The following definitions shall apply to all structures that are regulated by this chapter. If in conflict with other provisions of this Code, these definitions shall control.
APPLICANT: Shall mean an owner or other responsible person who applies for a building or other permit under this chapter, or an extension thereof.
INCOMPLETE STRUCTURE: Shall mean a structure, or portion thereof, for which a building permit under article 2 of this chapter, or an extension thereof, has expired.
"Incomplete structure" shall also include those structures for which issued permits under articles 3 through 6 and 12 of this chapter, and any extensions thereof, have expired.
JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE: As used in sections 105.5.1 and 105.5.4 of the Building Code, and sections R105.5.1 and R105.5.4 of the Residential Code, shall mean or refer to a delay in performance of work or installations under an active permit that is due to war, insurrection, floods, earthquakes, fires, casualties, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, unusually severe weather, strikes causing inability to secure necessary labor, materials or tools, acts of the City, or any other delays that are beyond the control and without the fault of the permit holder.
OWNER: Shall mean and include any person having legal title to, or who leases, rents, occupies or has charge, control or possession of, any real property in the City, including all persons shown as owners on the last equalized assessment roll of the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office. Owners include persons with powers of attorney, executors of estates, trustees, or who are court-appointed administrators, conservators, guardians or receivers.
PLANNING AND BUILDING DIRECTOR: Shall mean the building official, or a designee thereof.
PROJECT: Shall mean an action or actions for which one or more permits are required by this chapter that concern a building or structure, or a portion thereof, with regard to construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement or demolition, and/or the erection, installation, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, conversion or replacement of any electrical, fire- related, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, or portion thereof.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON: Shall mean any person, whether as an owner as defined in this section, or otherwise, who allows, causes, creates, maintains, suffers, or permits a public nuisance, or any violation of this chapter or other portion of this Code to exist or continue, by any act or the omission of any act or duty. A responsible person shall also include employees, principals, joint venturers, officers, agents, and/or other persons acting in concert with, or at the direction of, and/or with the knowledge and/or consent of the owner and/or occupant of the lot, building or structure on, or in which, a public nuisance or violation exists or existed. The actions or inactions of a responsible person's agent, employee, representative or contractor may be attributed to that responsible person.
STRUCTURE: Shall mean that which is built or constructed, an edifice, wall, fence, or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
SUCCESSFUL INSPECTION: Shall mean a required inspection (as set forth in section 110 of the Building Code or section 109 of the Residential Code) in which the work inspected was determined by the Planning and Building Director to meet all applicable minimum Building/Residential Code requirements and the inspection was approved and documented as successful. A successful inspection shall also mean approval of work inspected under an electrical, fire, plumbing or mechanical permit that meets all applicable minimum requirements of the Electrical, Fire, Plumbing or Mechanical Codes.
UNPERMITTED STRUCTURE: Shall mean any structure, or portion thereof, that was erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, connected, converted, demolished or equipped with electrical, plumbing or mechanical installations, at any point in time, without the required approval(s) and permit(s) having first been obtained from the Planning and Building Director. Unpermitted structures shall include those structures for which an action that is regulated by the Fire Code has occurred without first obtaining the required permit. Unpermitted structures shall include an incomplete structure as defined in this section. (Ord. 0-18-1335, 4-11-2018)