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"Laboratory" means a building or portion of a building that contains facilities for the testing and analysis of a product, person, animal, or part thereof.
"Landscape designer" means a person qualified to practice landscape architecture and/or irrigation design.
"Landscape plan" means a plan for landscaping of a parcel that identifies the location, spacing, number, and container size of all plant materials to be planted, including common and botanical names.
Landscape, Rehabilitated. "Rehabilitated landscape" means any planting area in which fifty percent of existing landscape materials are replaced or modified within any twelve-month period. Examples include a change of plants or ground cover, installation of a new irrigation system, and grading modifications.
"Landscaping" means areas devoted to, or developed and maintained predominantly with, native or exotic plant materials including lawn, ground cover, trees, shrubs, and other plant materials. Landscaping may also include small amounts of accessory decorative outdoor landscape elements (i.e., hardscape) such as pools, fountains, and paved or decorated surfaces, all of which are suitably designed, selected, installed, and maintained to enhance a site.
"Laundromat" means an establishment providing washing and drying machines on the premises for rental use to the general public for the laundering of clothes.
"Live/work development" is a development that provides for a live/work environment with ground floor office/retail/commercial in the same building as a single-family attached or multi-family attached dwelling unit. The ground floor office/retail/commercial area may be used as a separate dwelling unit.
"Loading space" means an off-street space or berth on the same lot as the building(s) it services that is used for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise, materials, or people.
"Lot" means a parcel that is separately owned or has been legally divided from a piece of real property according to the requirements of state law and the Commerce Municipal Code as shown on the recorded plat in the office of the county of Los Angeles.
"Lot area" means the total extent of the surface of a parcel of land within its lot lines as measured on a horizontal plane.
Lot, Corner. "Corner lot" means a lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection (see Figure 19.45.130-3).
"Lot coverage" means the percentage of the total lot area that is covered by all the buildings and structures on that lot.
Lot, Cul-de-Sac. "Cul-de-sac lot" means a lot located at any position on the circular portion of a cul-de-sac street.
"Lot depth" means the average distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
Lot, Flag. "Flag lot" means a lot with access to a street by means of a private driveway, access easement, or parcel of land with a minimum width of twenty feet.
"Lot frontage" means the length of the defined front lot line measured at the street right-of-way line.
Lot, Interior. "Interior lot" means a lot bounded on one side by a street or easement that the planning commission has determined is adequate for access.
Lot, Key. "Key lot" means an interior lot adjacent to the rear lot line of a reversed corner lot.
Lot, Reverse Corner. "Reverse corner lot" means a corner lot with a side lot line that is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the key lot that abuts the reversed corner lot.
Lot, Substandard. "Substandard lot" means any lot that does not meet the minimum dimensions required by the Municipal Code.
Lot, Through. "Through lot" means an interior lot that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
Lot Area or Size, Net. "Net lot area or size" means the area within a lot exclusive of any dedications for public rights-of-way, public parks, and public school sites.
"Lot length" means the average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured at right angles to the front lot line.
"Lot line" means any line bounding a lot as defined herein.
Lot Line, Front. "Front lot line" means the lot line abutting the street of an interior lot; the shortest lot line abutting the street of a corner lot; any lot line abutting the street of a through lot.
Lot Line, Rear. "Rear lot line" means the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line; or in the case of an irregularly shaped lot, a straight line not less than ten feet long entirely within the lot and most nearly parallel to, and at the maximum distance from, the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side. "Side lot line" means any lot line other than the front or rear lot lines.
Lot, Unimproved. "Unimproved lot" means a lot or real property for which the county assessor has determined a zero value for all improvements thereon.
"Lot width" means the average linear distance between the side lot lines measured at the midpoint and at right angles to the line measuring lot depth.
"Low-water-flow irrigation" means a system of watering plant material using drip/trickle, reduced water emitting devices, low precipitation heads, soaker lines, or other similar mechanisms that restricts the amount of water in gallons per minute to allow for deep percolation into the soil. The low water flow irrigation system, combined with watering practices outlined in this zoning ordinance, will reduce water loss through evaporation, wind drift, and overwatering.
"Lower income household" shall have the same meaning as provided in California Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5.
(Ord. 544 §1(part), 2000).
(Ord. No. 656, § 10 (Exh. G), 11-19-2013)