Glossary of Terms

Pursuant to Sec. 5D.6.11. (Postmortem Services), postmortem services are defined as any establishment engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or arrangement of human or animal remains, and conducting memorial services. Postmortem service establishments include crematoriums, funeral homes, mortuaries, and pet crematoriums. This use does not include a cemetery, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.1. (Cemetery).

Preliminary parcel map is defined as a map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision creating four or fewer parcels, four or fewer condominiums, or four or fewer units in a community apartment project or stock cooperative and prepared pursuant to Sec. 11.4.2. (Preliminary Parcel Map Standards).

Whenever this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) directs an agency or official to prepare a document, prepare means prepare directly or cause to be prepared.

For the purposes of the Home-Sharing Program (Sec. 5C.3.2.), primary residence is defined as the sole residence from which the host conducts home-sharing and in which the host resides for more than six months of the calendar year. For all other purposes in this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A), primary residence is defined as a place of residence for an individual or group of individuals to live for more than six months out of the year.

Primary roof form is defined as the form of the roof which covers at least 80 percent of the building footprint.

See primary street lot line.

Primary street lot line is defined as a lot line that has been designated as the primary street lot line per Sec. 14.2.12.C.1. (Primary Street Lot Line).

For the purposes of Article 5. (Use), primary use is defined as the principal or predominant use of a lot relative to any other uses sharing the same lot as determined by the use that occupies the most floor area on a lot, or the use that covers the most lot area when concerning outdoor uses.

Pursuant to Sec. 3D.10.1. (Principal Material Coverage), principal material coverage is defined as the building products used as the primary exterior wall finish materials of the exterior building facade.

Principal structure is defined as any structure that is not an accessory structure.

Private club is defined as any facility organized solely for the promotion of some common interest and which is accessible to club members and their guests only. Private club includes business, fraternal, political, and social organizations.

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.3.C.4. (Private Outdoor Amenity Space), private outdoor amenity space is defined as a type of amenity space that is uncovered or unenclosed and is available to an assigned unit or tenant space, and meets all the standards in Sec. 2C.3.3.C.4. (Private Outdoor Amenity Space).

Private road easement is defined as a parcel of land not dedicated as a public street, over which a private easement for road purposes is proposed to be, or has been, granted to the owners of property contiguous or adjacent to the road, that intersects or connects with a public street or a private street. The instrument creating such easement shall be, or shall have been, duly recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder.

Private street is defined as a private road easement as defined herein which has been determined by the Advisory Agency or the Director to be adequate for access and for the purposes set forth in Article 10. (Streets & Parks), or Article 11. (Division of Land) of this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A).

Problem areas are defined as those portions of the City determined by resolution of the Board of Public Works to be actually or potentially dangerous by reason of geological conditions, being subject to inundation or overflow by storm water, or because of any other potentially dangerous condition, including areas subject to rapid spread of fire.

Producing zone (Oil Drilling Districts) is defined as a reservoir or series of reservoirs of sufficient thickness and productivity of hydrocarbons as to form an economic source of supply and which is segregated from other reservoirs, or series of reservoirs, by natural boundaries or barriers to such an extent as to make its separate development either economically or mechanically desirable in accordance with good oil field practice.

As the term is used in this Zoning Code (Chapter 1A) project is defined by Sec. 14.2.15.A. (Project). The definition for project is modified for the purposes of the following Sections: 1. For the purposes of Sec. 13B.11.1. (Environmental Review Procedures), project is defined by the California Public Resources Code, Sec. 21065. and CEQA Guidelines, Sec. 15378.2. For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), see Sec. 13B.8.1.C. (Definitions) or Sec. 8.2.6.B.1. (Definition of Project). 3. For the purposes of Sec. 8.2.2. (Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO)) see Sec. 8.2.2.B.1. (Definition of Project).4. For the purposes of Sec. 8.2.3. (Sign District (SN)) see Sec. 8.2.3.B.1. (Definition of Project). 5. For the purposes of Sec. 8.2.5. (Community Design Overlay (CDO)) see Sec. 8.2.5.B.1. (Definition of Project).6. For the purposes of Sec. 8.2.7. (Conservation Districts (CD)) see Sec. 8.2.7.B.1. (Definition of Project).7. For the purposes of Sec. 8.2.8. (Transportation Communication Network District (TCN)) see Sec. 8.2.8.B.1. (Definition of Project).

See project activity.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.15. (Project Activities), project activity is defined as the type of work composing a project. A project may be composed of one or more project activity.

For the purposes of review of a project for compliance with a Specific Plan, project adjustment is defined as a decision on a project by the Director granting a minor adjustment from certain Specific Plan regulations, subject to the limitations specified by Div.13B.4. (Specific Plan Implementation).

For the purposes of review of a project for compliance with a Specific Plan, project compliance is defined as a decision by the Director that a project complies with the regulations of the applicable Specific Plan, either as submitted, or with conditions imposed to achieve compliance.

For the purposes of review of a project for compliance with a Specific Plan, project exception is defined as a decision on a project by the Area Planning Commission granting relief from applicable Specific Plan regulations.

Project site is defined as the lot on which a project is located.

Pursuant to Sec. 3D.7.1.D. (Projecting Balcony), projecting balcony is defined as an unenclosed occupiable platform, located at an elevation above the ground story, that is fixed to or integrated with an exterior building facade and projects beyond the floor area of the story immediately below. Balconies include protective barriers such as railings or parapets and may be covered or uncovered.

Pursuant to Sec. 4C.11.6.C.9. (Projecting Sign), projecting sign is defined as a sign attached approximately perpendicular to the building facade that does not meet the standards for a pedestrian sign.

For the purposes of signs, projection is defined as the distance by which a sign extends beyond the building face. See Div. 4C.11. (Signs).

For the purposes of Article 5. (Use), proposed use is defined as any project activity involving the establishment of a new use, the modification of an existing use, expansion of floor area dedicated to an existing use, or relocation of an existing use.

A protected unit includes a dwelling unit that meets any of the following criteria: 1. A dwelling unit that is or was subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to lower income households or very low income households within the past five years, 2. A dwelling unit that is or was subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, pursuant to Chapter XV. (Rent Stabilization Ordinance) of this Code, or any other form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power within the past five years; 3. A dwelling unit that is or was rented by a lower income households or very low income households within the past five years, 4. A dwelling unit that was withdrawn from rent or lease in accordance with the Ellis Act, pursuant to California Government Code, Chapter 12.75 (Residential Real Property), Sec. 7060-7060.7, within the past 10 years.

Protected vegetation is defined as any protected tree or shrub as defined in Chapter IV. (Public Welfare), Sec. 46.01. (Definition) of this Code.

Protective barrier is defined as a building component or assembly located at, or near, the open sides of elevated floor surfaces, that is designed to reduce the risk of fall from the occupiable space. Protective barrier includes guardrails, railings, and parapets.

Pursuant to Div. 5D.3. (Public & Institutional Uses), public & institutional uses are defined as uses dedicated to serving the public through the provision of government services, utilities, healthcare, education, and culture.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.17. (Public Access Easements), public access easement is an easement, established between a lot owner or owners and the City of Los Angeles, as found on the Public Access Easement Map (Sec. 1.5.11.), affecting a lot or lots for the purpose of ensuring public access to the portions of the lot covered by the easement.

Public Agency is defined pursuant to California Government Code Sec. 20056.

Pursuant to Sec. 2C.3.3.C.3. (Public Amenity Space), public amenity space is defined as a type of amenity space that is outdoors and, although privately owned, is open to the public, and meets all the standards in Sec. 2C.3.3.C.3. (Public Amenity Space).

See pedestrian amenity & public amenity-facing facade.

Pursuant to Sec. 4C.11.1.E.3.d. (Public Art Installation), public art installation is defined as a facility, amenity or project that does not contain any commercial message and which is either an "approved public arts project" as defined by Sec. 19.85.4. (Direct Expenditure on Approved Public Arts Projects) of the LAAC or approved pursuant to Chapter IX. (Building Regulations), Sec. 91.107.4.6. (Arts Development Fee) of this Code.