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RESOLUTION NO. 380
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF . LOS
ALTOS HILLS RELATING TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE
HIGHWAY .BEAUTIFICATION ACT OF 1965.
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has heretofore
enacted the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 for the purpose
of providing for scenic development and road beautification
of the federal-state highway systems and that such Act
contemplates and requires action by the several states; and
WHEREAS, Section 131 (g) of the Act requires payment of
compensation upon the removalof certain outdoor advertising
signs, displays and devices, ' such compensation to be shared by
thefederalgovernment and the States; and .
WHEREAS, with respect to the State of California, payment
of compensation for such removal is unnecessary and wasteful
because such removal and the consequent securing of "effective
control", as defined in the Act, can better be accomplished
under the police power of this State; and
WHEREAS, over a period of many years the police power of
the States has become and now isthe well established and
judicially recognized means of enforcing zoning and similar
land use controls, and, accordingly, the compensation provision
in the Act is likely to confuse and undermine established
practices and procedures,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the
Town of Los Altos Hills that this body hereby declares its
opposition to Section 131(g) of Public Law 89-285, the Highway
Beautification Act of 1965, and urges the Congress to delete
said provision by appropriate amendment to the Act;
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the. Clerk be, and she is
hereby, directed to prepare a certified copy of theseresolutions
and forward them to United States Senators Thomas H. Kuchel and
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George Murphy and to Honorable Charles S. Gubser, Representa-
tive
resenta-
tive in Congress.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
adopted by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills
at a meeting of said Council regularly held on the 6th day
of February, 1967, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Aiken, Davey, Fowle, Mayor Henley
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
AT BEST
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APP ROVED:
Mayor
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