Abandoned shopping cart is defined as a shopping cart located outside of the lot where the establishment that furnishes shopping carts for use by its patrons is located.

Abatement radius is defined as the area around a permitted lot designated by the Office of Community Beautification for the removal of graffiti, posters/handbills and any other illegal postings, as well as trash, debris, rubbish, and weeds from public property and right-of-ways.

Above-grade is defined as located higher in elevation than the surrounding finished grade.

See abutting.

Abutting is defined as to touch or have a common boundary with.

Acres

Access is defined as a means of approaching or entering a place.

Access lane is defined as the lane accommodating automobile access onto a lot in accordance with Div. 4C.2. (Automobile Access).

Accessory building is defined as a detached, subordinate building, the use and scale of which is supplementary to other buildings and uses on the lot.

See Chapter I. (General Provisions and Zoning), Sec. 12.03. (Definitions) of this Code.

Pursuant to Sec. 3D.10.2. (Accessory Material Coverage), accessory material coverage is defined as the building products used as an exterior wall finish material to accent or support the principal material.

Accessory roof form is defined as a portion of a roof structure that deviates from the principal roof form in either shape, color, or shape and color.

Accessory structure is defined as a detached, subordinate structure, the use and scale of which is supplementary to other buildings and uses on the lot.

Pursuant to Sec. 5C.1.1. (Accessory To), accessory use is defined as a use that meets all standards in Sec. 5C.1.1 (Accessory To).

Active space is defined as indoor occupiable spaces designed and intended for general commercial uses, public & institutional uses, or common indoor amenity spaces.

Pursuant to Sec. 3C.4.2. (Active Wall Spacing), active wall spacing is defined as the horizontal distance between widths of ground story facade and foundation wall with window or door openings.

Pursuant to Sec. 13B.5.5. (Reasonable Accommodation), acts is defined as the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

An acutely low income household is a household whose annual income, adjusted for family size, does not exceed 15 percent of the area median income as designated for this category in California Health and Safety Code, Sec. 50063.5.

Adaptive reuse project is defined as any change of use to dwelling, or household business: joint living & work quarters, or any change in commercial use to another commercial use, in all or any portion of any eligible building according to Sec. 9.4.5. (Downtown Adaptive Reuse Program) or Sec. 9.4.6. (Citywide Adaptive Reuse Program), as long as the commercial use is allowed in the zone.

Addition is defined as any work that increases the floor area or the volume of enclosed space of an existing building, and is structurally attached to the existing building. The definition of addition is modified for the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), for which addition is defined as an extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure.

Pursuant to 15.4.3.A. (Definitions), a net increase in the number of dwelling units or guest rooms to be added on a parcel or parcels of land by issuance of a building permit, after subtracting the number of dwelling units or guest rooms legally removed from the same parcel of real property during the year preceding the issuance of the building permit.

For the purposes of Sec. 15.4.3.A. (Definitions), additional non-residential floor area is defined as the net increase in the amount of non-residential floor area to be added on a parcel or parcels of land by issuance of a building permit, less the amount of non-residential floor area legally removed from the same parcel of real property during the year preceding the issuance of the building permit.

See abutting.

See adjoining Lot.

Adjoining lot is defined as abutting lots, lots separated from the subject lot by a street or alley right-of-way, and lots having a common corner with the subject property.

For the purposes of 5C.3.2.B.1. (Administrative Guidelines), the Department of City Planning or Office of Finance may promulgate regulations, which may include, but are not limited to, application requirements, interpretations, conditions, reporting requirements, enforcement procedures, and disclosure requirements, to implement the provisions, and consistent with the intent, of Sec. 5C.3.2. (Home-Sharing Program).

Accessory Dwelling Unit.

Advisory Agency is defined as the Director of Planning, who acts in the capacity of the Advisory Agency for the City pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act established in accordance with Sec. 13B.7.1.C. (Advisory Agency). The Advisory Agency is granted additional authority pursuant to Sec. 11.1.2. (Division of Land).

Affordable housing incentive program is defined as an incentive program established in Div. 9.2. (Affordable Housing Incentive Programs) to increase the production of affordable housing, consistent with City policies.

Affordable housing incentives guidelines is defined as the guidelines approved by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Sec. 13B.1.5. (Guidelines or Standards Adoption/Amendment), under which housing development projects for which a density bonus above 35 percent has been requested are evaluated for compliance with Div. 9.2. (Affordable Housing Incentive Programs).

Aggrieved person is defined as any person or entity with standing to appeal an action on an application filed under this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) under California law, or as provided in the provisions of this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) relating to a particular appeal. For the purposes of Sec. 13B.9.1. (Coastal Development Permit (Pre-Certification)), aggrieved person is defined as any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a hearing on the application for a Coastal Development Permit, or appeal hearing in connection with the decision or action appealed, or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the permit issuing authority, or appeal body of the nature of his or her concerns or who for good cause was unable to do either. "Aggrieved person" includes the applicant for a Coastal Development Permit.

Pursuant to Div. 5D.10. (Agricultural Uses), agricultural uses are defined as uses dedicated to the cultivation of plants or the keeping of animals.

Air space lot is defined as a division of the space above or below a lot with a finite width, length, and upper and lower elevation occupied or to be occupied by a use, or accessory use, any building or unit group of buildings, or portion of a use or building. An air space lot shall be identified on a final map recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder with a separate and distinct number or letter. An air space lot shall have such access to a street or private street by means of one or more easements or other entitlements to use in a form satisfactory to the Advisory Agency and the City Engineer.

Pursuant to Sec. 5D.5.1. (Airport), an airport is defined as a runway landing area or other facility used for the landing and taking off of aircraft including all the necessary taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars, passenger terminals, and warehousing facilities.

Alley is defined as a public way designated as an alley by the Circulation Element of the General Plan, and displayed on Zoning Information and Map Access System (ZIMAS) or NavigateLA.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.12.C.6. (Alley Lot Line), alley lot line is defined as any lot line that abuts an alley right-of-way. Even when a lot line qualifies as a rear lot line, or side lot line, alley right-of-way abutting lot lines shall be designated an alley lot line, except when the lot line qualifies as a special lot line.