Does Palm Desert limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Palm Desert's code: Annual increase can be at most the lesser of 75% of the net CPI change from the base date or 6%. (Unless the rent review board expressly permits more.) (§ 9.50.060); Spaces rented for nonresidential uses are excluded. (§ 9.50.030).

Mobilehome park rent in Palm Desert: the local rules

Palm Desert code What Palm Desert's code adds
Annual increase limit	Annual increase can be at most the lesser of 75% of the net CPI change from the base date or 6%. Applies: Unless the rent review board expressly permits more. § 9.50.060 · code text Notwithstanding the foregoing, no rent increase in a given twelve-month period shall cause the previous rent charged for the space to increase more than six percent unless expressly permitted by the rent review board.
Spaces covered	Spaces rented for nonresidential uses are excluded. § 9.50.030 · code text Mobile home park spaces rented out for nonresidential uses; Parks built after the ordinance took effect are exempt for 2 years after the building permit, or until 75% occupied. § 9.50.030 · code text Mobile home parks, the construction of which began after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; provided, however, that such exemption continues in effect for only two years after the issuance of the building permit for the same, or until the park is seventy-five percent occupied; Tenancies with a rental agreement longer than month-to-month are exempt during the agreement, including renewals or extensions. § 9.50.030 · code text Tenancies covered by a rental agreement in existence at the time this chapter becomes effective, or entered into at any time thereafter where such agreement has a duration exceeding that of a month-to-month tenancy. This exemption shall apply only for the duration of the agreement, including any renewal or extension therefor. Mobile home parks with 20 or fewer spaces are excluded. § 9.50.030 · code text Mobile home parks with twenty or less mobile home spaces.
How often rent can go up	Rent can go up not more than once in any 12-month period. § 9.50.060 · code text In implementing this section, a mobile home park owner shall not increase — nor be obligated to decrease — the rent charged for any space more than once during any twelve-month period, unless an additional increase or decrease is expressly authorized or ordered by the rent review board.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Park owners may petition the rent review board for a hardship adjustment to raise rent above the permitted maximum. Applies: Applies when applying the chapter causes undue hardship to the owner's property. § 9.50.050 · code text To receive, investigate, hear and determine petitions of landlords for hardship adjustment of rent pursuant to Section 9.50.070;
When a home is sold or vacated	Rent stays at the rate the board approved for the space; the park owner may not raise the monthly rent. Applies: Applies when a space becomes vacant or ownership of a mobile home changes or transfers. § 9.50.085 · code text When a mobile home space becomes vacant or the ownership of a mobile home is changed or transferred, the park owner may not raise the monthly rent, and such rent shall be at the rate previously approved and set by the board for the space occupied.

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