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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Division A5 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS*

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Division A5
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS*

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Charter reference(s)--Board of Supervisors generally, Art. II.

Cross reference(s)--Vote required on appointments and removals by Board of Supervisors, § A2-3; travel by County officers, Div. A31; travel by members of Board of Supervisors, § A31-1(a).

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CHAPTER I.
IN GENERAL

Sec. A5-1. Boundaries of District 1.

The boundaries of Supervisorial District No. One shall be as follows:

Beginning at the northeast corner of Santa Clara County, also being the common county boundary corner for Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Stanislaus County, and San Joaquin County, at Mt. Boardman; thence southerly following the meandering of the easterly boundary line of Santa Clara County to the common corner for Santa Clara County, Merced County, and San Benito County; thence in a general westerly direction following the meandering of the southerly boundary of Santa Clara County to the common corner for Santa Clara County, San Benito County and Santa Cruz County; thence in a general northwesterly direction following the meandering of the southwesterly boundary of Santa Clara County to the intersection with the line between Sections 26 and 27, in Township 8 South, Range 2 West, MDM, said line also being the southerly boundary of the Saratoga Union School District as described on pages 1 to 4, Saratoga Union School District - Certification of Legal Descriptions of School District Boundaries (Dated Feb. 1980, Revised July 01, 1991); thence along said southerly school district boundary as follows: northerly along the section line between said Sections 26 and 27, to the common section corner for Sections 22, 23, 26, and 27, in said T. 8 S., R. 2 W.; northerly along the west section line of the said Section 23 to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; easterly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 23 to the northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 23; easterly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 24, T. 8 S., R. 2 W., to the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 24; southerly along the North-South 1/16 Line of Section 24 to the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 24; easterly along the south line of said Section 24 to the southeast corner of the said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 24; northerly along the North-South 1/4 Line of Section 24 to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 24; easterly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 24 to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, T. 8 S., R. 1 W., MDM; easterly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 19 to the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19; northerly along the North-South 1/16 Line of Section 19 to the northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 19; easterly along the north section line of said Section 19 to the intersection with the centerline of the unnamed branch creek paralleling Wood Acres Road; thence leaving said Saratoga Union School District boundary, meandering northeasterly along the centerline of said branch creek to the intersection with the centerline of San Tomas Aquino Creek, said intersection also being on the southern boundary of the City of Saratoga; thence easterly (approximately 150 feet) along the centerline of the San Tomas Aquino Creek, being also the boundary of the City of Saratoga to the point of intersection with the common boundary of the City of Monte Sereno and an Unincorporated Area; thence in a general southerly direction along said City of Monte Sereno and Unincorporated Area common boundary to the intersection with a northwesterly boundary of the Town of Los Gatos; thence in a general northeasterly direction following the meandering of the common boundary of the City of Monte Sereno and the Town of Los Gatos to an angle point in said common boundary at La Rinconada Drive and Winchester Boulevard; thence in a general westerly direction following the meandering of the boundary of the City of Monte Sereno with the common boundaries of the Town of Los Gatos and some Unincorporated Areas to the point of intersection with the centerline of San Tomas Aquino Creek, said point of intersection also being on the southeasterly boundary of the City of Saratoga; thence northerly along the centerline of the San Tomas Aquino Creek, also being the common boundary of the City of Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos to the point of intersection with the common boundaries between the City of Saratoga, the City of Campbell, and the Town of Los Gatos, at Pollard Road; thence meandering easterly along the common boundary between the City of Campbell and the Town of Los Gatos to the intersection with the centerline of State Highway 17; thence southwesterly along the centerline of State Highway 17, also being the common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, to an angle point in said common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, said point also being the intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the centerline of Wanda Lane (as it formerly existed), currently lying within the right of way of State Route 85 (West Valley Freeway); thence southeasterly along the common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, also being the said northwesterly prolongation and said centerline of the former Wanda Lane within said State Route 85 to the intersection with the westerly boundary of the City of San Jose at South Bascom Avenue; thence meandering southerly and easterly along the common boundary of the Town of Los Gatos and the City of San Jose, to the easterly Town limits of the Town of Los Gatos, being approximately 100 feet west of the intersection of the centerlines of Begonia Drive and Blossom Hill Road; thence leaving the Town of Los Gatos boundary and continuing in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Blossom Hill Road to the intersection with the centerline of Almaden Expressway; thence northerly along the centerline of Almaden Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Capitol Expressway; thence easterly along the centerline of Capitol Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Monterey Highway; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Monterey Highway to the intersection with the centerline of Senter Road; thence easterly and northerly along the centerline of Senter Road to the intersection with the centerline of Coyote Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Coyote Road to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence northerly along the centerline of U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway) to the intersection with the centerline of Yerba Buena Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Yerba Buena Road to intersection with the centerline of Villa Vista Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Villa Vista Road to the intersection with the centerline of Yerba Buena Creek; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Yerba Buena Creek to the intersection with the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G. & E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204289 & 204290, sheet 19-20 of 42, dated 1948; thence northeasterly and northwesterly along the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line to the intersection with the centerline of the Arroyo Aguague; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Arroyo Aguague to the intersection with the centerline of Upper Penitencia Creek; thence northeasterly along the centerline of the Upper Penitencia Creek to the intersection with the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G.& E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204280, sheet 10 of 42, dated 1948; thence northwesterly along the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G.& E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204279 & 204280, sheet 9-10 of 42, to the intersection with the centerline of Felter Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Felter Road to the intersection with the centerline of Calaveras Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Calaveras Road to the intersection with the centerline of Weller Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Weller Road, and its northerly extension, to the intersection with the boundary line for Santa Clara County and Alameda County; thence meandering easterly along the boundary line between Santa Clara County and Alameda County to the point of beginning.

(Code 1955, § 1.5-1; Ord. No. NS-3.3, § 1, 1-21-63; Ord. No. NS-3.6, § 1, 1-12-65; Ord. No. NS-3.8, § 1, 12-27-65; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Sec. A5-2. Boundaries of District 2.

The boundaries of Supervisorial District No. Two shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the centerline of the U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway) with the centerline of Coyote Road; thence westerly along the centerline of Coyote Road to the intersection with the centerline of Senter Road; thence southerly and westerly along the centerline of Senter Road to the intersection with the centerline of Monterey Highway; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Monterey Road to the intersection with the centerline of Capitol Expressway; thence westerly along the centerline of Capitol Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Almaden Expressway; thence northerly along the centerline of Almaden Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Curtner Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Curtner Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Meridian Avenue; thence northerly along the centerline of Meridian Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Fruitdale Avenue; thence easterly along the centerline of Fruitdale Avenue and its prolongation to the intersection with the centerline of Los Gatos Creek; thence meandering northerly along the centerline of Los Gatos Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Park Avenue; thence westerly and northwesterly along the centerline of Park Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880 (formerly Highway 17); thence southwesterly within the right of way of U.S. Interstate 880 to the southeast corner of the Original Incorporation Line of the City of Santa Clara at the easterly line of Section 11 T 7 S R 1 W, MDM, also being the common boundary line between the Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara; thence northerly along said common boundary line between the Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara and along said Original Incorporation Line to the centerline of the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad); thence southeasterly along said Union Pacific Railroad to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880; thence northeasterly along the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880 to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence easterly along the centerline of U.S. 101 to the intersection with the centerline of Berryessa Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Berryessa Road to the intersection with the centerline of the Coyote Creek; thence southeasterly along the centerline of the Coyote Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Mabury Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Mabury Road to the intersection with the centerline of King Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of King Road to the intersection with the centerline of McKee Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of McKee Road to the southeasterly prolongation of the southwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 472 as filed in Book 15 of Maps at Page 38 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara, said prolongation and said boundary line lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area; thence northwesterly along said southeasterly prolongation and along said southwesterly boundary line of said Tract No. 472 and along said common City and Unincorporated Area boundary to the southwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 610 as filed in Book 40 of Maps at Page 13 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence continuing northwesterly along said common boundary and along said southwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 610 to the intersection with the centerline of Patt Avenue; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Patt Avenue to the intersection with centerline of White Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of White Road to the southwesterly prolongation of the northwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 886 as filed in Book 36 of Maps at Page 34 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southwesterly prolongation and along said northwesterly boundary line of said Tract No. 886, said northwesterly boundary line lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area to the intersection with the centerline of Gridley Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Gridley Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of McKee Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of McKee Road to the intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 319 as filed in Book 11 of Maps at Page 2 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along said northwesterly prolongation and said southwesterly boundary line of said Tract No. 319 to the most westerly corner of Tract No. 2331 as filed in Book 104 of Maps at Page 30 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly boundary line of said Tract No. 2331 to the most southerly corner thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 2331 to the Easternmost corner thereof, said corner being the most southerly corner of the Lands of Frisbey described in the Deed filed as Document No. 14082054 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said Lands of Frisbey and the northeasterly prolongation of said southeasterly line to the intersection with the centerline of Kirk Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Kirk Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Alum Rock Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Alum Rock Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the northeasterly prolongation of the northeasterly boundary of that certain annexation to the City of San Jose known as Story No. 32 (corrected February 19, 1980); thence along said prolongation and following the meandering of said northeasterly line of Story No. 32 and its easterly prolongation to the centerline of Mahoney Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Mahoney Avenue to the southwesterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of Lot 30 of Tract No. 2734 as filed in Book 119 of Maps at Page 24 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southwesterly prolongation and said southeasterly line, said southeasterly line lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area, to the southeasterly boundary line of Tract No. 378 as filed in Book 11 of Maps at Page 55 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 378 and said current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area to the intersection with the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the northeasterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of Lot 1 of Tract No. 8159 as filed in Book 598 of Maps at Pages 40 and 41 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southwesterly along said northeasterly prolongation and said southeasterly line of said Lot 1 and southwesterly along the southeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 8159 to the intersection with the northeasterly line of Tract No. 5325 as filed in Book 324 of Maps at Pages 17 and 18 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line to the intersection with the northwesterly line of Tract No. 3740 as filed in Book 182 of Maps at Pages 7 through 9 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line to the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Story Road; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Story Road to the intersection with the centerline of Clayton Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Clayton Road to the intersection with the centerline of Harvest Drive; thence southerly along the centerline of Harvest Drive to the intersection with the centerline of Mt. Pleasant Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Mt. Pleasant Road to the intersection with the centerline of Kohler Avenue, being also on the northerly boundary of Tract No. 4328, as filed in Book 240 of Maps at Pages 18 and 19, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along the centerline of said Kohler Avenue to the northerly boundary corner of said Tract No. 4328; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 4328, and along its southeasterly prolongation, to the intersection with the northeasterly prolongation of the centerline of Holderman Drive, as said northeasterly boundary and Holderman Drive are shown on said Tract No. 4328; thence southwesterly along said northeasterly prolongation of the centerline of Holderman Drive, and continuing southwesterly along said centerline of Holderman Drive and its southwesterly prolongation, to the intersection with the centerline of Flint Avenue; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Flint Avenue to the intersection with the northeasterly prolongation of the northwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 6572, as filed in Book 446 of Maps at pages 53 to 55, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southwesterly along the said northwesterly boundary line of Tract No. 6572 and its prolongation, to the intersection with the centerline of White Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of White Road to the intersection with the centerline of Cunningham Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Cunningham Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Capitol Expressway; thence southeasterly and southwesterly along the centerline of Capitol Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of the Coyote Creek; thence meandering southeasterly along the centerline of the Coyote Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Hellyer Avenue; thence easterly along the centerline of Hellyer Avenue and its northeasterly prolongation to the intersection with the centerline of the U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence southerly along the centerline of U.S. 101 to the intersection with the centerline of Coyote Road, and the point of beginning.

(Code 1954, § 1.5-2; Ord. No. NS-3.3, § 1, 1-21-63; Ord. No. NS-3.6, § 1, 1-12-65; Ord. No. NS-3.8, § 1, 12-27-65; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Sec. A5-3. Boundaries of District 3.

The boundaries of Supervisorial District No. Three shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the boundary line between the County of Santa Clara and the County of Alameda with the westerly original incorporation boundary of the City of Sunnyvale; thence southerly, easterly, and southerly along the westerly boundary of the City of Sunnyvale to an angle point in said City of Sunnyvale boundary at U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence continuing northwesterly along said City of Sunnyvale boundary, and along U.S. 101, to the common boundary between the City of Sunnyvale and the City of Mountain View; thence meandering southerly along the common boundary between the City of Sunnyvale and the City of Mountain View to the intersection with the centerline of the El Camino Real (State Highway 82); thence southeasterly and easterly along the centerline of the El Camino Real to the intersection with the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Sunnyvale, said intersection is approximately 150 feet east of Helen Avenue; thence meandering northerly along the common boundary between the City of Sunnyvale and the City of Santa Clara to the intersection with the centerline of the Mountain View-Alviso Road (State Highway 237), said intersection also being at Calabazas Creek; thence northeasterly and easterly along the centerline of said Mountain View-Alviso Road to the intersection with the centerline of the Guadalupe River; thence meandering southerly along the centerline of the Guadalupe River, to the common boundary between the Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara, at Trimble Road; thence meandering southerly along said common boundary between the Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara to the intersection with the centerline of the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad) located approximately 1,600 feet southwesterly of Coleman Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of the Union Pacific Railroad to the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880 (formerly State Highway 17); thence northeasterly along the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880 to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence easterly along the centerline of U.S. 101 to the intersection with the centerline of Berryessa Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Berryessa Road to the intersection with the centerline of the Coyote Creek; thence southeasterly along the centerline of the Coyote Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Mabury Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Mabury Road to the intersection with the centerline of King Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of King Road to the intersection with the centerline of McKee Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of McKee Road to the southeasterly prolongation of the southwesterly subdivision line of Tract No. 472 as filed in Book 15 of Maps at Page 38 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara, said prolongation and said subdivision line lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area; thence northwesterly along said southeasterly prolongation and along said southwesterly subdivision line of said Tract No. 472 and along said common City and Unincorporated Area boundary to the southwesterly subdivision line of Tract No. 610 as filed in Book 40 of Maps at Page 13 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence continuing northwesterly along said common boundary and along said southwesterly subdivision line of Tract No. 610 to the intersection with the centerline of Patt Avenue; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Patt Avenue to the intersection with centerline of White Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of White Road to the southwesterly prolongation of the northwesterly boundary of Tract No. 886 as filed in Book 36 of Maps at Page 34 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southwesterly prolongation and along said northwesterly boundary of said Tract No. 886, said northwesterly boundary lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area to the intersection with the centerline of Gridley Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Gridley Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of McKee Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of McKee Road to the intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly line of Tract No. 319 as filed in Book 11 of Maps at Page 2 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along said northwesterly prolongation and said southwesterly line of said Tract No. 319 to the most westerly corner of Tract No. 2331 as filed in Book 104 of Maps at Page 30 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of said Tract No. 2331 to the most southerly corner thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said Tract No. 2331 to the Easternmost corner thereof, said corner being the most southerly corner of the Lands of Frisbey described in the Deed filed as Document No. 14082054 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said Lands of Frisbey and the northeasterly prolongation of said southeasterly line to the intersection with the centerline of Kirk Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Kirk Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Alum Rock Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Alum Rock Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the northeasterly prolongation of the northeasterly boundary of that certain annexation to the City of San Jose known as Story No. 32 (corrected February 19, 1980); thence along said prolongation and following the meandering of said northeasterly line of Story No. 32 and its easterly prolongation to the centerline of Mahoney Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Mahoney Avenue to the southwesterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of Lot 30 of Tract No. 2734 as filed in Book 119 of Maps at Page 24 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southwesterly prolongation and said southeasterly line, said southeasterly line lying on the current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area, to the southeasterly boundary line of Tract No. 378 as filed in Book 11 of Maps at Page 55 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 378 and said current common boundary between the City of San Jose and an Unincorporated Area to the intersection with the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the northeasterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of Lot 1 of Tract No. 8159 as filed in Book 598 of Maps at Pages 40 and 41 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southwesterly along said northeasterly prolongation and said southeasterly line of said Lot 1 and southwesterly along the southeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 8159 to the intersection with the northeasterly line of Tract No. 5325 as filed in Book 324 of Maps at Pages 17 and 18 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line to the intersection with the northwesterly line of Tract No. 3740 as filed in Book 182 of Maps at Pages 7 through 9 in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line to the centerline of Fleming Avenue; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Fleming Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Story Road; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Story Road to the intersection with the centerline of Clayton Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Clayton Road to the intersection with the centerline of Harvest Drive; thence southerly along the centerline of Harvest Drive to the intersection with the centerline of Mt. Pleasant Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Mt. Pleasant Road to the intersection with the centerline of Kohler Avenue, also being on the northerly boundary of Tract No. 4328, as filed in Book 240 of Maps at Pages 18 and 19, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence northeasterly along the centerline of said Kohler Avenue to the northerly boundary corner of said Tract No. 4328; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly boundary line of said Tract No. 4328, and along its southeasterly prolongation, to the intersection with the northeasterly prolongation of the centerline of Holderman Drive, as said northeasterly boundary line and Holderman Drive are shown on said Tract No. 4328; thence southwesterly along said northeasterly prolongation of the centerline of Holderman Drive, and continuing southwesterly along said centerline of Holderman Drive and its southwesterly prolongation, to the intersection with the centerline of Flint Avenue; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Flint Avenue to the intersection with the northeasterly prolongation of the northwesterly line of Tract No. 6572, as filed in Book 446 of Maps at pages 53 to 55, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southwesterly along the said northwesterly line of Tract No. 6572 and its prolongation, to the intersection with the centerline of White Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of White Road to the intersection with the centerline of Cunningham Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Cunningham Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Capitol Expressway; thence southeasterly and southwesterly along the centerline of Capitol Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of the Coyote Creek; thence meandering southeasterly along the centerline of the Coyote Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Hellyer Avenue; thence easterly along the centerline of Hellyer Avenue and its northeasterly prolongation to the intersection with the centerline of the U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence northerly along the centerline of U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway) to the intersection with the centerline of Yerba Buena Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Yerba Buena Road to the intersection with the centerline of Villa Vista Road; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Villa Vista Road to the intersection with the centerline of Yerba Buena Creek; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Yerba Buena Creek to the intersection with the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G. & E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204289 & 204290, sheet 19-20 of 42, dated 1948; thence northeasterly and northwesterly along the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line to the intersection with the centerline of the Arroyo Aguague; thence northwesterly along the centerline of Arroyo Aguague to the intersection with the centerline of Upper Penitencia Creek; thence northeasterly along the centerline of the Upper Penitencia Creek to the intersection with the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G.& E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204280, sheet 10 of 42, dated 1948; thence northwesterly along the centerline of P.G. & E. Metcalf-Newark 220KV Tower Line, as shown on P.G.& E. Sunol-Moss Landing Map No. 204279 & 204280, sheet 9-10 of 42, to the intersection with the centerline of Felter Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Felter Road to the intersection with the centerline of Calaveras Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Calaveras Road to the intersection with the centerline of Weller Road; thence meandering northwesterly along the centerline of Weller Road, and its northerly extension, to the intersection with the boundary line for Santa Clara County and Alameda County; thence meandering westerly along the boundary line between Santa Clara County and Alameda County to the point of beginning.

(Code 1954, § 1.5-3; Ord. No. NS-3.3, § 1, 1-21-63; Ord. No. NS-3.6, § 1, 1-12-65; Ord. No. NS-3.8, § 1, 12-27-65; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Sec. A5-4. Boundaries of District 4.

The boundaries of Supervisorial District No. Four shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the boundaries between the City of Saratoga, the City of Campbell, and the Town of Los Gatos, at the centerline of San Tomas Aquino Creek, at Pollard Road; thence meandering easterly along the common boundary between the City of Campbell and the Town of Los Gatos to the intersection with the centerline of State Highway 17; thence southwesterly along the centerline of State Highway 17, also being the common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, to an angle point in said common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, said point also being the intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the centerline of Wanda Lane (as it formerly existed), currently lying within the right of way of State Route 85 (West Valley Freeway); thence southeasterly along the common boundary for the Town of Los Gatos and an Unincorporated Area, also being the said northwesterly prolongation and said centerline of the former Wanda Lane within said State Route 85 to the intersection with the westerly boundary of the City of San Jose at South Bascom Avenue; thence meandering southerly and easterly along the common boundary of the Town of Los Gatos and the City of San Jose, to the easterly Town limits of the Town of Los Gatos, being approximately 100 feet west of the intersection of the centerlines of Begonia Drive and Blossom Hill Road; thence leaving the Town of Los Gatos boundary and continuing in an easterly direction along the centerline of Blossom Hill Road to the intersection with the centerline of Almaden Expressway; thence northerly along the centerline of Almaden Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Curtner Avenue; thence southwesterly along the centerline of Curtner Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Meridian Avenue; thence northerly along the centerline of Meridian Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of Fruitdale Avenue; thence easterly along the centerline of Fruitdale Avenue and its prolongation to the intersection with the centerline of Los Gatos Creek; thence meandering northerly along the centerline of Los Gatos Creek to the intersection with the centerline of Park Avenue; thence westerly and northwesterly along the centerline of Park Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of U.S. Interstate 880 (formerly Highway 17); thence southwesterly within the right of way of U.S. Interstate 880 to the intersection with the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of San Jose at the southeast corner of the Original Incorporation Line of the City of Santa Clara at the easterly line of Section 11 T 7 S, R 1 W, MDM; thence meandering northerly along the common boundary between the Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara to the intersection with the centerline of the Guadalupe River, at Trimble Road; thence meandering northerly along the centerline of the Guadalupe River to the intersection with the centerline of Alviso-Milpitas Road (State Highway 237); thence westerly and southwesterly along the centerline of Alviso-Milpitas Road to the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara, the City of San Jose, and the City of Sunnyvale, at Calabazas Creek; thence meandering southerly along the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Sunnyvale, to the intersection with the centerline of El Camino Real (State Highway 82), said intersection is approximately 150 feet east of Helen Avenue; thence meandering southerly along the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Sunnyvale to the common boundary between the Cities of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Cupertino, at Homestead Road and Swallow Way; thence southerly along the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Cupertino to the centerline of Stevens Creek Boulevard; thence easterly along the centerline of Stevens Creek Boulevard to the centerline of Stern Avenue at the common boundary between the Cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and San Jose; thence along the common boundary between the Cities of Cupertino and San Jose southerly, easterly, and southerly to the intersection with the centerline of Bollinger Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Bollinger Road to the intersection with the centerline of Lawrence Expressway; thence southerly along the centerline of Lawrence Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Prospect Road, said intersection being on the common boundary between the City San Jose and the City of Saratoga; thence meandering easterly and southerly along said common boundary between the Cities of San Jose and Saratoga to the intersection with the centerlines of the San Tomas Aquino Creek and the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad), said intersection being at the common boundary for the Cities of Saratoga, San Jose, and Campbell; thence meandering southerly along the centerline of the San Tomas Aquino Creek, also being the common boundary between the Cities of Saratoga and Campbell, to the point of beginning.

(Code 1954, § 1.5-4; Ord. No. NS-3.3, § 1, 1-21-63; Ord. No. NS-3.6, § 1, 1-12-65; Ord. No. NS-3.8, § 1, 12-27-65; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Sec. A5-5. Boundaries of District 5.

The boundaries of Supervisorial District No. Five shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the boundaries between the City of Saratoga, the City of Campbell, and the Town of Los Gatos, at the centerline of San Tomas Aquino Creek, at Pollard Road; thence meandering southwesterly along the centerline of the San Tomas Aquino Creek, also being the common boundary of the City of Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos, to the northerly boundary of the City of Monte Sereno at Bicknell Road; thence in a general easterly direction following the meandering of the boundary of the City of Monte Sereno with the common boundaries of the Town of Los Gatos and some Unincorporated Areas to an angle point in said common boundary at La Rinconada Drive and Winchester Boulevard; thence in a general southwesterly direction following the meandering of the common boundary of the City of Monte Sereno and the Town of Los Gatos to the common boundary of the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Monte Sereno with an Unincorporated Area at Overlook Road; thence in a general northerly direction along said City of Monte Sereno and Unincorporated Area boundary to the southeasterly boundary of the City of Saratoga at the centerline of San Tomas Aquino Creek; thence westerly (approximately 150 feet) along the centerline of said San Tomas Aquino Creek, also being the boundary of the City of Saratoga to the intersection with centerline of the unnamed branch creek paralleling Wood Acres Road; thence meandering southwesterly along the centerline of said unnamed branch creek to the intersection with the north section line of Section 19, T. 8 S., R. 1 W., MDM, said section line also being the southern boundary of the Saratoga Union School District as described on pages 1 to 4, Saratoga Union School District - Certification of Legal Descriptions of School District Boundaries (Revised 1980); thence along said southerly boundary for the Saratoga Union School District as follows: westerly along said north section line of Section 19 to the northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 19; southerly along the North-South 1/16 Line of Section 19 to the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 19; westerly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 19 to the northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, T. 8 S., R. 2 W.; westerly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 24 to the North-South 1/4 Section Line of said Section 24, also being at the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 24; southerly along the said North-South 1/4 Line of Section 24 to the southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 24; westerly along the south section line of said Section 24 to the southwest corner of the said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 24; northerly along the North-South 1/16 Line of Section 24 to the northwest corner of the said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 24; westerly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 23 to the northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, T. 8 S., R. 2 W.; westerly along the East-West 1/16 Line of Section 23 to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; southerly along the west section of said Section 23 to the common corner for Sections 22, 23, 26, and 27, of said T. 8 S., R. 2 W.; south along the West Section Line of said Section 26 to the common boundary of Santa Clara County and Santa Cruz County; thence leaving said Saratoga Union School Boundary, and meandering northwesterly along the said common county boundary to the common corner for Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, and San Mateo County, near Rosemary Lane; thence meandering northwesterly and northeasterly along the common boundary for Santa Clara County and San Mateo County to the common boundary corner for Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and Alameda County; thence meandering southeasterly along the common boundary for Santa Clara County and Alameda County to the intersection with the westerly original incorporation boundary of the City of Sunnyvale; thence southerly, easterly, and southerly along the westerly boundary of the City of Sunnyvale to an angle point in said City of Sunnyvale boundary at U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); thence continuing northwesterly along said City of Sunnyvale boundary, and along U.S. 101, to the common boundary between the City of Sunnyvale and the City of Mountain View; thence meandering southerly along the common boundary between the City of Sunnyvale and the City of Mountain View to the intersection with the centerline of the El Camino Real (State Highway 82); thence southeasterly and easterly along the centerline of the El Camino Real to the intersection with the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Sunnyvale, said intersection is approximately 150 feet east of Helen Avenue; thence meandering southerly along the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Sunnyvale to the common boundary between the Cities of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Cupertino, at Homestead Road and Swallow Way; thence southerly along the common boundary between the City of Santa Clara and the City of Cupertino to the centerline of Stevens Creek Boulevard; thence easterly along the centerline of Stevens Creek Boulevard to the centerline of Stern Avenue; thence southerly along the centerline of Stern Avenue to the intersection with the easterly prolongation of the lot line between Lots 4 and 5 of Tract No. 1164, as filed in Book 42 of Maps at Page 22, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence westerly along said lot line between Lots 4 and 5 to the intersection with the easterly boundary line of Tract No. 502, as filed in Book 18 of Maps at Page 35, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly boundary lines of said Tract No. 502, to the southeast boundary corner of Tract No. 550, as filed in Book 22 of Maps at Page 05, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence westerly along the southerly boundary line of said Tract No. 550, to the centerline of Tantau Avenue; thence southerly along the centerline of Tantau Avenue, to the westerly prolongation of the southerly boundary line of Tract No. 1287, as filed in Book 48 of Maps at Page 46, in the Office of the Recorder, County of Santa Clara; thence easterly and southerly along the southerly and westerly boundary lines of said Tract No. 1287 to the centerline of Bollinger Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Bollinger Road to the intersection with the centerline of Lawrence Expressway; thence southerly along the centerline of Lawrence Expressway to the intersection with the centerline of Prospect Road, said intersection being on the common boundary between the City San Jose and the City of Saratoga; thence meandering easterly and southerly along said common boundary between the Cities of San Jose and Saratoga to the intersection with the centerlines of the San Tomas Aquino Creek and the Southern Pacific Railroad, said intersection being at the common boundary for the Cities of Saratoga, San Jose, and Campbell; thence meandering southerly along the centerline of the San Tomas Aquino Creek, also being the common boundary between the Cities of Saratoga and Campbell, to the point of beginning.

(Code 1954, § 1.5-5; Ord. No. NS-3.3, § 1, 1-21-63; Ord. No. NS-3.6, § 1, 1-12-65; Ord. No. NS-3.8, § 1, 12-27-65; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Sec. A5-6. Redistricting of district boundaries.

This chapter is adopted pursuant to Elections Code § 21500 et seq. The supervisorial districts as described in Sections A5-1, A5-2, A5-3, A5-4 and A5-5 hereof have been adjusted and reestablished, following the 2000 decennial federal census, pursuant to the procedures described in Elections Code §§ 21500 and 21505.

(Ord. No. NS-3.11, § 1, 9-14-71; Ord. No. NS-3.22, § 1, 6-14-77; Ord. No. NS-3.29, § 1, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-3.37, § 1, 9-10-91; Ord. No. NS-300.656, §§ 1, 2, 8-28-01)

Secs. A5-7--A5-15. Reserved.

CHAPTER II.
CLERK

Sec. A5-16. Recognized; appointment, supervision.

There shall be in the County a Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, who shall be appointed by the County Executive and shall be under the supervision of the County Executive.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.13-1)

Charter reference(s)--Appointment of Clerk, § 301.

Sec. A5-17. Duties, powers generally.

The Clerk shall act as secretary to the Board of Supervisors and take the minutes and correspondence thereof. The Clerk shall perform all the acts required of him by this Code or as required by general law to be performed by the County Clerk as ex officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors or as directed by said Board. Subject to provisions of the Charter and this Code, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall have power to appoint, suspend or remove all assistants, deputies, clerks and other employees necessary to conduct the work of the Department.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.13-2)

State law reference(s)--Duties of Clerk generally, Government Code § 25101 et seq.

Sec. A5-18. To handle petitions, other communications.

The Clerk shall receive, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, any and all petitions, applications and requests for the consideration of the Board, and shall file them for the Board and process them for errors.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.13-3)

Sec. A5-19. Duty to prepare agenda and reports.

The Clerk shall prepare the Board of Supervisors' agenda, assemble reports and such other annexes as may be on file for any cause on the agenda, and have them available for all members of said Board at its meeting.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.13-4)

Sec. A5-20. Recording, certification of votes.

The Clerk shall record the vote of the Board of Supervisors and issue certifications of such vote, order, resolution or act of such Board by affixing his signature and the seal of the Board of Supervisors upon the request of any party.

(Code 1954, § 3.1.13-5)

Secs. A5-21--A5-30. Reserved.

CHAPTER III.
MEETINGS*

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Editor's note--Ord. No. NS-300.524, § I, adopted Aug. 10, 1993, repealed former Ch. III, §§ A5-31--A5-47, in its entirety, which pertained to rules of procedure. Section VIII of said Ord. No. NS-300.524 added a new Ch. III to read as herein set out.

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Sec. A5-31. Time and place of meetings.

Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held in the chambers of the Board of Supervisors in the County Government Center, 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, California, or in another location conspicuously posted. Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. shall be the regular meeting time of the Board unless the Board adjourns to another date and time or, consistent with general law, notices a meeting for another date and time.

(Ord. No. NS-300.524, § VIII, 8-10-93; Ord. No. NS-300.547, § I, 4-5-94; Ord. No. NS-300.565, § I, 1-24-95)

Charter reference(s)--Meetings generally, § 206.

State law reference(s)--Meetings generally, Government Code § 54950 et seq.

Sec. A5-32. Emergency meetings.

Emergency meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be called as provided by general law.

(Ord. No. NS-300.524, § VIII, 8-10-93)

Charter reference(s)--Meetings generally, § 206.

State law reference(s)--Procedure for calling special meetings, Government Code § 54956.

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