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Target Population

  • For the purposes of Article 9. (Public Benefit Systems), target population is defined as persons with qualifying lower incomes who:1. Have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, and are homeless as defined by any Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, State of California, or federal guidelines; or2. Are chronically homeless, as defined by any Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, State of California, or federal guidelines.

Targeted Planting Area

Targeted Planting List

  • Targeted planting list is defined as the document containing planting requirements established to implement the Targeted Planting Areas Map. See Sec. 1.5.5. (Targeted Planting Map).

Temporary Construction Wall

Temporary Sign

  • Pursuant to Sec. 4C.11.2. (Temporary Signs), temporary sign is defined as any sign that is to be maintained for a limited duration, including paper signs, posters, pennants, banners, ribbons, streamers, spinners, and other signs that are not permanently affixed to the ground or building.

Temporary Use

Tentative Tract Map

Through Lot

  • Through lot is defined as a lot abutting two parallel or approximately parallel streets, a lot situated at the intersection of two streets having an angle of intersection of 35 degrees or less, or a lot abutting three or more streets. A through lot does not include those lots abutting a street and also abutting a navigable public canal or waterway parallel or approximately parallel to said street.

Tier 1 Bonus Floor Area Ratio

Tier 1 Bonus Height

Tier 2 Bonus Floor Area Ratio

Tier 2 Bonus Height

Tract Map

Transient

Transition Screen

Transitional Foster Youth

  • Transitional foster youth is defined pursuant to California Education Code Sec. 66025.9.

Transitional Housing

  • Transitional housing is defined as a building where housing linked to supportive services is offered, usually for a period of up to 24 months, to facilitate movement to permanent housing for persons with low incomes who may have one or more disabilities, and may include but are not limited to, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and persons or families experiencing homelessness.

Transmit

Transmitted

Transparent Area

Transportation Demand Management

  • Transportation demand management is defined as the modification of travel behavior through programs of incentives, services, and policies, including encouraging the use of alternatives to single-occupant vehicles such as public transit, cycling, walking, carpooling/vanpooling, and changes in work schedule that move trips out of the peak period or eliminate them altogether (such as telecommuting or compressed work weeks).See Div. 4C.5. (Transportation Demand Management).

Transportation Use

  • Pursuant to Div. 5D.5. (Transportation Uses), transportation use is defined as uses that facilitate major modes of transportation for the loading or unloading of passengers and freight.

Trash Chute

  • Trash chute is defined as any vertical smooth shaft used to convey rubbish, trash, or garbage from the upper floors of a building to a trash storage bin or room at the bottom end of the chute.

Tree Expert

  • Tree expert is defined as a person with at least four years of experience in the business of transplanting, moving, caring for, and maintaining trees and who is a certified arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture, and who holds a valid California license as an agricultural pest control advisor; or a landscape architect; or a registered consulting arborist with the American Society of Consulting Arborists.

Trip Reduction