A. The base rent in effect on December 31, 1987, plus any increase imposed between that date and the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter which do not exceed eighty (80) percent of the increase in the CPI between that date and the effective date of said ordinance.
B. An owner shall not demand, accept or retain rent for a mobilehome space exceeding the base rent for a space, except as hereinafter provided. No notice of a rent increase may be given by a park owner to residents until the rent increase has been approved pursuant to this chapter and no rent increase approved pursuant to this chapter shall be demanded, collected or retained until lawful notice pursuant to the Mobilehome Residency Law, Civil Code Section 798, et seq., of that increase has been given to the affected residents by the park owner. Retroactive increases shall not be permitted pursuant to this chapter. In the event that the city-approved annual rent increase has not been implemented by the effective increase date, the twelve (12) month period prior to the next increase shall begin at the actual date of implementation.
C. No owner shall reduce the housing services provided for the rent paid on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Any reduction in such housing services shall be deemed a rent increase in violation of this chapter unless the reduction has been approved pursuant to Section 15.20.090.
D. A resident may refuse to pay rent in excess of the maximum rent permitted by this chapter. The fact that any such unpaid rent is in excess of the maximum rent permitted by this chapter shall be a defense in any action brought to recover possession of a mobilehome space and for nonpayment of rent or to collect the illegal rent.
(Ord. 422 § 1, 2023; Ord. 226 § 2, 2003; Ord. 193 § 4, 1999; Ord. 161 § 4, 1996; Ord. 126 § 4, 1994)