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#�t D I N A N C E AT O. A 140 AN 03DINUTCE OF THE X'W 07 LOS ALTOS 'TILLS LICENSING THE TRANSACTION 1"TD C`RRYING ON OF C_73TAIN BUSI^TESSES, TRADES, PROFESSIONS, CALhIr+GS AbTD OCCUPATIONS IN THE TOUN OF LOS LI'T03 HILLS, FOR ,IIF PURIOSE OF RAISING MUNICIPAL RFV -NUE, ATO PROTrIDI^G A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION IIIT;REOF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TO'M OF LOS ALTOS HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. DEFINITIONS A) Person. As used in this Ordinance, "person" includes all domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates, joint stock corporations, partnerships of every kind, clubs, Massachu- setts, business, or common law trusts, societies, and individuals transacting and carrying on any business in the Town of Los Altos Hills, other than as an employee. B) Business. As used in this Ordinance, "business" in- cludes professions, trades, and occupations and all and every kind of calling whether or not carried on for profit. SECTION II. R-"VFNUE MEASURE This Ordinance is enacted solely to raise revenue for municipal purposes, and is not intended for regulation. SECTION III. SUBSTITUTE FOR OTHER R',VENUE ORDINAI?CES Persons required to pay a license tax for transacting and carrying on any business under this Ordinance shall not be re- lieved from the payment of any license tax for the privilege of doing Bach business required under any other ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills, and shall remain subject to the regulatory provisions of other ordinances. SECTION IV. EFFECT OF ORDINANCE ON PAST ACTIONS .IND OBISG^.TIONS PRF,VIOUSLY XCRUED Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor its supersed- ing of any portion of any other ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills shall in any manner be construed to affect prosecution for vio- lation of any other ordinance committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or any penal pro- vision applicable to any such violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit required by any ordinance to be posted, filed, or deposited, and all rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to approve, validate, or in any manner permit the expansion or extension of any use within the Town of Los Altos Hills which is not in conformity with the zoning and other ordinances of said Town. SECTION V. LICEITSE RE--�UIRED There are hereby imposed upon the businesses, trades, pro- fessions, callings and occupations specified in this Ordinance licence taxes in the amounts hereinafter prescribed. It shall be unlawful for