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ORDINANCE NO. 112
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS REQUIRING A PRELIMINARY SOIL REPORT OF SUBDIVISIONS
AND SPECIFYING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A SOIL
INVESTIGATION OF EACH LOT IS REQUIRED.
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ordain as
follows:
Sec. 1. Purpose. The City Council declares that this or-
dinance is enacted pursuant to the requirements
of Chapter 1001 of the Statutes of 1965.
Sec. 2. Preliminary Soil Report. Prior to the submission
of every final subdivision map, the subdivider
shall file with City Engineer a preliminary soil
report, prepared by a civil engineer who is re-
gistered by the State of California, based upon
adequate test borings or excavations of every sub-
division, as defined in Sections 11535 and 11535.1
of the Business and Professions Code. The prelim-
inary soil report may be waived if City Engineer
shall determine that, due to the knowledge of such
department as to the soil qualities of the subdivi-
sion, no preliminary analysis is necessary.
Sec. 3. Soil Investigation. If the preliminary soil report
indicates the presence of critically expansive soils
or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would
lead to structural defects, a soil investigation of
each lot in the subdivision shall be prepared by a
civil engineer who is registered by the State of
California. The soil investigation shall recommend
corrective action which is likely to prevent struc-
tural damage to each dwelling proposed to be con-
structed on the expansive soil. The report shall
be filed with the City Engineer.
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Sec. 4. Approval of Soil Investigation. City Engineer shall
approve the soil investigation if it determines that
the recommended corrective action is likely to pre-
vent structural damage to each dwelling to be con-
structed on each lot in the subdivision. Appeal
from such determination shall be to the City Council.
The building permit shall be conditioned upon the in-
corporation of the approved recommended corrective
action in the construction of each dwelling.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be posted in
three public places within the Town of Los Altos
Hills and shall be effective thirty (30) days from
and after the date of its passage.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town
of Los Altos Hills held on December 20, 1965, and was thereafter
at a regular meeting of said Council held on January 3, 1966,
1966, passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Aiken, Bowler, Clayton, Mayor Henley
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Fowle
Attest:
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Approved:
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