Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 12.03. DEFINITIONS.

f. 11/17/97.) SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY AND HIGH. An institution of learning which offers instruction in several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Education Code of the State of California. High schools include Junior and Senior. SCRAP METAL PROCESSING YARD. Any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated solely for the processing and preparing of scrap metal for remelting by steel mills and foundries. (Added by Ord. No. 145,040, Eff. 10/15/73.) SENIOR INDEPENDENT HOUSING. Residential housing that consists of dwelling units for persons 62 years of age and older and may include common dining areas or other community rooms. Full time medical services shall not be provided on the premises. It may be a component of an Eldercare Facility. (Added by Ord. No. 178,063, Eff. 12/30/06.) SEA LEVEL RISE AREA. An area of the coast that is vulnerable to five feet of sea level rise, as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Ocean Protection Council, the United States Geological Survey, the University of California, and as accepted for use by the Director of Planning, or as determined by a local coastal hazards vulnerability assessment. (Added by Ord. No. 188,477, Eff. 2/11/25, Oper. 2/11/25.) SERVANTS QUARTERS. An accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, used solely as the dwelling of persons employed on the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit. (Added by Ord. No. 107,884, Eff. 9/23/56.) SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS. A facility operated by a “provider”, other than a “community care facility” as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 1502, which provides temporary accommodations to homeless persons and/or families and which meets the standards for shelters contained in Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 7 of the California Code of Regulations. The term “temporary accommodations” means that a homeless person or family will be allowed to reside at the shelter for a time period not to exceed six months.