(a) An application shall be deemed complete within thirty days unless written notice is given specifying the information that must be supplied to make the application complete.
(b) A hearing on application shall be set within sixty days of the date the application is completed.
(c) Thirty days prior to hearing, the park owner must verify to the city that the residents and legal owners of the mobilehomes in the park have been given the required notice of the application.
(d) A copy of the RIR must be provided to residents at least thirty days before the hearing.
(e) At least thirty days mailed notice of the hearing on the application shall be given to each affected resident, tenant, and legal owner.
(f) The application shall be heard by a qualified hearing officer selected by the city. The park owner shall pay all hearing officer fees.
(g) The hearing officer shall approve the application on the condition that the mitigation measures proposed by the park owner are adequate to mitigate the adverse impacts on the displaced residents and may condition the approval on additional conditions, including, but not limited to the following, provided that such conditions do not exceed the reasonable costs of relocation:
(1) For residents whose mobilehomes can be relocated to a space in a comparable mobilehome park:
(a) The cost of physically relocating the mobilehome, as defined above, within thirty-five miles of the park that is closing.
(b) The cost of moving the personal property in the mobilehome.
(c) The cost of staying overnight in a motel for the number of nights required to move and set up the mobilehome in the new park.
(d) Costs incurred to move into the new park, such as first and last months rent and security deposits.
(e) For those residents who qualify as low or very low income persons or families, as defined by HUD or are receiving supplemental social security, a lump sum based on consideration of the difference between higher rent at the new park for one year and the park that is closing.
(f) For those residents who are handicapped or disabled, a lump sum based on consideration of the cost of obtaining any assistance necessary to move, such as help with packing or other physical tasks that the resident cannot do without assistance and to offset the cost of replacing any special equipment that cannot be moved and is used because of the resident's disability.
(2) For residents whose mobilehomes cannot be relocated to a space in a comparable park:
(a) A lump sum based on consideration of the cost of moving to and purchasing or renting comparable housing, including, but not limited to, the cost of purchasing a comparable mobilehome in a comparable mobilehome park, the cost of moving personal property from the mobilehome in the closing park to comparable housing, payment of first and last month's rent and any security deposit at the comparable housing, the loss of investment in the mobilehome that cannot be relocated and any remaining loan payments that must be made even though the resident cannot continue to live in the mobilehome.
(b) If the resident is disabled or handicapped, an additional sum toward the cost of obtaining any assistance needed to enable the resident to move.
(c) If the residents are low income persons or a low income family, as defined by HUD, or are receiving supplemental social security, an additional sum to partially offset any higher rent at the comparable housing during the first year at the new location.
(Ord. 4696 § 1(part), 2001)