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ORDINANCE NO. z 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING THE
LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL SITES.
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. There is hereby added to Title 9 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code a new Chapter 6, to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 6. PROTECTION OF HISTORICAL SITES.
Sec. 9-6.01. Designation of Historical Sites.
The Council may, from time to time, based upon
evidence presented to it, find and determine that
a particular site within the Town has significant
historical or archaeological value, and designate
such site as a Historical Site. For purposes of
this chapter the term "Historical Site" shall mean
any site so designated pursuant to this section or by
appropriate state or federal authority.
Sec. 9-6.02. Protection of Historical Sites.
No person shall damage, deface or destroy or cause
to be damaged, defaced or destroyed any Historical
Site without prior written approval of the Council.
Sec. 9-6.03. New Developments Involving Historical Sites.
No project, including without limitation mining,
road building, real estate development, deep plowing,
land leveling or recreational use, which might endanger
any Historical Site, shall be undertaken without prior
submission of a written report assessing the impact of
such project upon such Historical Site. Said report
shall be submitted to the City Manager, reviewed by
him for adequacy and accuracy, and submitted with his
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comments to the City Council for approval.
If any such project will damage such Historical
Site, permission to proceed will be conditioned
upon making provision for adequate protection of
the Historical Site.
Sec. 9-6.04. Means of Protecting Historical Sites.
Acceptable means of reducing the impact of a
project on a Historical Site shall, depending upon
specific circumstances, include the following in
descending order of preference.
(a) Protection of the Site as part of a park,
monument, shrine or other controlled area.
(b) Leaving the Site in its natural condition.
(c) Burial or other non-destructive covering
of the Site.
(d) Excavation of the Site by archaeologists
acceptable to the Town, with all materials and
information recovered remaining the property of
the Town.
Sec. 9-6.05. Historical Site Policies.
It shall be the policy of the Town to encourage
property owners and developers to adhere to the spirit
of the foregoing provisions as well as the compatible
policies established by the National Environmental
Policy Act and all other applicable federal and state
laws. It shall further be the policy of the Town to
move vigorously to acquire and to protect Historical
Sites important to its history, in accordance with
a master plan to be designed by the Town Historian
in consultation with the Town Council and with
appropriate specialists."
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be posted within the Town
of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places and shall become
effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
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 August 15, 1973, and was thereafter, at a regular
meeting of said Council held on September 5, 1973, passed and
adopted.
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