(a) “A small community college” means a college with 35,000 or fewer weekly student contact hours (WSCH) in credit and noncredit courses and programs.

(b) “Affordable student housing” means rental housing with a recorded affordability restriction for the life of the facility and rented to public, low-income higher education students at a below market rate calculated at 30 percent of 50 percent of the area median income for a single-room occupancy unit type, unless adjusted pursuant to Education Code section 17201.

(c) “Leased or rented” means a building for which rental costs are paid, and the use of which will be discontinued upon the completion of the project for which application has been submitted.

(d) “Permanent building” means a building for which there is no plan for removal or demolition.

(e) “Temporary building” means a building of limited worth which, according to the capital construction master plan, is anticipated to be demolished or replaced within five years. All other buildings are to be considered permanent.

(f) As used in this chapter, “weekly student contact hours” means the product of the number of students and the scheduled class periods in which they are enrolled, in graded and ungraded community college classes convened prior to 10 o'clock p.m. during a census week. A class period is not less than 50 minutes and not more than 60 minutes.