Los Angeles Administrative Code.

Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.

Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Los Angeles Housing Department.

Los Angeles Municipal Code.

Landing platform is defined as the portion of a floor adjacent to an elevator, ramp, stair, or door, designed to provide a stable space to stand.

For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), landscaping is defined as the design and organization of landforms, hardscape, and softscape, including individual groupings of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, pathways, arbors, etc. As the term is used in the remainder of this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A), landscaping is defined as any lot non-building structure features including; standalone fences and walls, site furniture, flatwork, ground treatments, vegetation, landforms, stormwater management features, outdoor lighting, water features, or outdoor access and circulation.

Large species tree is defined as a tree with a minimum 30-foot canopy spread at maturity.

Local Coastal Program.

Leachates is defined as any liquid which has come into contact with or percolated through composting or curing materials and contains extracted or dissolved substances therefrom, or any other liquid which has been generated by the decomposition process.

Leader is defined as the tip of the main stem of a plant.

Low Impact Development.

Pursuant to Div. 5D.8. (Light Industrial), light industrial uses are defined as uses involving the production, warehousing, or manufacturing of goods, materials, and products in an intensive manner that require a significant separation from residential and commercial districts.

Light trespass is defined as light that falls beyond the property it is intended to illuminate.

Pursuant to Sec. 15.4.3. (Affordable Housing Linkage Fee), linkage fee is defined as the fee assessed on certain development projects in order to mitigate the impact of the additional demand for affordable housing caused by such activity.

Living wall is defined as a system permanently attached to the exterior building facade, supporting vegetation with its growing medium and integrated irrigation system.

Loading space is defined as a designated space within a motor vehicle use area that accommodates the short-term parking of a vehicle for the purposes of loading and unloading passengers, goods, or materials.

For the purposes of Sec. 13B.9.1. (Coastal Development Permit (Pre-Certification)), Local Coastal Program is the City's land use plans and other applicable general plan elements, zoning ordinances, zoning district maps, and proposed implementing actions, which when taken together, meet the requirements of, and implement the provisions and policies of, the California Coastal Act of 1976.

For purposes of Sec. 9.4.1. (Permanent Supportive Housing Incentive Program), Sec. 9.4.2. (Interim Conversions of Lodging Units Program), local public agency is defined as an agency, identified on a list maintained by the Department of City Planning, that funds supportive housing and transitional housing for persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

Local street is defined as any public right-of-way designated as a local street on the Citywide General Plan Circulation System maps of the Circulation Element of the General Plan.

Pursuant to Sec. 5D.6.7. (Lodging), lodging is defined as commercial overnight accommodations for transient occupancy, often for periods of 30 consecutive days, or less. Lodging uses shall not serve as a primary residence. Lodging uses include, hotels, motels, hostels, and bed and breakfast establishments. This use does not include uses defined in Sec. 5D.2.2.C. (Household Business: Home-Sharing). For residential housing accommodations see Div. 5D.2. (Residential Uses).

Lodging unit is defined as any habitable room or rooms, designed or used for transient occupancy by a single party, often for a period of 30 consecutive days or less. Lodging units must be associated with the lodging commercial use.

Pursuant to Sec. 8.2.4.B.3.d. (Los Angeles City Oil Field Area) is defined as all land in the City within the areas identified on the maps in Ord. No. 156,166 located in Council File No. 80-3951, and shall include all oil producing zones beneath those areas, but no deeper than the third zone beneath the surface of the earth.

Los Angeles Fire Department Equipment is defined as any equipment owned or installed for the use of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.11. (Lot) a lot is defined as one or more parcels of land identified for the purpose of development and meets all the standards of Sec. 14.2.11. (Lot).

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.5. (Lot Amenity Alternatives) lot amenity alternatives are defined as space types with a predetermined set of design standards that may be used as an allowable alternative to the standard lot amenity space requirements of a Form District (Part 2B.).

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.1. (Lot Amenity Space), lot amenity space is defined as an area on a lot designated to be used for active or passive recreation, including common outdoor amenity space, pedestrian amenity space, and public amenity space.

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.1.1. (Lot Area), lot area is defined as the amount of land area within the boundaries of a lot.

Pursuant to Sec. 6C.1.2. (Lot Area per Household Dwelling Unit), lot area per household dwelling unit is defined as the maximum number of household dwelling units allowed on a lot based on lot area.

Pursuant to Sec. 6C.1.3. (Lot Area per Efficiency Dwelling Unit), lot area per efficiency dwelling unit is defined as the maximum number of efficiency dwelling units allowed on a lot based on lot area.

Lot line is defined as the legal boundaries of a lot, as determined pursuant to Sec. 14.2.12. (Lot Line Determination).

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.6.B. (Lot Line-Facing Facade), lot line-facing facade is defined as the portions of any frontage applicable facade pursuant to Sec. 3A.2.2.C.3. (Frontage Applicable Facades) having no permanent structure (not including fences or walls) located between the building facade and a common lot line.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.15.B.3. (Lot Modification), lot modification is defined as the modification of the lot lines of any existing lot through the Subdivision Map Act and Article 11. (Division of Land), including the division of land as defined in California Government Code, Title 7. (Planning and Land Use), Sec. 66424.

Lot tie is defined as a legally binding covenant to hold multiple lots as one.

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.1.2. (Lot Width), lot width is defined as the length of primary street lot lines bounding a lot.