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Home My WebLink About190ORDINANCE NO. 190 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE, TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING SECONDARY CODES THEREIN ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1967 EDITION, VOLUME 1", TOGETHER WITH ITS APPENDICES, PUB- LISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODI- FIED, OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE; THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED "NATIONAL ELECTRI- CAL CODE, 1965 EDITION", TOGETHER WITH ITS ADDENDA, PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODIFIED, OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE; AND THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED "UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDI- TION", TOGETHER WITH ITS APPENDICES, PUBLISHED BY THE INTER- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED, MODI- FIED, OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE; PRESCRIBING CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA- TION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF; AND REPEALING CERTAIN ORDI- NANCES AS SPECIFIED THEREIN The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ordain as follows: Sec. 1. Adoption of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code. That certain document entitled "Los Altos Hills Municipal Code", including the Appendix thereto, three (3) copies of which have been filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection, together with the secondary codes therein adopted by reference, is hereby adopted by reference as a comprehensive ordinance Code for the Town of Los Altos Hills pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California. Each and all of the provisions, terms, and penalties of said Code on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, incorporated herein, and made a part of this ordinance as if fully set forth in this ordinance. Sec. 2. Repeals. Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance and in the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, all ordinances of the Town of Los Altos Hills in force upon the effective date of this ordinance are hereby repealed. - 1 - 1 V✓ 'rI Sec._j. Certain ordinances to remain in effect. Those certain ordinances of the Town of Los Altos Hills which are listed in Table 2 of the Appendix to the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code shall not be repealed by this ordinance but shall remain in full force and effect. In addition to the foregoing, Ordinance Nos.180.182.183.184, 185.186 and 187 shall remain in Hall force and effect pending their codification and incorporation into the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code following its adoption as modifications thereto, the incorporation and codification of said ordinances into said Code being hereby author- ized and approved. Sec. 4. Exceptions to repeals. No rights, obligations, duties, privileges, or encumbrances arising from any ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance relating to any of the following matters shall be affected by the repealing provisions of this ordinance or of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code: (a) The public debt or the public credit; (b) The establishment, naming, width, grade, construction, improvement, or vacation of a public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public property or facility; (c) The acquisition or disposition of any interest in real or personal property; (d) The annexation of territory; (e) Any contract to which the Town of Los Altos Hills is a party or any contract inuring to the Town's benefit; (f) A municipal election; (g) Any appropriation or expenditure of public funds; (h) The levy or imposition of property taxes or fixing the tax rate; (i) The levy of a special benefit assessment or the crea- tion of a lien or debt against the owner of any property or said property; or - 2 (j) The grant of any franchise, license, or right by the Town, which franchise, license, grant, or power is legally in force and effect upon the effective date of this ordinance. Every such fran- chise, license, grant, or power shall expire as originally provided. Sec. Savings provisions. The repealing provisions of this ordinance or of the Los Alton Hills Municipal Code shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or approved, or any proceeding, suit, or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal shall take effect; but every such act done, or right vested or accrued, or proceeding, suit,or prosecution had or commenced shall remain in full force and effect to all intents and purposes as if the applicable provisions of the ordinance, or part thereof, so repealed had remained in force and effect. No offense com- mitted and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, either civilly or criminally incurred prior to the time when any such ordinance, or part thereof, shall be repealed or altered by said Code, shall be discharged or affected by such repeal or alteration; but prosecutions and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties, or forfeitures shall be in- stituted and proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance, or part thereof, had not been repealed or altered. Sec. 6. Violations of Code provisions. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or fail to comply with any of the requirements of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code or the provisions of any Code adopted by reference by said Code. Any person violating any of such provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction as designated by, and provided for, in Sections 16, 17, 19c, and 19d of the Penal Code of the State of California and as expressly specified in Section 40000 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every - 3 - W .r day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, or the provisions of any Code adopted by reference by said Code, is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred and no/100ths ($500.00) Dollars, or by imprison- ment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code shall be punishable for a first convic- tion by a fine of not more than Fifty and no/100ths ($50.00) Dollars, for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than One Hundred and no/100ths ($100.00) Dollars, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty and no/100ths ($250.00) Dollars. In addition to the penalties provided by this section, any condi- tion caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, or the provisions of any Code adopted by reference by said Code, shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by the Town, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense. Sec. Z. Effective date: Publication. This ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and approval and shall be posted in three (3) public places within the Town within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills on - 4 - r 1W 1W the 20th day of September , 1971, and was thereafter, at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of October , 1971, passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Corbett, Davey, Grabowski, Helgesson and Mayor Benson NOES: N 0 N E ABSENT: N 0 N E ATTEST: APPROVED: yor - 5 - (SEAL)