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v 4 J ORDINANCE NO. 44 A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS ESTABLISHING, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE U3F OF LAND AND THE USE, LOCATION AND HEIGHT AND BULK OF BUILDINGS, AND AREA AND DIMENSIONS OF BUILDING SITES: PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORDINANCE: ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF IAS ALTOS HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. SHORT TITLE 1:10 Title. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ur nance of the Town of Los Altos Hills". 1:20 pipose, This Zoning Ordinance is adopted to protect and guide the growth and expansion of the Town of Los Altos Hills in an orderly manner true to the rural residential character of the com- munity; to provide for space deemed necessary to advance the welfare of the public in assuring adeuate light, pure air, safety from con- flagration and disaster; to promote the smooth flow of traffic, to provide adequate residential off-street parking facilities, and to solve other conditions arising from concentration of the population. 1:30 In er retation. In their interpretation and applica- tion, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare. 1:40 Scope. It is not intended by this Ordinance to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or interfere with exist- ing provisions of other laws or ordinances, except those specifically repealed by this Ordinance, or with private restrictions placed upon property by covenant, deed or other private agreement, or with re- strictive convenants running with the land to which the City is a party. Where this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon land, buildingsor structures than is imposed or required by such existifhg provisions of law, ordinance, conversant, contract or deed, the provisions of this Ordinance shall control. SECTION II. DEFINITIONS 2:10 For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. (A) "Acceseo Use or Accessor Structure". A subordinate use or subordinate strut ure cus omari y incident n— and located on the same lot with the dwelling, including but not limited to private swimming pools, barns and stables. (B) "Agriculture". Includes animal husbandry, livestock farming, flower growing, crop and tree farming and viticulture.