Mobilehome park rent in Clovis: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	The annual rent increase is capped at 80% of the CPI increase. Applies: Applies where the CPI increase is 5% or less. § 5.13.04 · code text Eighty (80%) percent of the CPI (.80 CPI) where the increase in the CPI is five (5%) percent or less. The annual rent increase is capped at 52% of the CPI, plus 1.4. Applies: Applies where the CPI increase is more than 5% but no more than 10%. § 5.13.04 · code text Fifty-two (52%) percent of the CPI (.52 CPI), plus 1.4 where the CPI is in excess of five (5%) percent, but equal to or less than ten (10%) percent. The annual rent increase is capped at 23% of the CPI, plus 4.3. Applies: Applies where the CPI increase is more than 10%. § 5.13.04 · code text Twenty-three (23%) percent of the CPI (.23 CPI), plus 4.3 where the CPI is in excess of ten (10%) percent. It starts from the rent charged 12 months earlier, times the cost of living factor, rounded to the nearest dollar. § 5.13.04 · code text An increase based upon the rent charged on the date twelve (12) months prior to the date the increase is to take effect, multiplied by cost of living factor and rounded off to the nearest dollar.
Spaces covered	Parks with fewer than 25 spaces are excluded. § 5.13.03 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any mobile home park which contains fewer than twenty-five (25) spaces. Rental agreements longer than 12 months are exempt during the term of the agreement. Applies: Applies to rental agreements offered for more than 12 months. § 5.13.23 · code text the rental agreement will be exempt from the provisions of this ordinance, and that upon expiration of the rental agreement the prospective home owner will be subject to the provisions of this ordinance unless other rental agreement in excess of twelve (12) months is executed.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Park owners may pass through capital-improvement costs when a majority of the home owners of occupied spaces approve in writing. Applies: Applies to capital improvements. § 5.13.17 · code text Costs of capital improvements as defined in Section 5.13.02(d), and approved in writing by a majority of the home owners of the occupied spaces within the park; Owners may pass through capital-improvement or replacement costs, averaged per space and amortized over at least 60 months. Applies: Applies to capital improvements or capital replacements. The increase is reduced when paid off. § 5.13.17 · code text Costs of capital improvements, if any, must be averaged on a per space basis, and amortized over a period not less than sixty (60) months, and are to be treated as an assessment to be paid off over not less than sixty (60) months Park owners may seek review of increases above the exempt standards; the hearing officer sets the reasonable amount. Applies: Applies to a rent increase, or part of it, above the exempt standards; includes a fair return. § 5.13.17 · code text the hearing officer shall, when the amount of any rent increase or portion thereof exceeds any of the foregoing standards under subsection (a) of this section, determine what is reasonable under the circumstances Home owners may file a petition for rent review with the City Manager, who refers it for a hearing. Applies: Applies to a rent increase subject to review. § 5.13.14 · code text Upon receipt of a timely and completed petition for rent review, along with the completed concurrent response, the City Manager shall refer the petition for a hearing.
When a home is sold or vacated	After an in-place sale or turnover, the owner may raise rent by no more than 5% above that space's rent. Applies: Applies when the mobile home stays in the same space. § 5.13.04 · code text The park owner may increase the rent to an amount that is not more than five (5%) percent above the rent for that space.

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Clovis's code: The annual rent increase is capped at 80% of the CPI increase. (Applies where the CPI increase is 5% or less.) (§ 5.13.04); The annual rent increase is capped at 52% of the CPI, plus 1.4. (Applies where the CPI increase is more than 5% but no more than 10%.) (§ 5.13.04).

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