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The affected persons shall be entitled to have present at the <br />hearing an attorney or any other person authorized by them to speak <br />on their behalf or to assist them in the matter. <br />(4) "Senior citizen housing development" means a residential <br />development developed, substantially rehabilitated, or substantially <br />renovated for, senior citizens that has at least 35 dwelling units. <br />Any senior citizen housing development which is required to obtain a <br />public report under Section 11010 of the Business and Professions <br />Code and which submits its application for a public report after July <br />1, 2001, shall be required to have been issued a public report as a <br />senior citizen housing development under Section 11010.05 of the <br />Business and Professions Code. No housing development constructed <br />prior to January 1, 1985, shall fail to qualify as a senior citizen <br />housing development because it was not originally developed or put to <br />use for occupancy by senior citizens. <br />(5) "Dwelling unit" or "housing" means any residential <br />accommodation other than a mobilehome. <br />(6) "Cohabitant" refers to persons who live together as husband <br />and wife, or persons who are domestic partners within the meaning of <br />Section 297 of the Family Code. <br />(7) "Permitted health care resident" means a person hired to <br />provide live-in, long-term, or terminal health care to a qualifying <br />resident, or a family member of the qualifying resident providing <br />that care. For the purposes of this section, the care provided by a <br />permitted health care resident must be substantial in nature and must <br />provide either assistance with necessary daily activities or medical <br />treatment, or both. <br />A permitted health care resident shall be entitled to continue his <br />or her occupancy, residency, or use of the dwelling unit as a <br />permitted resident in the absence of the senior citizen from the <br />dwelling unit only if both of the following are applicable: <br />(A) The senior citizen became absent from the dwelling due to <br />hospitalization or other necessary medical treatment and expects to <br />return to his or her residence within 90 days from the date the <br />absence began. <br />(B) The absent senior citizen or an authorized person acting for <br />the senior citizen submits a written request to the owner, board of <br />directors, or governing board stating that the senior citizen desires <br />that the permitted health care resident be allowed to remain in <br />order to be present when the senior citizen returns to reside in the <br />development. <br />Upon written request by the senior citizen or an authorized person <br />acting for the senior citizen, the owner, board of directors, or <br />governing board shall have the discretion to allow a permitted health <br />care resident to remain for a time period longer than 90 days from <br />the date that the senior citizen's absence began, if it appears that <br />the senior citizen will return within a period of time not to exceed <br />an additional 90 days. <br />(c) The covenants, conditions, and restrictions and other <br />documents or written policy shall set forth the limitations on <br />occupancy, residency, or use on the basis of age. Any such <br />limitation shall not be more exclusive than to require that one <br />person in residence in each dwelling unit may be required to be a <br />senior citizen and that each other resident in the same dwelling unit <br />may be required to be a qualified permanent resident, a permitted <br />health care resident, or a person under 55 years of age whose <br />occupancy is permitted under subdivision (h) of this section or under <br />