution of the Council.
(b)
Connection Charges The charge for the privilege of
connecting each single residential connection to the
sanitary sewerage facilities of the Town served by the City
of Palo Alto facilities shall be paid to the Town prior to
making any such connection.
(c)
Service Charges The charge for the privilege of
maintaining each single residential connection to the
sanitary sewerage facilities of the Town served by the City
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of Palo Alto facilities shall be paid to the Town in advance
in monthly or quarterly installments as determined by
Resolution of the Council.
(d) Nonpayments Pena&Ws- The establishment and
maintenance of any connection without payment therefor
as set forth in this Section is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance and shall be subject to abatement as such. In
addition to all other remedies provided by law, in the
event of the nonpayment of service charges required to be
paid by the provisions of Subsection (c) of this Section, the
Town shall have the right to disconnect any and all
connections made or maintained contrary to the provisions
of this Section.
SECTION 12. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 6-4.202 entitled "Altamont Trunk Sewer Line" of Article 2 of
Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6-4.202. Altamont Trunk Sewer Line.
There is hereby established a connection charge, to pay for the
rights of capacity and use to be charged for each unit of use
connected to that certain trunk sewer known as the Altamont
Trunk Sewer Line, which line is more particularly described in
Exhibit A on file in the Office of the City Clerk and by this
reference made a part of this Article as though set forth in this
Article in full. On and after April 15, 1970, such charge shall be
collected as a condition precedent to the issuance of a permit to
connect to said trunk sewer line. All amounts collected
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pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be paid into the
Los Altos Basin Sewer Fund established by the provisions of
Article l of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of this Code. The amount of the
charge shall be set by Resolution of the Council.
SECTION 13. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 7-3.05 entitled 'Permits; Applications; Cash Deposits" of
Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) thereof to read as follows:
Section 7-3.05. Permits; Applications; Cash Deposits.
(a) Specificll°posits. The application for an excavation permit
shall be accompanied by a cash deposit, made to the City
Clerk for deposit with the City Treasurer, the amount of
which shall be set by Resolution.
(b) Generall%posils Any person intending to make openings,
cuts, or excavations in streets may make and maintain with
the City Treasurer a general deposit, the amount of which
shall be set by Resolution. Each person making a general
deposit shall not be required to make the special deposit
set forth in Subsection (a) of this Section but shall be
required to comply with all the other applicable provisions
of this Chapter.
SECTION 14. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 7-3.06 entitled 'Permits; Fees" of Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the
Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 7-3.06. Permits; Fees.
A permit fee, the amount of which shall be set by Resolution,
shall be charged by the City Clerk for the issuance of each
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excavation
permit, which fee shall be in
addition to
all other
fees for
permits or charges relative
to any
proposed
construction work.
SECTION 15. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 7-3.27 entitled "Surfacing by the Town" of Chapter 3 of Title 7
of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending the
first two sentences thereof to read as follows:
Section 7-3.27. Surfacing by the Town.
If the permittee shall have failed to restore the surface of the
street to the Town's specifications upon the expiration of the
time fixed by the excavation permit, or shall otherwise have
failed to complete the excavation work covered by such permit,
the City Engineer, if he deems it advisable, shall have the right
to do all the work and things necessary to restore the street.
The permittee shall be liable for the actual cost thereof and an
additional percent of such cost for general overhead and
administrative expenses, the percentage of which shall be set
by Resolution.
SECTION 16. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 8-2.02 entitled "Fees" of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 8-2.02. Fees.
The fees for electrical permits shall be set by Resolution.
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SECTION 17. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 8-3.02 entitled "Cost of Permits" of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the
Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Subsection
(b) thereof to read as follows:
Section 8-3.02. Cost of Permits.
(b) Such applicant shall pay for each permit issued, at the time
of issuance, a fee which shall be set by Resolution.
SECTION 18. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 8-6.03 entitled 'Prohibited; Exceptions" of Chapter 6 of Title 8
of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending the
fourth sentence of Subsection (b) thereof to read as follows:
Section 8-6.03. Prohibited; Exceptions.
(b)
.... Each person or entity applying for permission to place
additional advertising displays shall pay a fee for each
such application, the amount of which shall be set by
Resolution.
SECTION 19. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 8-7.01 entitled "Charge" of Chapter 7 of Title 8 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 8-7.01. Charge.
There is imposed upon the construction of any new dwelling, or
structural additions to any dwelling or other building, charges
in accordance with the schedule established by Resolution.
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SECTION 20. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
That portion of Section 8-1.03 entitled "Amendment of Section 304" of
Chapter 1 of Title 8 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code consisting of
Subsection (a) (1), (2),(3) and (4) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 8-1.03. Cost of Permit and Amendment of Section 304.
Each applicant for a building permit shall pay for each permit
issued, at the time of issuance, a fee which shall be set by
Resolution.
SECTION 21. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 8-4.03 entitled "Amendment of Table 3-A" of Chapter 4 of
Title 8 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 8-4.03. Cost of Permit.
Each applicant shall pay for each permit issued, at the time of
issuance, a fee which shall be set by Resolution.
SECTION 22. REPEALS.
Each of the following Sections of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code be
and they hereby are repealed:
Sections 3-1.202 to 3-1.214, inclusive, of Chapter 1 entitled 'Business
Licenses" of Title 3.
Section 6-2.05 of Chapter 2 entitled "Food Establishments" of Title 6.
SECTION 23. 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 19 day of July 1989,
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and was thereafter passed and enacted
at a
regular meeting of the
City
Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills this
6th
day of Septa n Ier
,
1989, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmember: Casey, Johnson, Siegel, Tryon and van Tamelen
NOES: Councilmember: None
ABSENT: Councilmember: None
ATTEST:
071489
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