Malibu Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 Mobilehome Park Rent Stabilization Commission

A. There is established a commission to be known as the "Malibu mobilehome park rent stabilization commission" or "mobilehome park rent stabilization commission." The commission shall be comprised of five residents of the city. Each member of the city council shall appoint one member of the commission to serve at the pleasure of the appointing councilmember. Appointments shall be made at a regular city council meeting following a general municipal election. Vacancies on the mobilehome park rent stabilization commission shall be filled by appointment at a regular city council meeting by the individual councilmember who made the appointment to the seat which is vacant. In no event shall any member of the commission be or, at any time during the immediately preceding five years, have been a park owner or homeowner.

B. The city manager shall provide all administrative staff necessary to serve the commission. The city clerk shall serve as secretary of the commission and shall be responsible for the maintenance of all records of the commission. The secretary shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be open for inspection by any member of the public. The city attorney or the designee of the city attorney shall act as legal counsel to the commission.

(Prior code § 2111; Ord. 127 § 1, 1995; Ord. 146 § 1, 1996)

Each member of the mobilehome park rent stabilization commission shall serve a four-year term. Commissioners shall be appointed at a regular city council meeting following a general municipal election. The commission seats shall be divided into two groups, one group of three commissioners and one group of two commissioners. Each group of commissioners' terms shall expire respectively after alternate municipal elections.

(Prior code § 2112; Ord. 127 § 1, 1995)

Within the limitations provided by law, the commission shall have the following powers and duties:

A. To receive, investigate, hold hearings on, and pass upon all issues relating to mobilehome park rent stabilization, as set forth in this chapter;

B. To make or conduct such independent hearings or investigations as may be appropriate to obtain such information as is necessary to carry out its duties;

C. To adjust space rents either upward or downward upon completion of its hearings and investigations; and

D. To adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind administrative rules to effectuate the purposes and policies of this chapter, within the limitations provided by law or by rules adopted by the city council.

(Prior code § 2113; Ord. 127 §1, 1995)