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commercial or industrial buildings to residential condominiums or cooperative housing units. Conversion (mobile home park). The termination of a rental agreement for a mobile home and/or mobile home space by the mobile home park owner for the purpose of ending mobile home residential uses of the park and either beginning different land uses or sell- ing the property, which conversion is not required by the exercise of eminent domain or by order of state or local agencies; or, the obtaining of a building permit for a structure located on a site previously used as a mobile home park within the past two years. Cooperative housing. Improved real property owned or leased by a cooperative housing corporation or by any other corporation, partnership, trust or association in which all or substantially all of the shareholders of the corporation, partners of the partnership, beneficiaries of the trust or members of the association receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a rental unit of the building, which right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently with the transfer by any means of the stock, partnership interests, benefi- cial interest, or membership held by the person having such right of occupany. Declaration of unit ownership. The document submitting prop- erty to the state unit ownership law filed pursuant to state law. Developer. A "declarant" under state condominium law, or any person who plans to submit property legally or equitably owned in whole or in part by him or her to the provisions of state condomin- ium law, or any person who purchases an interest in a condominium from a declarant or subsequent developer for the primary purpose of resale, including any person, entity, or group who purchases or is negotiating a purchase of a building for use as cooperative apart- ments. Disabled person. A person who has, at the time of issuance of a condominium conversion permit or mobile home park conversion permit, a mental, emotional or physical disability or illness of more than a temporary duration that: (a) Substantially impairs his/her ability to move about to find or maintain a housing unit without the use of external aids (e.g., wheelchair, cane, walker, guide dog) or without another person's assistance, or without pain; or (b) Involves the loss of sight or hearing ability, pre- vents normal walking or climbing of stairs, or requires a spe- cial life support system; or (c) Affects his/her ability to make decisions or manage his/her own financial affairs without assistance. A disability must prevent or make it difficult for the person to carry out regular activities of daily living (e.g., housework, shop- ping, laundry, meal preparation, personal care such as bathing and dressing). Evidence that would determine the status of disability would include a doctor's certificate, a statement from a health care specialist attesting to the above criteria, a governmental determination of disability, or a worker's compensation determina- tion of greater than 50 percent disability. Elderly person. A person who is 70 years of age or over at the time of the notice of planned conversion or notice of park clo- sure. Ordinance - 4