As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
APPLICANT. A person or entity who has filed an application for change of use of a mobile home park.
CHANGE OF USE. Includes all activities specified in Cal. Civil Code § 798.10 and amendments to the general plan or any applicable specific plan, rezoning of property, land use permits, such as a conditional use permit or a variance, tentative parcel or tentative tract maps, and building permits when they involve changing the use of or closing a mobile home park or a part thereof. CHANGE OF USE includes closure of a park when no new use is planned.
COMPARABLE HOUSING. Housing which is comparable in floor area, number of bedrooms, and amenities, proximity to public transportation, shopping, schools, employment opportunities and medical services and other relevant factors to the mobile home to which comparison is being made.
COMPARABLE MOBILE HOME PARK. A mobile home park substantially equal in terms of park condition, amenities, and other relevant factors, including, but not limited to proximity to public transportation, shopping, medical services, employment opportunities and schools.
DIRECTOR. The Director of Community Development.
ELIGIBLE MOBILE HOME RESIDENT or ELIGIBLE RESIDENT. A mobile home resident whose mobile home was located in a mobile home park on the date of an application for a change of use. ELIGIBLE RESIDENT includes the spouse, parents, children and grandchildren of the eligible resident when those persons resided in the mobile home on the date of the application.
HANDICAPPED MOBILE HOME RESIDENT. A mobile home resident with any medically determinable physical or mental impairment as demonstrated by a finding of a state or federal agency or a medical certificate, or who requires special care facilities in the mobile home or special care equipment, such as, but not limited to a wheelchair.
LEGAL OWNER. Any person or entity having an ownership interest in a mobile home other than the registered owner, such as a lender or mortgagor.
LOW INCOME. An income of 80% or less of current median income as established annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Los Angeles Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) as adjusted for household size.
MOBILE HOME. As set forth in Cal. Civil Code § 798.3.
MOBILE HOME OWNER. The registered owner or registered owners of a mobile home, regardless of the number of such owners or the form of such ownership.
MOBILE HOME PARK or PARK. As set forth in Cal. Civil Code § 798.4.
MOBILE HOME PARK OWNER or PARK OWNER. The person, persons or entity that owns a mobile home park and includes any person authorized by the park owner to seek approval of an application for change of use or respond to a rent review petition filed pursuant to this chapter.
MOBILE HOME RESIDENT or RESIDENT. A mobile home owner who resides in the mobile home he or she owns. Resident includes the mobile home owner's or spouse's parents, children and grandchildren who reside in the mobile home.
MOBILE HOME TENANT or TENANT. A person who occupies a mobile home within a mobile home park pursuant to a bona fide lease or rental agreement and who, during his or her tenancy, was not the owner of that mobile home.
(`83 Code, § 15.40.020) (Ord. 92-13 § 1 (part), 1992; Ord. 92-13U § 1 (part), 1992)