§ 18253.5

(a) The department shall provide to each mobilehome park licensed to operate under this part a sign in large boldface print, with the name, address, and telephone number of the mobilehome ombudsman designated under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 18150) of Part 2. The sign shall be posted by the management in the mobilehome park clubhouse or in another conspicuous public place within the mobilehome park.

(b) (1) The enforcement of the posting of the ombudsman sign required by subdivision (a) may be accomplished by telephonic or written communication, or by site inspection in response to a specific complaint concerning the posting of the sign, by site inspection in response to a combination of complaints concerning the posting of the sign and other alleged code violations, or pursuant to the mobilehome park inspection program set forth in Section 18400.1.

(2) This section does not require that enforcement of its provisions be accomplished by site inspection of every mobilehome park, or reissuance of a new ombudsman sign to every mobilehome park in the enforcement agency’s jurisdiction to ensure that the ombudsman signs required by this section are posted.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a violation of this section is an infraction.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 402, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)