For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Controlled substance" means any drug, substance, or immediate precursor, as listed in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code Section 11000 et seq.
(b) "Drug-related nuisance" means any activity related to the possession, sale, use or manufacture of a controlled substance that creates an unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life, property and/or safety of residents of the premises. Such activity includes, but is not limited to, any activity commonly associated with illegal drug dealing, such as noise, steady traffic day and night to a particular unit, barricaded units, the display or observance of weapons, drug loitering as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11532, or other drug-related occurrences which, taken as a whole, tend to substantially affect or interfere with any tenant's beneficial use and enjoyment of any rented property.
(c) "Gang-related crime" means any crime in which the perpetrator is a known member of a gang, or any crime motivated by gang membership, in which the victim or the intended victim of the crime is a known member of a gang.
(d) "Illegal drug activity" means a violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11350) or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of the Health and Safety Code, or any successor provisions thereto.
(e) "Landlord" means any owner of record, lessor, or sublessor (including any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity) who receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use of any rental unit, or the agent, representative or successor of any of the foregoing.
(f) "Premises" means any rental unit and the land on which it and any other buildings of a complex are located and common areas, including but not limited to, garage facilities, streets, alleyways, stairwells, elevators, and, as the context permits or requires, any public or private property which is immediately adjacent to any of said areas.
(g) "Rental unit" means any dwelling as defined in Section 19.104.080 of this code, including, but not limited to, any single and multi-family residence, duplex, and/or condominium in the city of La Mirada. This term shall also include any mobile home, whether rent is paid for the mobile home, the land upon which the mobile home is located, or both. It shall also mean any recreational vehicle, as defined in California Civil Code Section 799.24, if located in a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park, whether rent is paid for the recreation vehicle, the land upon which it is located, or both.
(h) "Tenant" means any tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee or any person entitled to use or occupancy of a rental unit, or any other person residing in the rental unit.
(Ord. 530 § 1 (part), 1999).