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AN ORDINSNCE OF THE TO'M O LOS ALTOS HILLS REGULATING,
SND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS PROHIBITING 14ITHOUT PERMIT THE DEPOSIT
OR REMOVAL OF SOIL, SLND ROCK OR OTHER"M'.TRI.:L RESPECTIVELY UPON OR
FROM PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF LOS .ALTOS HILLS: PROVIDING PEN,.LTIES
FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING :, S^VERdBILITY CLAUS .LTD DECL;MNG THIS TO
BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDI ,TELY UPON ENICTMENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS _ZTOS HILLS DOES ORDAIN
:.S FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: The extraction from, or the deposit upon prop-
erty in the Town of Los Altos Hills of soil, sand, rock or similar
materials and including building materials and construction materials
is prohibited unless a permit therefor shall have been issued by the
City Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the Town of Los Altos Hills.
SECTION II: There shall be excepted from the terms and re-
quirements of this Ordinance excavations and deposits as follows:
(a) excavation as required for basement or found-
ation of any structure for which a building permit has been issued.
(b) excavation as required for a swimming pool or
similar project for which a building permit has been issued.
(c) deposit of earth, as required and building mat-
erials for use in a building for which a building permit has been
issued.
(d) grading of any parcel of land for a permitted
use when a building permit has been issued provided no bank is left
standing and exposed of more than ten (10) feet in vertical height nor
where not over six hundred (600) cubic yards of material is to be re-
moved from or spread upon the premises.
(e) grading in a subdivision under a plan approved
under existing Ordinances of the Town of Los Altos Hills.
(f) excavation by any public agency or public ut-
ility for the installation, operation, maintenance,inspection, repair
or replacement of a facility.
(g) miscellaneous excavation or deposit, not to ex-
ceed six (6) cubic yards per year, incidental to residential occupancy.
All work done under an excepted or permitted use shall be
left in a sightly and workmanlike condition.
SECTION III: The conditions under which a permit for ex-
cavation or deposit or materials may be issued shall include any pro-
vision deemed necessary or desirable to protect the public safety and
welfare. The following are minimum standards to be applied in estab-
lishment of such conditions:
(a) except as herein provided, no cut slope shall
be steeper than a ratio of 116 to 1 horizontal to vertical measurement.
(b) except as herein provided, no fill slope ehbll
beteeper than a ratio of two to one (2 to 1), horizontal to vertical
measurement.
(c) steeper slopes than as herein provided, if per-
mitted, shall be retained by a substantial wall, built to specifi-
cations approved by the Building Inspector.
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(dfiono cut shall be mzde wi.AMC ten (10) feet of
the property line.
(e) no material,:unless under special permit, shall
be removed from the property for which t'.;e grading permit was issued.
(f) no unterraced cut of fill shall exceed ten (10)
feet in height.
SECTION IV: -my violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed
a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed three hundred
dollars (3300.00) or to exceed thirty (30) days in jail or both such
fine and imprisonment. Bach day of which a violation exists shall be
deemed a separate and distinct offense.
SECTION V: The invalidity, if any, of any article, section,
paragraph, sentence, word, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, shall
not invalidate any other article, section, paragraph, sentence, word,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance. The City Council of the Town of
Los .iltos Hills hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance
and each article, section, paragraph, sentence, word, clause and phrase
tffiffieof irrespective of the fact that any other article, section, para-
graph, sentence, word, clause or phrase thereof be declared, by a
Court of competent jurisdiction, invalid.
3 ,TION VI: This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an
emergency measure and urTency Ordinance necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and shall take
effect and be in full force forthwith after its final passage and ap-
proval. Following is a statement of the f?cts constituting such urg-
ency: There is a present danger that soil will be stripped and re-
moved from land in the City leaving same barren, unsightly, unproduct-
ive and subject to erosion, subsidence and drainage dangers thereby
damaging adjoining property besides materially lessening for such
other property the residential values and enjoyment with destruction
of happy family life and the rural atmosphere which is a vital compon-
ent part of the designed and accepted way of living in the Town of Los
11tos Hills: further irreparable destruction may be thereby caused
to the Town ideals and the welfare, well being and financial investment
of its residents.
SECTION VII: This Ordinance shall become effective immedi-
ately on passage and shall be posted in three (3) public places in the
Town of Los ._ltos Hills
RMED .H`TD 00PTED By the City Council of the Town of Los
iltos Hills this 18b day of August 1958 by the following vote:
'.YES: Councilmen Clayton, Bledsoe, Treat, Sherlock, ;
Mayor Fowle
NOES: None
BSENT: None
--�-�Mayor
Deputy Q_ty ClOk� --
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