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ORDINANCE No. 233 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF <br />LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LOS ALTOS <br />HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SLOPE DENSITY, BEING AN <br />URGENCY ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION. <br />The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, California does <br />hereby ordain as follows: <br />SECTION 1. Amendment of Municipal Cade. <br />Section 9-4.604 (b), 2, (iii) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"Any portion or portions of a parcel to be subdivided which have an <br />average natural slope greater than fifty-five percent (55%) may be assigned an <br />average slope fifty-five percent (55%) for the purposes of computing the average <br />slope of the entire parcel." <br />Section 2. Urgency Measure <br />This Ordinance is adopted as an urgency measure necessary to protect <br />the public safety, health and welfare, and is for the purposes of prohibiting <br />any uses which may be in conflict with the General Plan, the adopted zoning <br />ordinance, and the continuity of the slope density formula. The City Council <br />of the Town of Los Altos Hills has found and determined, and hereby reaffirms <br />that the natural environment of the steeper properties of the Town affected by <br />this Ordinance have a high degree of frailty and are vulnerable to irreversible <br />damage which could be brought about by improperly regulated human intervention, <br />and that the purpose of this Ordinance is to prevent the possible loss of important <br />resources by overly -intensive development. Additionally, the slope density formula <br />results in an average lot size of infinity for slopes in excess of fifty-six <br />percent (56%), and therefore requires a maximum average slope limit. Limitation <br />of the formula for average slopes less than fifty-five percent (55%) but greater <br />