SEC. 28.15. - Findings and policy.

a.

The City of Mountain View city council hereby finds and determines that mobile home parks provide an important independent living situation in the city, particularly for senior citizens.

b.

Mobile home parks are an essential component of ownership-housing stock in Mountain View, where the cost of most housing exceeds the financial reach of low- and moderate-income persons.

c.

Chapter 3 (Policy F) of the general plan calls for increasing the supply of housing for low- and moderateincome families, seniors and the disabled.

d.

The City of Mountain View is committed to preserving and increasing the supply of housing for low- and moderate-income citizens, especially families, senior citizens and disabled persons, and that mobile home parks constitute a valuable housing resource to meet this need.

e.

Mountain View has a variety of mobile home parks with wide diversity in economic values of the land, the mobile home units, the amenities, the zoning, the location and the acreage and number of units, among

other factors, which warrant careful consideration and analysis of the distinct impact involved in the possible conversion of the different parks and appropriate mitigation of those diverse impacts.

f.

Available comparable relocation sites for mobile homes within a twenty (20) mile radius of the City of Mountain View are very limited, and the cost of relocation of mobile home units is substantial in proportion to the value of the individual unit itself.

g.

Adequate replacement housing for displaced mobile home residents at a comparable cost is not readily available within the community or the county.

(Ord. No. 3.22, § 1, 4/12/22.)

a.

Prior to the conversion of any mobile home park to another use, as shown on Map 1 on file in the planning department, except pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2, commencing with Section 66410 of Title 7 of the California Government Code) (see Section 28.15.15 or prior to closure of a mobile home park or cessation of the use of the land as a mobile home park, a conversion impact report shall be

independently prepared by a consultant, pursuant to a contract with the city, but paid for by the applicant. This conversion impact report shall analyze the impact of the conversion, closure, or cessation of use upon the displaced persons of the mobile home park to be converted or closed. In determining impact of the conversion, closure or cessation of use on displaced mobile home park residents, the report shall address the availability of adequate replacement housing in mobile home parks and relocation costs.

b.

The person proposing the change in use shall provide a copy of the conversion impact report and written notification of the hearing date to the residents and to the registered owner of each mobile home in the mobile home park at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing on the conversion impact report by the city council or its delegated advisory agency.

c.

The person or entity filing the report, or park residents, may request, and shall have a right to, a hearing before the city council or its delegated advisory agency on the sufficiency of the report.

d.

The city council or its delegated advisory agency shall review the report prior to any change, and shall require, as a condition of the change, the person or entity to take steps to mitigate any adverse impact of the conversion, closure or cessation of use on the ability of displaced mobile home park residents to find or afford adequate replacement housing. The city council may consider in requiring mitigation of adverse impacts of a mobile home park conversion, but shall not be limited thereto, such steps as the reasonable

costs of relocation or, if a suitable relocation site is not available, the purchase of the mobile home at the inspace fair market value of the mobile home.

e.

At the same time as the notice of the change is provided to the residents (six (6) months prior to termination of tenancy pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subdivision (f) of Section 798.56 of the Civil Code), the person or entity proposing the change shall ensure that a copy of the report has been provided to a resident and to the registered owner of each mobile home in the mobile home park.

f.

If the closure or cessation of use of a mobile home park results from the adjudication of bankruptcy, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable.

g.

The city council may establish reasonable fees by resolution pursuant to Chapter 13, commencing with Section 54990 of Part I of Division 2 of Title 5 of the California Government Code to cover any costs incurred by the city in implementing this section. Those fees shall be paid by the person or entity proposing the change in use.

(Ord. No. 3.22, § 1, 4/12/22.)

Upon receipt of an application for the conversion of a mobile home park to another use, the city shall, at least forty-five (45) days prior to a hearing or any other action on the application, inform the applicant in writing of the provisions of Section 798.56 of the California Civil Code and all applicable city requirements which impose upon the applicant a duty to notify residents and mobile home owners of the mobile home park of the proposed change in use and shall specify therein the manner in which the applicant shall verify that residents and mobile home owners of the mobile home park have been notified of the proposed change in use. Neither a hearing on the application, nor any other action thereon, shall be taken by the city council before the applicant has satisfactorily verified that the residents and mobile home owners have been so notified, in the manner prescribed by law or ordinance.

(Ord. No. 3.22, § 1, 4/12/22.)

At the time of filing a tentative or a parcel map for a subdivision to be created from the conversion of a mobile home park to another use, the subdivider shall also file a report on the impact of the conversion upon the displaced residents of the mobile home park to be converted. In determining the impact of the conversion on displaced mobile home park residents, the report shall address the availability of adequate replacement space in mobile home parks within a radius of twenty (20) miles.

The subdivider shall make a copy of the report available to a resident and to the registered owner of each mobile home in the mobile home park at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing on the map by the city council or its delegated advisory agency.

The city council or its delegated advisory agency which is authorized by city ordinance to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the map may require the subdivider to take steps to mitigate any adverse impact of the conversion on the ability of displaced mobile home park residents to find adequate space in a mobile home park.

(Ord. No. 3.22, § 1, 4/12/22.)

In addition to the provisions of this article, conversion of mobile home parks shall comply with the Subdivision Map Act, Sections 66427.4, 66427.5 and 66428.1.

(Ord. No. 3.22, § 1, 4/12/22.)

ARTICLE XI. - MERGER OF SUBSTANDARD SIZE PARCELS