Does Cotati limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Cotati's code: The annual increase is the lesser of 100% of the CPI percent change or 6%. (Applies to space rent; no increase within 12 months of the previous increase.) (§ 19.14.004); An increase over 300% of the CPI percent change within 12 months triggers a mandatory meet-and-confer meeting and automatic arbitration. (Applies to mobilehome space rent.) (§ 19.14.004).

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Annual increase limit	The annual increase is the lesser of 100% of the CPI percent change or 6%. Applies: Applies to space rent; no increase within 12 months of the previous increase. § 19.14.004 · code text Such increase shall not exceed: 1. One hundred percent of the percent change in the Consumer Price Index; or 2. Six percent, whichever may be less.
Petitions and pass-throughs	An increase over 300% of the CPI percent change within 12 months triggers a mandatory meet-and-confer meeting and automatic arbitration. Applies: Applies to mobilehome space rent. § 19.14.004 · code text In the event an owner wishes to increase the rent payable for any mobilehome space within the twelve-month period more than three hundred percent of the percent change in the Consumer Price Index, a mandatory meet-and-confer meeting and arbitration shall automatically be required to show good cause why such an increase is necessary. Tenants may petition for rent review within 21 days of notice, signed by at least 51% of affected tenants. Applies: Applies when the owner and tenants do not resolve the dispute through discussions. § 19.14.006 · code text If discussions between owner and tenants do not resolve the dispute between them, the tenants or their representative shall file with the clerk a petition for space rent review and a copy of the notice of rent increase, if available, within twenty-one days after the date upon which the rent increase notice is received. The clerk shall not accept a petition for filing unless it has been signed by at least fifty-one percent of all affected tenants. The arbitrator may determine a fair return upon investment and reduce the proposed increase to that amount. Applies: Applies to an increase over 300% of the CPI change, which requires meet-and-confer and arbitration. § 19.14.004 · code text The arbitrator may reduce this proposed increase to a figure determined upon the evidence submitted by the park owner or his/her representative to be a fair return upon investment. Capital improvement rent claims must be amortized over the improvement's proven useful life and, if approved, separately itemized. Applies: Applies to proposed capital improvements. § 19.14.002 · code text Proposed capital improvements claims must set forth an amortization table spreading the cost of the improvement over its proven useful life. Rents based on such costs, if approved, must be separately itemized on the monthly rent invoice.
Spaces covered	Not covered: spaces under a valid lease meeting Civil Code requirements or otherwise legally exempt from local rent control. § 19.14.002 · code text means those tenants whose space is not covered by a valid lease meeting the requirements as outlined in Sec. 798.17(b) of the California Civil Code or otherwise legally exempt from local rent control regulation. New construction as defined by the Civil Code is excluded from the definition of mobilehome space. § 19.14.002 · code text means any site within a mobilehome park located in the incorporated areas of the city intended, designed, or used for the location or accommodation of a mobilehome and any accessory structures or appurtenances attached thereto or used in conjunction therewith except "new construction" as defined by Civil Code Section 798.45. Rentable spaces occupied by a recreational vehicle for 9 months or more are included. § 19.14.002 · code text The term "mobilehome space" shall also include, for purposes of this rent stabilization ordinance, rentable spaces within mobilehome parks which have been occupied by a "recreational vehicle" as defined by Civil Code Section 799.29 for a period of nine months or more.
How often rent can go up	Rent may increase not more than once within 12 months. § 19.14.004 · code text the space rent payable for use or occupancy of any mobilehome space shall not be increased within twelve months of the effective date of any preceding rent increase. Not more than one rent increase per park per 12-month period. Applies: Applies to rent increases other than those permitted under Section 19.14.004(A) and (B). § 19.14.006 · code text Excluding rent increases permitted under Section 19.14.004(A) and (B), the arbitrator shall not allow more than one rent increase per park per twelve-month period.
When a home is sold or vacated	The owner may not raise rent because a space became vacant or tenancy ended, except on a lawful vacancy. Applies: Lawful vacancy: tenancy ended under the Civil Code, or tenant voluntarily removes the mobilehome; then new base rent may be set. § 19.14.150 · code text a mobilehome park owner shall not charge a new base rent or increase the rent for a mobilehome space because that space has become vacant or the tenancy with respect to that space has terminated. Rent may not be raised on an on-site sale of a mobilehome to a tenant-to-be or current tenant. Applies: Applies in the absence of a lawful vacancy. § 19.14.150 · code text In the absence of a lawful vacancy of the mobilehome space, a park owner is prohibited from raising rent upon a sale of a mobilehome on site to a tenant-to-be or current tenant.

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