"Abandoned in-place" means a resident voluntarily abandons his or her coach and the park owner gains title and sells the coach to a new resident.
"Amortizable expenses" means:
1. Expenses for physical improvements and replacements which consist of more than ordinary maintenance or repairs, have a useful life of at least more than one year but less than five years and can be depreciated pursuant to the U.S. or California income tax codes; and
2. Other expenses that are reasonably expected to cover a period of years, such as maintenance that does not need to be done every year, payments of property taxes or property insurance covering more than one year, a major refurbishment of a park facility such as a clubhouse, where a number of non-capital items (painting, new flooring, new window coverings and furniture) are installed all at one time that will last more than one year, or physical work performed for aesthetic reasons that does not qualify for a capital improvement rent adjustment under Section 15.20.085.
"Annual" means calendar year.
"Capital improvement" means the installation of new improvements and facilities and/or the replacement or reconstruction of existing improvements and facilities which consist of more than ordinary maintenance or repairs, have a useful life of at least five years and satisfy the requirements of Section 15.20.085(A).
"Complete" means submittal of all information and documentation to support any requested rent adjustment and/or appeal, in accordance with the administrative rules adopted by resolution of the city council.
"Consumer Price Index (CPI)" means:
1. For the purpose of calculating the annual adjustments for each of the years 1987 through 2018, the "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the CPI index for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Metropolitan Area, All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
2. For the purpose of calculating the 2019 annual adjustment the "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the CPI index for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metropolitan Area, All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
3. For the purpose of calculating annual adjustments beginning in 2020 the "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the CPI index for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Metropolitan Area, All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, or any successor index.
4. For the purpose of calculating special rent adjustments the "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" for the years subsequent to 2017 means the CPI index for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Metropolitan Area, All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, or any successor index.
"Day" means a calendar day, unless otherwise defined in this chapter. If a deadline falls on a day on which City Hall is not open, the deadline shall be extended to the next business day.
"Emergency capital improvements" mean capital improvements: (1) that are necessary in order to prevent an imminent threat to public health and safety of the park, its residents, or neighbors; (2) that must be carried out immediately; and (3) satisfy the requirements of Section 15.20.085(B) and the administrative rules adopted by resolution of the city council.
"Housing services" mean services connected with use or occupancy of a rental space in a mobilehome park which are provided to residents for the rent charged for a space, including, but not limited to: utilities, ordinary repairs, replacement and maintenance, laundry facilities, recreational facilities, a resident manager, refuse removal, parking, street cleaning and maintenance, and other benefits, privileges, facilities or terms and conditions of the residency.
"In-place transfer" of a mobilehome means a sale, transfer or other conveyance of ownership of a mobilehome with the mobilehome remaining on the mobilehome space following the sale, transfer or other conveyance, including the following: (1) replacement of a mobilehome by the same resident for any reason (such as age, fire, flood, substantial destruction, or replacement with a new mobilehome); or (2) transfers ownership of the mobilehome by inheritance or other transfers to relatives, heirs, personal representatives of the estate and successors of interest; or (3) any other voluntary or involuntary transfers of ownership of the mobilehome by the resident to a creditor; or (4) any other voluntary or involuntary transfer of a mobilehome by the resident to the park owner as the result of an eviction or other termination of tenancy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an in-place transfer of a mobilehome does not include an "abandoned-in-place" mobilehome as defined above.
"Mobilehome" means a vehicle, designed or used for human habitation, including a camping trailer, travel trailer, motor home and slide-in camper, when used as the principal place of habitation for the occupants thereof, as well as mobilehomes as defined by Civil Code Section 798.3.
"Mobilehome park" means any area of land within the city where two or more spaces are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate mobilehomes used for human habitation, but shall not include parks which rent spaces exclusively to recreational vehicles as that term is defined in Civil Code Section 799.30.
"Owner" means a person or entity that receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of a mobilehome space or an agent or representative authorized to act on behalf of such person or entity.
"Rent" means the consideration paid for use or occupancy of a mobilehome space and the provision of related housing services.
"Rent administrator" means the person designated by the city manager to administer the provisions of this chapter.
"Residency" means the right or entitlement of a mobilehome owner of a mobilehome, or subtenant of a mobilehome owner, to use, occupy and place a mobilehome on a rental space in a mobilehome park and to related housing services.
"Resident" means an owner of a mobilehome who has a residency. "Resident" shall also mean any tenant or subtenant of a mobilehome owner who has a residency.
Resident, Prospective. "Prospective resident" means a prospective purchaser of a mobilehome in a mobilehome park who has applied for a park residency. "Prospective resident" shall also mean a prospective subtenant of a prospective purchaser of a mobilehome park who has applied for a park residency.
"Vacancy" means any of the following:
1. Any mobilehome space which is empty because the mobilehome was voluntarily removed by the mobilehome owner who will no longer be a resident of the park. A vacancy under this subsection 1 shall not include a long-term vacant space as defined in subsection 8 of this section; or
2. Any mobilehome space which is empty because the mobilehome was destroyed by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural catastrophe, and the mobilehome owner will no longer be a resident of the park. A vacancy under this subsection 2 shall not include a long-term vacant space as defined in subsection 8 of this section; or
3. Any mobilehome space that is empty because the mobilehome is abandoned in-place, and the park owner gains title and sells the coach to a new resident. A vacancy under this subsection 3 shall not include the abandonment of a mobilehome resulting from an eviction or other involuntary termination of tenancy of the resident, or a long-term vacant space as defined in subsection 8 of this section; or
4. Any "in-place transfer" of a mobilehome (as defined in this section) which remains in a the park; or
5. Any change in occupancy of a mobilehome on the same mobilehome space (but excluding an "abandoned in-place" mobilehome, or an "in-place transfer" of a mobilehome); or
6. Any replacement of a mobilehome on a space with another mobilehome owned or occupied by the same resident(s); or
7. Any change in occupancy or ownership of an existing mobilehome on a space as a result of an eviction or other involuntary termination of tenancy; or
8. Any long-term vacant space. As used in this section, "long-term vacant space" means a mobilehome space, pad or lot that has been empty (without a coach), for any reason, for more than five consecutive years.
(Ord. 422 § 1, 2023; Ord. 413 § 4, 2022; Ord. 391 §§ 6-8, 2020; Ord. 375 § 4, 2019; Ord. 311 § 2, 2011; Ord. 255 §§ 5, 6, 2007; Ord. 193 § 2, 1999; Ord. 161 § 2, 1996; Ord. 126 § 2, 1994)