Mobilehome park rent in La Verne: the local rules

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Spaces covered	A park with a qualifying space rental agreement is exempt from the chapter while the agreement lasts. Applies: The agreement sets a space rent schedule for at least 2 years and 67% of the park's rental spaces voluntarily consent. § 9.16.060 · code text Any mobile home park which provides a rental agreement meeting the criteria set forth in this section shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter for the duration of such agreement. A lease or rental agreement made under Civil Code Section 798.17 is not restricted by this chapter. Applies: The agreement is exempt under state law and has a term of more than 12 months. § 9.16.065 · code text Nothing in this chapter shall operate to restrict the right of a tenant or prospective tenant and the owner of a mobile home park to enter into an agreement in accordance with California Civil Code Section 798.17.
How often rent can go up	No further rent increases of any kind for those spaces for 12 months, except a vacancy increase. Applies: After a rent increase is approved without mediation or arbitration. § 9.16.070 · code text After approval of a rent increase under this section, there shall be no further rent increases of any kind for the subject spaces for twelve months, except a vacancy increase as permitted under Section 9.16.100. An owner may file only one arbitration application in any 12-month period. Applies: Applies to an owner seeking arbitration. § 9.16.090 · code text An owner shall be limited to one application for arbitration within any twelve-month period. An owner may file only one application per park per year. Applies: Applies to an owner seeking mediation. § 9.16.080 · code text An owner shall be limited to one application per park per year under this section. No further rent increases of any kind for that space for 12 months. Applies: After a vacancy increase is approved. § 9.16.100 · code text After approval of a rent increase under this section, there shall be no further rent increases of any kind, for the subject space, for twelve months.
Petitions and pass-throughs	An owner may file a rent increase application for arbitration with the rent arbitration administrator. Applies: The proposed increase was denied without mediation, or a mediated settlement cannot be reached. § 9.16.090 · code text If a proposed rent increase application is denied pursuant to Section 9.16.070, or a mediated settlement per Section 9.16.080 cannot be reached, an owner may file with the RAA a rent increase application for one or more mobile home spaces for arbitration. The owner may charge tenants half of the arbitration application fee as a one-time pass-through. Applies: The owner files an arbitration application and pays the fee of $10 per space. § 9.16.090 · code text The owner may charge half of the fee to the tenants of the affected spaces in the form of a one-time pass-through. One-half of the excess arbitration fee may be passed through to the tenants. Applies: The owner is successful in arbitration and the arbitration costs exceed the initial deposit fee. § 9.16.090 · code text If the owner is successful, one-half of the excess fee may be passed through to the tenants by the owner. The park owner may pass through 75% of assessed excess-water surcharges, divided equally per space. Applies: The park is not separately submetered and the owner is assessed surcharges under the city water conservation ordinance. § 9.16.120 · code text For mobile home parks that are not separately submetered, the mobile home park owner shall be entitled to pass through seventy-five percent of the assessed surcharges. Surcharges may be split among tenants by meter readings, but not above the water ordinance surcharge rates. Applies: The park is separately submetered. § 9.16.120 · code text For mobile home parks that are separately submetered, mobile home park owners may apportion surcharges for excess water consumption to tenants based upon actual water consumption meter readings.
When a home is sold or vacated	Rent may rise by the greater of $34 a month or 7%, or to $380 if the result is lower. Applies: Tenancy ends or home transfers; no other increase for 12 months; excludes transfers to a conservator, on death, or between spouses. § 9.16.100 · code text When a tenancy in a mobile home park is terminated, expires, or is assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed, or when the ownership of a mobile home is transferred, the park owner may adjust the monthly rent by the greater of thirty-four dollars per month or seven percent of the rent in effect at the time of the transfer. The park owner may increase the monthly rent for the space to $380. Applies: The maximum monthly rent allowed after a vacancy increase is less than $380. § 9.16.100 · code text In the event the maximum monthly rent allowed on a mobile home space following a vacancy increase is less than three hundred eighty dollars at the time the vacancy increase is allowed, a park owner may increase the monthly rent for such a space to three hundred eighty dollars.

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La Verne's code: A park with a qualifying space rental agreement is exempt from the chapter while the agreement lasts. (The agreement sets a space rent schedule for at least 2 years and 67% of the park's rental spaces voluntarily consent.) (§ 9.16.060); A lease or rental agreement made under Civil Code Section 798.17 is not restricted by this chapter. (The agreement is exempt under state law and has a term of more than 12 months.) (§ 9.16.065).

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