Does Ventura County limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Ventura County's code: The annual increase is not less than 2% nor more than 8%. (Applies to the ministerial Social Security cost of living adjustment increase, granted only if the chapter's conditions are met.) (§ 81005); Spaces rented for non-residential uses are exempt. (Applies to non-residential uses.) (§ 81002).

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Annual increase limit	The annual increase is not less than 2% nor more than 8%. Applies: Applies to the ministerial Social Security cost of living adjustment increase, granted only if the chapter's conditions are met. § 81005 · code text A ministerial Social Security cost of living adjustment space rent increase not less than two percent (2%), nor more than eight percent (8%) shall be granted if:
Spaces covered	Spaces rented for non-residential uses are exempt. Applies: Applies to non-residential uses. § 81002 · code text Mobile home park spaces rented for non-residential uses. New construction spaces or new mobilehome park construction, as defined in the Civil Code, are exempt. Applies: Applies to new construction spaces or new mobilehome park construction. § 81002 · code text “New construction” spaces or “new mobilehome park construction,” as those terms are defined in Section 798.7 of the Civil Code, pursuant to Section 798.45 of the Civil Code. Parks managed or operated by the United States Government, the state or the County are exempt. Applies: Applies to mobile home or trailer parks run by those governments. § 81002 · code text Mobile home or trailer parks managed or operated by the United States Government, the state, or the County. Tenancies are exempt where federal or state law or regulation specifically prohibits rent regulations. Applies: Applies where federal or state law or regulation specifically prohibits rent regulations. § 81002 · code text Tenancies for which any federal or state law or regulation specifically prohibits rent regulations. Leases or rental agreements signed before October 26, 2023 for more than 12 months are exempt for their duration. Applies: Extensions or renewals entered into after October 26, 2023 are not exempt. § 81002 · code text Tenancies covered by leases or rental agreements executed prior to October 26, 2023 [effective date of Ord. No. 4620] which provide for more than a 12-month tenancy, but only for the duration of such lease or rental agreement, not including any extension or renewal periods entered into after October 26, 2023 [effective date of Ord. No. 4620]. Parks that sell all spaces or lots for factory built or manufactured housing are exempt. Applies: Applies to parks selling all spaces or lots for such housing. § 81002 · code text Parks which sell all spaces or lots for factory built or manufactured housing. Spaces in a condominium-ownership park are exempt when the mobile dwelling unit owner also owns the lot or space. Applies: Applies when the owner of the unit also owns the lot or space. § 81002 · code text Those spaces in a mobile home park which provides condominium ownership, provided the owner of the mobile dwelling unit is also the owner of the lot or space on which the mobile home dwelling unit is located. Sections of existing parks with approved permit modification for reduced-size travel trailer spaces are exempt. Applies: Applies if the modification was approved before the effective date of the ordinance. § 81002 · code text Those sections of existing parks which have an approved permit modification identifying a separate area with reduced size spaces specifically designated for travel trailers provided the modification was approved prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this Chapter is derived.
How often rent can go up	A new increase comes no sooner than 1 year after the last approved increase took effect at the park. Applies: Applies to the ministerial Social Security cost of living adjustment increase. § 81005 · code text The proposed increase is to become effective no sooner than one (1) year from the date the last increase was approved as required by this Chapter and became effective at the particular park;
Petitions and pass-throughs	Owners may apply for a special increase for a completely new capital improvement; tenant consent is generally required first. Applies: Applies to completely new capital improvements; amortized over the useful life and apportioned equally among affected spaces. § 81006 · code text Space rent may not be increased to cover completely new capital improvements as defined in Section 81001, unless written consent of a majority of affected spaces in the park is obtained prior to making the expenditure. Owners may apply to the Rent Review Board for a discretionary increase; Board may approve it or a lower amount. Applies: Applies to a discretionary increase for circumstances warranting it, with supporting documentation. § 81007 · code text A park owner may apply for a discretionary rent increase in cases where the park owner contends that the facts and circumstances of this particular case warrant such an increase. Tenants may petition the Rent Review Board about unlawful discrimination in setting rent; the increase may be reduced accordingly. Applies: Applies to alleged unlawful discrimination in setting rent upon change of ownership. § 81005 · code text A tenant shall have the right to petition the Mobile Home Park Rent Review Board to have a hearing concerning such discrimination.
When a home is sold or vacated	On a change of ownership, rent may rise up to 15% of average rent or $72.00, whichever is less. Applies: At most once every four years; not for a replacement home on the same space or a transfer to a joint tenant or relative. § 81005 · code text the rent for a space occupied by a mobile home dwelling unit which has changed ownership may be increased no more than once every four (4) years no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the average of the existing space rent of the affected spaces or seventy-two dollars ($72.00), whichever is less, effective upon the change of ownership When an exempt lease or rental agreement ends, the space enters rent control at the last rent charged. Applies: The lease or agreement was made before October 26, 2023 and runs more than 12 months. § 81002 · code text Upon the expiration or other termination of any such lease or rental agreement, this Chapter shall immediately be applicable to the tenancy and the space shall enter rent control at the same amount of rent as the last rental rate charged for the space under the previous lease or rental agreement.

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