The purposes of this zone are:
(a) To recognize senior mobile home parks as walkable communities where seniors may live actively and independently among peers, the preservation of those qualities being central to residents' continued health, welfare, and financial stability.
(b) To recognize that senior mobile home parks provide one of the few housing options within Thousand Oaks available to seniors that are unsubsidized and allow for independent living in a detached dwelling.
(c) To preserve a significant source of unsubsidized, senior housing by ensuring that senior mobile home parks within the City's jurisdiction remain predominantly available to seniors and are not converted to allow occupancy by persons of all ages.
(d) To recognize mobile home parks as communities in which residents are substantially invested and to provide for the security of tenancy comparable to that of other residential communities less vulnerable to redevelopment.
(e) To meet the purpose of the federal Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. § 3607).
(f) To prevent senior mobile home parks from converting or becoming all-ages mobile home parks.
(g) To ensure a sufficient supply of land for this type of use remains in the City for seniors.
(§ 8135.5, T.O.O.C., renumbered by § XIV, Ord. 173-NS, eff. November 5, 1970, amended by § XXX, Ord. 220-NS, eff. August 19, 1971, § XV, Ord. 312-NS, eff. November 2, 1972, § 17, Ord. 1555-NS, eff. May 13, 2011, and repealed by § 37, Ord. 1620-NS, eff. August 12, 2016, amended by Part 3, Ord. 1718-NS, eff. September 12, 2023)