ABUTTING. Having a common boundary.
ACCESS. The place or way through which pedestrians and/or vehicles must have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property or use.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. See BUILDING, ACCESSORY.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. See STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY.
ACCESSORY USE. See USE, ACCESSORY.
ADJACENT. Directly abutting, having a common boundary or property line, or contiguous to.
ADJOINING. See ABUTTING.
AGENT OR AUTHORIZED AGENT. Any person who can show certified written proof that they are representing and acting in the place of another person or individual.
AGGRIEVED PERSON. Any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a city public hearing in conjunction with a decision or action appealed or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the local government of the nature of his or her concerns or who, for good cause, was unable to do either.
ALLEY. A public or private way, other than a street, which is designated as an alley by the city, reserved primarily for secondary vehicular access to abutting lots.
ALTERATION. Any change, addition, or modification that changes the exterior architectural appearance or materials of a structure or object. ALTERATION includes changes in exterior surfaces, changes in materials, additions, remodels, demolitions, and relocation of buildings or structures, but excludes ordinary maintenance and repairs.
APARTMENT UNIT. One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities comprising an independent rental unit.
APPLICANT. The person, partnership, corporation, or state or local government agency applying for a permit, certificate, zoning approval, or other entitlement.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE. An exterior building feature, including a roof, walls, windows, doors, porches, posts, pillars, recesses or projections, and exterior articulation or walls, and other building surfaces.
ASSESSED VALUE. The value as shown on the current equalized assessment role in effect of the time of the making of the determination of the assessed value.
ASSESSOR. The Tax Assessor of the County of Los Angeles.
ATTACHED BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. See BUILDING, ATTACHED and STRUCTURE, ATTACHED.
AWNING. A roof-like cover that projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window from the elements.
(Ord. 4823, passed 1-22-24)