Does Rocklin limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Rocklin's code: The annual increase is 1.00 (CPI/C). (When CPI/C (percent change in California CPI over the 12 months before notice) is 5 percent or less; no administrative review up to this.) (§ 2.46.400); The annual increase is .75 (CPI/C) or 5 percent, whichever is greater. (When CPI/C (California CPI change over 12 months before notice) is more than 5 up to 10 percent; no administrative review up to this amount.) (§ 2.46.400).

Mobilehome park rent in Rocklin: the local rules

Rocklin code What Rocklin's code adds
Annual increase limit	The annual increase is 1.00 (CPI/C). Applies: When CPI/C (percent change in California CPI over the 12 months before notice) is 5 percent or less; no administrative review up to this. § 2.46.400 · code text 1.00 (CPI/C) where CPI/C is equal to or less than five percent; The annual increase is .75 (CPI/C) or 5 percent, whichever is greater. Applies: When CPI/C (California CPI change over 12 months before notice) is more than 5 up to 10 percent; no administrative review up to this amount. § 2.46.400 · code text .75 (CPI/C) or five percent, whichever is greater, where CPI/C is greater than five percent and equal to or less than ten percent; The annual increase is .66 (CPI/C) or 7.5 percent, whichever is greater. Applies: When CPI/C (California CPI change over 12 months before notice) is more than 10 percent; no administrative review up to this amount. § 2.46.400 · code text .66 (CPI/C) or seven and one-half percent, whichever is greater, where CPI/C is greater than ten percent.
Spaces covered	The chapter does not apply after the prior tenancy's voluntary termination or eviction for material breach of a written agreement. Applies: The landlord gives the new tenant written notice, before renting, that the unit is not subject to the chapter. § 2.46.330 · code text Rents are not controlled in mobile home parks or on mobile home lots and units for which a plumbing, electrical or sewer permit was first issued, or which became vacant, on or after August 31, 1988 (Rocklin Municipal Code Section 2.46.330). Exempt: lots under voluntary agreements made on or after January 1, 1986 for more than 12 months (personal residence). Applies: Applies to individual agreements with an exemption notice in the first paragraph; exemption lasts only for the term and uninterrupted extensions. § 2.46.340 · code text This exemption shall apply only for the duration of the term of the rental agreement and any uninterrupted, continuous extensions thereof.
How often rent can go up	Rent may increase not more than one time in any 12-month period. § 2.46.380 · code text The rent on any rental unit shall not be increased more than one time in any twelve-month period, except as otherwise expressly allowed under this section or elsewhere in this chapter, or by agreement.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Landlords may petition for an increase for operation and maintenance cost increases; hearing officer sets it to match actual costs. Applies: Applies when increased operation and maintenance costs are inadequately covered by the allowed annual increase. § 2.46.450 · code text Where a landlord finds that the rent increase allowed under Section 2.46.400 is inadequate to account for increased costs of operation and maintenance, a petition for a rent increase may be filed under this section in lieu of imposing the increase allowed under Section 2.46.400. Landlords may petition for an increase for actual rehabilitation and capital-improvement costs incurred in the preceding 12 months. Applies: The administrative hearing officer sets the increase; capital-improvement costs must meet the minimum-cost threshold. § 2.46.460 · code text Where a landlord finds that the rent increase allowed under Section 2.46.400 is inadequate to account for costs of rehabilitation and/or capital improvements incurred in the immediately preceding twelve months, a petition for a rent increase may be filed under this section in lieu of the increase allowed under Section 2.46.400. At least $100 per affected rental unit, or at least $5,000 total direct cost, whichever is lower. Applies: Applies to capital improvements. § 2.46.460 · code text The capital improvement is made at a direct cost of not less than one hundred dollars per affected rental unit or at a total direct cost of not less than five thousand dollars, whichever is lower. Landlords may file a fair-market-rent petition when other allowed increases give an inadequate fair return, or to dispute base-rent presumption. Applies: Applies to inadequate fair and reasonable return or a dispute of the base-rent presumption; the administrative hearing officer decides. § 2.46.490 · code text Where a landlord finds that the rent increase allowed under Section 2.46.400, and any increase that would be allowable under Section 2.46.450 for operation and maintenance and Section 2.46.460 for rehabilitation and capital improvement costs, plus the adjustment allowed under Section 2.46.480, would be inadequate to provide the landlord with a fair and reasonable return, or where the landlord disputes the base rent presumption in Section 2.46.360, the landlord may file a petition for a rent increase under this section
When a home is sold or vacated	Chapter does not apply after voluntary termination or eviction for material breach, if the next tenant gets prior written notice. Applies: Applies to voluntary termination or termination for material breach, with required prior written notice. § 2.46.330 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any tenancy in a mobile home lot or dwelling unit following the voluntary termination of a tenancy on the part of a homeowner or tenant, or following a termination of a tenancy because of eviction for a material breach of a written agreement.

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