As used in this division:

(a)  “Bonds” means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by a local agency pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 55100) of this division, including bonds issued to refund previously issued bonds or other indebtedness.

(b)  “Eligible building” means a building existing on the effective date of this section which is identified as hazardous pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 13, with the exception of the following:

(1)  Industrial buildings for assembling, fabricating, manufacturing and processing activities.

(2)  Structures subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, other than a residential hotel or apartment building containing six or more units or a commercial building containing six or more residential units which is identified as hazardous pursuant to this section.

(c)  “Eligible costs” means all costs, including costs of design, preparation, and inspection incurred in making structural or other modifications to an eligible building, which are required in order to meet reconstruction standards established by a local ordinance pursuant to Sections 19162, 19163, and 19163.5, or to mitigate potentially hazardous buildings, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 8875 of the Government Code including costs of payments required by Section 7265.3 of the Government Code, and including costs necessary to provide for the reasonable safety of the exterior and interior of the eligible building and of interior fixtures and appurtenances. Other eligible costs include nonseismic and nonstructural costs, including, but not limited to, plaster, wallboard, paint, and carpeting, and any other finishes deemed necessary by the local building official to restore an eligible building to its original conditions and suitable for occupancy.

(d)  “Financing” means a loan made by the local agency pursuant to this division to the owner of an eligible building for eligible costs and which is secured by a deed of trust or mortgage upon the real property improved thereby.

(e)  “Local agency” means a city, county, or city and county.

(f)  “Residential hotel” means any building containing six or more guestrooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out, to be occupied, or which are occupied, for sleeping purposes by guests, which is also the primary residence of those guests, but does not mean any hotel which is primarily used by transient guests who do not occupy the hotel as their primary residence.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 756, Sec. 3.)