Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 17 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION›Chapter 17.22 — MOBILEHOME RENT ORDINANCE
San Jose Municipal Code Part 3.5 Firm Offer Base Rent
San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Jose
Cite as: San Jose Municipal Code Part 3.5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
17.22.400 - Firm offer base rent for transfer of mobilehome.¶
A. Any mobilehome owner may request the landlord quote the base rent that would be charged for the rent or lease of the mobilehome lot immediately following the transfer of the mobilehome by the mobilehome owner where the mobilehome will remain on the mobilehome lot. The request shall be in writing.
B. Within five working days from the receipt of the request for a base rent quote, the landlord shall provide a written base rent quote to the mobilehome owner.
C. The base rent quote provided by the landlord shall be a firm offer of base rent that would be charged by the landlord for the rent or lease of the mobilehome lot upon the transfer of the mobilehome by the mobilehome owner in the case of any transfer where the mobilehome will remain on the mobilehome lot. Subject to subsection D. below, said firm offer shall remain in effect for not less than one hundred fifty days from the date the landlord gives such written notice to the mobilehome owner.
D. In the event the rent increase anniversary date for the mobilehome park falls within the one-hundred-fifty-day period of the firm offer, the firm offer base rent shall be adjusted by the rent increase permitted on the anniversary date under the provisions of this chapter. This adjusted amount shall be the "adjusted firm offer base rent."
E. Upon the transfer of the mobilehome, the transferee shall pay the firm offer base rent, or the adjusted firm offer base rent if applicable, as the rent for the mobilehome lot. The landlord shall not charge, demand or receive any rent in excess of the firm offer base rent, or the adjusted firm offer base rent if applicable, until the next anniversary date rent increase applicable to the park. Any increase of said base rent shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
F. If the one-hundred-fifty-day firm offer period expires before the transfer of the mobilehome, the mobilehome owner may request a new firm offer quote from the landlord in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 23294.)
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