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ORDINANCE NO. 161
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MM OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AhE LADING
ORDINANCE NO. 78 OF SAID MM AS AMENDED BY AMENDING THE
REQUIM1ENTS RELATING TO SETBACK BUILDING LINES, DEFINITIONS
AND VARIPNCE CRITERIA.
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 78 of the Iowa of Los Altos
Hills, passed and adopted on December 14, 1961, as amended,
is hereby amended as follows:
a) Section 2.:10, subsection 5 is deleted and there
is substituted in the place and stead thereof the following:
" "Area, Net." The gross area of any parcel
of land less all public and private easements for
vehicular access not for the exclusive use of the
parcel on which such easements are located."
b) Section 2:10, subsection 23 is deleted and there
is substituted in the place and stead thereof the following:
" "Setback Building Line." A line established
by this Ordinance to govern the placement of buildings
with respect to right-of-way lines, property lines
or other buildings."
c) Section 9:10 is deleted and there is substituted
in the place and stead thereof the following:
" "Setback Building Line." The setback building
line for any structure shall be:
(A) 40 feet from the nearest line of any public or private
street right-of-way easement for vehicular access, or
future or planned dedication for street right-of-way;
and
(B) 30 feet from property lines in all other instances.
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Where a lot abuts on more than one street or easement
as specified in (A) above, the 40 foot setback
building line shall be required from only one such
property line. In such instances the property
owner may select the property line provided such
choice, in the opinion of the City Manager or his
authorized representative, will not be injurious
to adjacent properties or the public interest."
d) Section 13:60(A) is deleted and there is
substituted in the place and stead thereof the following:
"The Planning Commission shall grant the
requested variance in whole or in part, if from the facts
presented in connection with the application, or at the public
hearing, it appears and the Planning Commission specifies in
its findings the facts which establish beyond reasonable doubt:
(A) That there are exceptional or extraordinary
circumstances or conditions applying to the
property involved including size, shape, topography
or surroundings that do not apply generally to other
property or uses in the same vicinity and zoning
district.
(B) That owing to such exceptional or extraordinary
circumstances the literal enforcement of the provisions
of the ordinance would result in practical difficulty
or unnecessary hardship.
(C) That the strict application of the zoning ordinance
would deprive such property of privileges enjoyed
by other property in the vicinity and under identical
zoning classification.
(D) That the granting of such variance will not be
materially detrimental to the public welfare or
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injurious to the property or improvements in the
vicinity or in the zoning district in which the
property of the applicant is located.
(E) That the granting of the variance will not constitute
a grant or special privilege inconsistent with the
limitations on other properties in the vicinity
classified in the same zoning district.
(F) That the granting of such variance will be in harmony
with the general purpose and intent of this ordinance
and the General Plan.
If the facts do not establish that all of the six conditions
set forth above apply to the subject case, the Planning Commission
shall deny the requested variance."
SECTION I_I_, Except as hereby amended, said
Ordinance No. 7' as amended shall be and remain in full force
and effect,
SECTION III. All ordinances and portions thereof in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION IV. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to
the Planning Act of the State of California, after noticed
public hearings by the Planning Commission and the City Council
of the Town of Los Altos Hills, and shall be posted in three (3)
public places within said Town and shall become effective
thirty (30) days following its adoption.
I HERESY CEPTI71 that the foregoing ordinance was introduced
nt a regular meeting of the City Council of the Toon of Los Altos
`!,ills on the 4th day of August, 1969, and was thereafter, at a
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