Glossary of Terms

Tentative tract map is defined as a map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision creating five or more parcels, five or more condominiums, or five or more units in a community apartment project or stock cooperative and prepared pursuant to Sec. 11.2. (Tentative Tract Maps).

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 is defined as the bonus floor area ratio granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.1.C.2. (Tier 1 Bonus).

Tier 1 bonus height is defined as the bonus height in feet granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.2.C.2. (Tier 1 Bonus) or the bonus height in stories granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.3.C.2.b. (Tier 1 Bonus).

Tier 2 bonus floor area ratio is defined as the tier 2 bonus floor area ratio granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.1.C.2. (Tier 2 Bonus).

Tier 2 bonus height is defined as the bonus height in feet granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.2.C.2.3. (Tier 2 Bonus) or the bonus height in stories granted pursuant to Sec. 2C.4.3.C.2.c. (Tier 2 Bonus).

Tract map is defined as either a tentative tract map or final tract map.

For the purposes of the Home-Sharing Program (Sec. 5C.3.2.), transient shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Chapter II. (Licenses, Permits, Business Regulations), Sec. 21.7.2. (Definitions) of this Code.

Pursuant to Sec. 4C.8.2. (Transition Screens), transition screen is defined as a device or combination of elements along a common lot line that conceals, obstructs or protects abutting lots from impactful uses, activities, or site elements.

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

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.

See transmitted.

Transmitted is defined as a notification of a decision in writing, by mail, or electronically. See Sec. 13A.2.5.D. (Transmittal).

Pursuant to Sec. 3C.4.1. (Transparent Area), transparent area is defined as the amount of transparent area on a building facade.

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).

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 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 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.

For the purposes of Article 9. (Public Benefit Systems) trip reduction is defined as the reduction in the number of work-related trips made by single-occupant vehicles.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.2.A.2. (Uncovered), uncovered is defined as an instance where 25 percent or more of a space or structure's area is open to the sky. Areas containing overhead, non-solid structures, such as lattice and pergolas, may be considered uncovered provided that 25 percent or more of their area is open to the sky.

Underground parking is defined as motor vehicle use areas located below the finished floor elevation of the ground story.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.5.A.1.j. (Underground Structures), underground structure is defined as a covered structure located entirely below finished grade. Examples of underground structures include, but are not limited to: cellars, basements, underground parking structures, stormwater storages, or cisterns.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.4.A.2. (Unenclosed), unenclosed is defined as an instance when the perimeter of a space has an enclosure of less than 66.7 percent.

Pursuant to Sec. 13B.12.1.C. (Definitions) of this Code, unexpired is defined as the applicable redevelopment regulations that are still in effect on the date of approval of a redevelopment plan project or redevelopment plan amendment.

Unified development is defined as a development consisting of multiple lots within a common site plan which is unified by a combination of functional linkages, such as pedestrian or vehicular connections, common architectural and landscape features which constitute distinctive design elements of the development, and when viewed from adjoining streets appears to be a consolidated whole. A unified development may include lots that abut or are separated only by an alley or are located across the street from any portion of each other. See Sec. 14.2.1. (Lot) for clarification on lot ties.

Uniformity ratio is defined as a ratio of the average illumination to minimum illumination.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.10.D. (Upper Story), upper story is defined as any story of a building located above the ground story.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.10.E. (Upper Story Facade), upper story facade is defined as the portions of the exterior building envelope at the perimeter of each upper story for the full height of the story.

Pursuant to Sec. 3D.5.2. (Upper Story Height), upper story height is defined as the floor-to-floor height of any story of a building located above the ground story.

Pursuant to Sec. 8.2.4.B.3.b. (Urbanized Area), urbanized area is defined as all land in the City, except land in the Heavy Industrial 1 Use District, and land which has been determined to be non-urbanized area by the City Planning Commission or City Council, or land located in the Los Angeles City Oil Field Area.

Use is defined as the purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which land or a building is, or may be, occupied or maintained.

Use category is defined as a group of use groups.

Use District is defined as the fourth component in a zone string established in Part 5B. (Use Districts), which regulates land uses by assigning permission levels for defined uses as well as citing applicable performance standards, supplemental procedures for conditional uses, and special use programs.

Use District table is defined as a table provided for each Use District established in Part 5B. (Use Districts) that contains a list of uses and their assigned permission levels, along with any applicable performance standards, conditional use procedures, and special use programs that apply to uses within a Use District.

Use group is defined as a group of individual uses with common use characteristics and similar activities.

Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.15.B.6. (Use Modification), use modification is defined as a change of use or an intensification of use.