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Los Altos Hills is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 7,922 at the 2010 census. It is one of the wealthiest towns in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the country. Two Los Altos Hills ZIP codes appeared on the 2014 ''Forbes'' list of America's most expensive ZIP codes, with 94022 ranked the 45th most expensive (with a median home price of $2,896,103) and 94024 ranked the 64th most expensive (with a median home price of $2,527,908).〔Erin Carlye, (Full List: America's 500 Most Expensive ZIP Codes In 2014 ), ''Forbes'' (October 22, 2014).〕 ==Strictly residential== The town government contracts with Santa Clara County for police and fire services (making it a so-called "contract city" under California law). The town's only retail commercial operation is the book store on the campus of Foothill College. The town also does not have a post office, telephone exchange, or library. Mail delivery and telephone service are provided from nearby Los Altos, so the town shares ZIP codes and telephone exchange numbers with Los Altos. Town residents desiring library services must visit county-operated libraries in nearby Los Altos or Cupertino. The town's zoning regulations are among the strictest in California, requiring a minimum lot size of one acre (4,000 m²), setbacks from the property boundary, and easements for public pathways.〔Peraino, Kevin. (Gold in Them Thar Hills: Money isn't new to Los Altos. But this much new money is ). ''Newsweek'', 4 September 2000, p. 55.〕〔(Los Altos Hills pathways map shows trails that dead-end or don't exist ) April 20, 2005〕 Landowners are limited to one primary dwelling per lot, which effectively bans multifamily housing; this ban and the minimum lot size were upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1974.〔''Ybarra v. Town of Los Altos Hills'', 503 F.2d 250, 254 (9th Cir. 1974).〕 The ban on commercial zones was upheld by the California Court of Appeal (First District) in 1973.〔''Town of Los Altos Hills v. Adobe Creek Properties, Inc.'', (32 Cal.App.3d 488 ) (1973).〕 In 2000, the largest house in Silicon Valley at that time was built in the town. Larger ones have since been built elsewhere. The building was officially assessed by the county government as having of interior space.〔Kaplan, Tracey. "Be It Ever So Humble: The Biggest Of Santa Clara County's Homes." ''San Jose Mercury News'', 26 October 2000, sec. A, p. 1.〕 The home is actually considerably larger due to below ground area that is not part of the official assessment. In reality, it remains one of largest homes in the area. In 2011, Yuri Milner bought a house in Los Altos Hills for $100 million. The town is also home to a convent of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. In 2002, seven profitable hospitals in the Catholic Healthcare West system formed their own system, the Daughters of Charity Health System, under the control of the Los Altos Hills convent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Altos Hills, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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