For the purposes of Sec. 13B.9.2. (Coastal Development Permit (Post-Certification)), coastal zone is defined as that land and water area specified on the maps cited in Sec. 30103 of the Public Resources Code, extending seaward to the State’s outer limit of jurisdiction, including all offshore islands, but with some additional criteria for special areas as specified in Sec. 30103.5 and 30166 of the Public Resources Code.
Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms
Coastal Zone
Collection Bin
Collection bin is defined as any box, canister, receptacle, or other container that can be opened and closed, and is used for collecting salvageable personal property, including, but not limited to, clothing, shoes, books, and household items for periodic off-site processing and/or redistribution. For purposes of this definition, salvageable personal property shall not include recyclable materials not intended for re-use, including, but not limited to, newspapers, plastic, glass, aluminum, electronics, toxic or hazardous materials, and solid waste; nor any personal property that, because of its size, does not fit inside the collection bin. See Sec. 13B.10.3.A.2. (Definitions).
Collector Street
Collector street is defined as any public right-of-way designated as a collector street on the Citywide General Plan Circulation System maps of the Circulation Element of the General Plan.
Commercial Message
For the purposes of Sec. 4C.11.1.E.3. (Original Art Murals, Vintage Original Art Murals & Public Art Installations), commercial message means any message that advertises a business conducted, services rendered, or goods produced or sold.
Commercial Vehicle
Commercial vehicle is defined as any vehicle, excluding household moving rental trucks and utility rental trailers, which when operated upon a highway is required to be registered as a commercial vehicle by the Vehicle Code of the State of California, or by any other jurisdiction, and that is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit, or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
Commercial/Industrial Conversion Project
For the purposes of Div. 11.5. (Condominiums, Community Apartments, & Stock Cooperatives) commercial/industrial conversion project is defined as an existing building used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, or both, proposed for conversion to a condominium or stock cooperative to be used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, or both through approval of a tract map or parcel map. For purposes of this definition, the term existing means that the building was constructed prior to 1945, or if it was built after 1945, a Certificate of Occupancy was issued for the building prior to the time of map application.
Commercial/Industrial to Residential Conversion Project
For the purposes of Div. 11.5. (Condominiums, Community Apartments, & Stock Cooperatives) commercial/industrial to residential conversion project is defined as an existing building used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes, or both, proposed for conversion to a condominium, stock cooperative or community apartment to be used exclusively for residential purposes through approval of a tract map or parcel map. For purposes of this definition, the term existing means that the building was constructed prior to 1945 or, if it was built after 1945, a Certificate of Occupancy was issued for the building prior to the time of map application.
Commissary Kitchen
Pursuant to Sec. 5D.6.2. (Commissary Kitchen), a commissary kitchen is defined as a kitchen facility used for cooking and preparing food to be primarily served and consumed off-site. This definition includes multi-tenant shared kitchen facilities, order fulfillment kitchens, and catering kitchen facilities. The following uses are allowed when incidential to the kitchen facility: research and teaching facilities, commercial food processing, and order fulfillment pick-up lobbies.
Common Indoor Amenity Space
Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.3.C.5. (Common Indoor Amenity Space), common indoor amenity space is defined as a type of amenity space that is covered or enclosed, is legally required to be open to all tenants of a building, is intended to create opportunities for social and recreational activity for tenants, and meets all of the standards in Sec. 2C3.3.C.5. (Common Indoor Amenity Space).
Common Lot Line
Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.12.B.3. (Common Lot Line), common lot line is defined as any lot line shared by multiple lots. Common lot lines include all side lot lines and rear lot lines and may include special lot lines in Dual Frontage Districts (Div. 3B.8.).
Common Outdoor Amenity Space
Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.3.C.1. (Common Outdoor Amenity Space), common outdoor amenity space is defined as a type of amenity space that is outdoors, open to all tenants of a building, and meets the standards of Sec. 2C.3.3.C.1. (Common Outdoor Amenity Space).
Community Apartment Project
Community apartment project is defined pursuant to California Business and Professions Code, Sec. 11004.
Community Assembly
Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.8. (Community Assembly), community assembly is defined as any non-residential and not-for-profit facility that is oriented around an assembly space used primarily for the temporary gathering of people for a shared social purpose. Access to the general public may be limited based on association. Community assembly includes any place of worship, community meeting room, private club, event space, assembly hall, social club, or union hall.
Community Assembly: Local
Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.8.A. (Community Assembly: Local), community assembly: local is defined as any community assembly use that includes an assembly space 2,000 square feet or less. This use does not include similar uses that occupy more than 2,000 square feet of total assembly space floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.B. (Community Assembly: Regional).
Community Assembly: Regional
Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.8.B. (Community Assembly: Regional), community assembly: regional is defined as any community assembly use that includes an assembly space larger than 2,000 square feet. This use does not include similar uses that occupy 2,000 square feet or less of total assembly space floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.A. (Community Assembly: Local).
Community Care Facilities
See community care facility.
Community Care Facility
Community care facility is defined as any place licensed by the State of California that is maintained and operated as a residential facility or as a social rehabilitation facility to provide non-medical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for persons in need of services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code, Sec. 1502 (a). (Definitions). The term includes halfway house, non-medical assisted living, and substance abuse treatment operation. For residential community care facility see Sec. 5D.2.4.A. (Supportive Housing: General). For non-residential community care facility see Sec. 5D.3.10. (Social Services).
Community Plan Implementation Overlay
Community Plan Implementation Overlay is defined as a zoning overlay adopted for a community plan area, which provides supplemental development regulations by defined subareas, which may include, public benefits incentives programs available, amount of floor area awarded for public benefits incentives programs, applicable local affordable housing incentive program sets, and development standards. See Sec. 8.2.2. (Community Plan Implementation Overlay).
Condominium
Condominium is defined pursuant to California Civil Code, Chapter 1, Sec. 783.
Contributing Element
For the purposes of Div. 13.B.8. (Historic Preservation), contributing element is defined as any building, structure, landscaping, natural feature identified on the historic resources survey as contributing to the Historic significance of the Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, including a building or structure which has been altered, where the nature and extent of the alterations are determined reversible by the historic resources survey.
Controlled Drilling Site
Controlled drilling site is defined as that particular location within an oil drilling district in an urbanized area upon which surface operations for the drilling, deepening, or operation of a hole or well associated with an oil, gas, or hydrocarbon well, or any incidental operation are permitted subject to the conditions prescribed by written determination by the Zoning Administrator.
Conversion Project
For the purposes of Article 11. (Division of Land), a conversion project is an existing building proposed for conversion to a condominium, stock cooperative, or community apartment through approval of a tract map or parcel map. For purposes of this definition, the term existing means that the building was constructed prior to 1945 or, where built after 1945, a Certificate of Occupancy was issued for the building prior to the time of map application. Conversion project includes residential conversion project, residential to commercial/industrial conversion project, and commercial/industrial to residential conversion project.
Corner Lot
Corner lot is defined as a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
Covered
Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.2.A.1. (Covered), covered is defined as a space or structure with less than 25 percent of its area open to the sky.
Covered Area
Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.2. (Covered Area (%)), covered area is defined as the measurement of how open an occupiable space is to the sky.
CPIO
Community Plan Implementation Overlay.
Cultural
For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), cultural is defined as anything pertaining to the concepts, skills, habits, arts, instruments or institutions of a given people at any given point in time.
Cultural Heritage Commission
Cultural Heritage Commission is defined pursuant to Article 1. (Cultural Heritage Commission) of the LAAC.