Mobilehome park rent in Los Gatos: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Los Gatos Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Spaces covered	Exempt: rent and increases for 30 days after a new space is built or first rented after December 1, 1992. § 14.85.025 · code text Space rent or space rent increases during a thirty-day period commencing upon the completion of a new mobile home space or mobile home space first rented after December 1, 1992.
How often rent can go up	Not more than once in any 12-month period. Applies: Except as provided in section 14.85.025. § 14.85.110 · code text The space rent of any mobile home space may not be increased more than once in any twelve-month period, except as provided in section 14.85.025.
Petitions and pass-throughs	An owner may request a supplemental rent increase if the CPI increase gives no fair and reasonable return. § 14.85.205 · code text However, in the event that the CPI rent increase does not provide the owner with a fair and reasonable return, the owner may request a supplemental rent increase. A tenant may petition the Town's agent to limit a supplemental increase; 20% of affected tenants must support it. Applies: Within 30 days of receiving notice of the supplemental rent increase. § 14.85.125 · code text To be a validated petition it must be supported by at least twenty (20) percent of the affected tenants as determined by the petitions delivered to the Town's agent. A space-rent increase above the CPI rent increase is a supplemental increase, subject to review in the hearing process. Applies: Applies to space rent increases after December 6, 1992. § 14.85.115 · code text any space rent increase after December 6, 1992, that exceeds the CPI rent increase as defined in section 14.85.020 (e) of this article shall be deemed a supplemental rent increase and shall be subject to review under the hearing process. The arbitrator may set a supplemental increase up to what gives the owner a fair and reasonable return. § 14.85.250 · code text The arbitrator shall set the amount of any supplemental rent increase in an amount not to exceed that required to provide the owner with a fair and reasonable return.
When a home is sold or vacated	Initial rent may rise to the greater of $488.00 plus cumulative CPI increases since 2001, or seller's rent plus $25.00. Applies: In-place sale of a mobile home, except family transfers under the State Mobile Home Residency Code; calculated each October. § 14.85.025 · code text 2002 \| $488.00 + 2001 CPI rent increase + 2002 CPI rent increase or seller's rent + $25.00 On the first resale after replacement, rent rises $100.00 over the rent calculated under subsection (d) in the sale year. Applies: The mobile home is replaced, except as stated in subsection (c). § 14.85.025 · code text the rent upon the first resale following replacement will increase one hundred dollars ($100.00) over the rent calculated in (d) in the year the sale occurs.

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Does Los Gatos limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Los Gatos's code: Exempt: rent and increases for 30 days after a new space is built or first rented after December 1, 1992. (§ 14.85.025); Not more than once in any 12-month period. (Except as provided in section 14.85.025.) (§ 14.85.110).

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