(a) The following shall be exempt from the rent control provisions of this Chapter:
(1) Spaces subject to a lease which exempts that space from rent regulation pursuant to the California Mobile Home Residency Law codified in California Civil Code section 798, et seq.
(2) New mobile home park spaces, which are exempt pursuant to Civil Code section 798.45.
(3) Spaces which are not the principal residence of the mobile home owner and which are exempt pursuant to Civil Code section 798.21.
(4) Mobile homes not located in a mobile home park.
(5) Mobile homes located in nonprofit cooperative parks owned and controlled by a majority of the residents.
(6) Mobile homes owned, operated, or managed by a governmental unit, agency, or authority and which are specifically exempt from municipal rent regulations by state or federal law or administrative regulations. Accommodations to which rental assistance is paid pursuant to 24 CFR 882 (HUD Section 8 Federal Rent Subsidy Program) may be exempted wholly or partially from the terms of this Chapter on an individual basis by written application to the City Manager and after notice to the tenant and landlord involved.
(7) Newly constructed spaces in a mobile home park initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990.
(8) Nonprofit mobile home park. Mobile home parks operated by an organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provided that the gross income derived therefrom does not constitute unrelated business income as defined in Section 512 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) Landlords shall provide to City annually, at the same time as the annual rent registration, copies of those leases for spaces in their parks for which exemption from this ordinance is being claimed pursuant to Civil Code section 798 et seq.
(§ 2, Ord. 1254-NS, eff. January 23, 1996 as amended by Ord. 1686-NS, eff. August 19, 2021)