Does Glendora limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Glendora's code: Rent can go up by at most the lesser of 7 percent of the space rent or the current CPI. (Applies to a standard space rent increase.) (§ 5.36.050); The remainder may rise by no more than the lesser of current CPI or 7 percent of current space rent. (Applies to increases based solely on higher operation and maintenance costs, after deducting the operation and maintenance component.) (§ 5.36.060).

Mobilehome park rent in Glendora: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Rent can go up by at most the lesser of 7 percent of the space rent or the current CPI. Applies: Applies to a standard space rent increase. § 5.36.050 · code text The procedures and fees set forth in Sections 5.36.060 through 5.36.130, inclusive, shall not apply to any proposed standard space rent increase which does not exceed the lesser of seven percent of the total space rent of each affected mobilehome park space or the then current Consumer Price Index ("CPI") The remainder may rise by no more than the lesser of current CPI or 7 percent of current space rent. Applies: Applies to increases based solely on higher operation and maintenance costs, after deducting the operation and maintenance component. § 5.36.060 · code text After deduction from the space rent charge of the component for increased operation and maintenance costs as permitted by this section, the remainder of the space rent charge may be increased by not more than the lesser of the then current Consumer Price Index or seven percent of the then current space rent.
Spaces covered	Spaces rented for nonresidential uses are excluded. § 5.36.030 · code text (1) Mobilehome park spaces rented for nonresidential uses; Parks owned, leased, managed or operated by the United States, California, Los Angeles County or the city are excluded. § 5.36.030 · code text (2) Mobilehome parks owned, leased, managed or operated by the United States government, the state of California, the county of Los Angeles or the city; Parks with tenancies of no more than 20 successive days, not meant for longer stays, are excluded. § 5.36.030 · code text (3) Mobilehome or trailer parks wherein individual tenancies do not exceed twenty successive days in the same or different locations within the same mobilehome park and which do not contemplate occupancy of more than twenty successive days by any one tenant; Parks charging less than $350 per month are exempt, unless the increase exceeds 15 percent of current space rent. Applies: Applies to parks that now charge, or later charge, less than $350 per month. § 5.36.030 · code text Mobilehome parks which currently, or may in the future, charge less than three hundred fifty dollars per month for space rent shall be exempt unless the proposed increase exceeds fifteen percent of then current space rent at the time of any proposed increase; Tenancies under leases or contracts longer than month-to-month are exempt during the lease or contract term. Applies: Applies during the term of the lease or contract. § 5.36.030 · code text Tenancies covered by leases or contracts which provide for more than a month-to-month tenancy; provided, however, that such exemption shall be only for the term of any such lease or contract. Parks or spaces exempt under Civil Code Section 798.17 are excluded. § 5.36.030 · code text (6) Mobilehome parks or spaces exempt pursuant to Civil Code Section 798.17; Rents charged for a mobilehome owned by the park owner are excluded. § 5.36.030 · code text (7) Rents charged for a mobilehome owned by a mobilehome park owner. Space rent for areas created in an existing park by adding new rental spaces is not exempt. Applies: Applies to areas created in an existing mobilehome park by installing additional rental spaces. § 5.36.030 · code text Space rent charged to a tenant or tenants who occupy a space in an area created in an existing mobilehome park by the installation of additional mobilehome rental spaces is not exempted from the provisions of this chapter.
How often rent can go up	The next increase can come no sooner than one year after the last increase took effect. Applies: Applies to a standard space rent increase. § 5.36.050 · code text The proposed standard space rent increase shall become effective no sooner than one year from the date the last space rent increase of any kind became effective at the affected mobilehome park.
Petitions and pass-throughs	The owner may request a discretionary increase. A mediation committee may approve it, wholly or partly, for a fair return. Applies: Applies to increases not based on or allowed by the standard or operation-and-maintenance provisions. § 5.36.070 · code text An owner shall request that a mediation committee be convened when he or she seeks a discretionary space rent increase otherwise not based upon, or allowed by, Section 5.36.050 or 5.36.060 when he or she contends that the facts and circumstances of the particular case warrant such an increase. Increases above the lesser of CPI or 7 percent need a mediation committee hearing, subject to arbitration. Applies: Applies to space rent or remainder rent increases above the standard limit; they may take effect if the committee approves. § 5.36.060 · code text A mediation committee shall be convened to hear any request made pursuant to this section for increases in space rent or remainder rent of more than the lesser of the then current CPI or seven percent of the then current space rent and complying with the requirements of Section 5.36.060 (a)
When a home is sold or vacated	A new tenant may pay a one-time transfer charge up to 5 percent of annual rent. Vacating tenants pay none. Applies: Applies when a tenant moves out, transfers ownership, or is evicted on or after the chapter's effective date. § 5.36.040 · code text the mobilehome park owner may charge the new tenant a one-time space transfer charge which shall not exceed five percent of the annual rent to be charged to the new tenant to whom the space is being transferred.

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