Mobilehome park rent in Jackson: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Jackson Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (extracted October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Annual increase limit	Rent can rise by 100 percent of CPI up to 5 percent, plus 75 percent of CPI above 5 percent. § 5.60.055 · code text The rent shall be increased at a rate equal to one hundred percent of the CPI up to five percent and seventy-five percent of the CPI in excess of five percent calculated as follows:
Petitions and pass-throughs	A 60% share of the total CPI rise since the base year is presumed to give fair net operating income. Applies: Applies to a park owner's rent-adjustment application. § 5.60.068 · code text Approval by the hearing officer of a rent increase in the amount of sixty percent of the total percentage increase in the CPI over the base year shall be presumed to create a fair Net Operating Income unless this presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence presented at the hearing on the park owner's application for a rent increase. A park owner or homeowner may apply to the city clerk for a rent adjustment. Applies: Owner: a just and reasonable return. Homeowner: a reduction not cutting owner income below base-year level. § 5.60.060 · code text In addition to the permitted annual rent increases under Section 5.60.055, a park owner or homeowner may file with the city clerk an application for a rent adjustment. A park owner's application is approved when needed to provide a just and reasonable return on the owner's investment. Applies: Applies to a park owner application. § 5.60.068 · code text A park owner's application for a rent adjustment shall be approved when it is determined necessary in order to provide a just and reasonable return on a park owner's investment.
Spaces covered	New construction is exempt from this chapter. Applies: Applies to new construction. § 5.60.045 · code text New construction shall be exempt from application of this chapter in accordance with California Civil Code Section 798.45. The chapter excludes a space that is not the homeowner's principal residence, unless the home is rented out. Applies: Applies when the space is not the homeowner's principal residence. § 5.60.045 · code text Except in any of the circumstances set forth in California Civil Code Section 798.21(f), this chapter shall not apply to a mobile home space within a mobile home park which is not the principal residence of the homeowner, as long as the homeowner has not rented the mobile home to another party. Agreements longer than 12 months for the homeowner's actual and personal residence are exempt. Applies: Applies when the rental agreement exceeds 12 months and covers the homeowner's actual and personal residence. § 5.60.045 · code text Agreements in excess of twelve months involving the actual and personal residence of the homeowner are exempt from this chapter in accordance with California Civil Code Section 798.17.
How often rent can go up	The city calculates the permitted increase once a year, from the CPI change over 12 months. § 5.60.055 · code text The ending CPI index shall be the index for the month twelve months after the beginning index. Only one rent adjustment may be approved for any mobile home park in a year. Applies: Applies to adjustments in addition to permitted annual increases. § 5.60.060 · code text Only one rent adjustment may be approved for any mobile home park in any year, whether initiated by application of the park owner or homeowner.

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Jackson's code: Rent can rise by 100 percent of CPI up to 5 percent, plus 75 percent of CPI above 5 percent. (§ 5.60.055); A 60% share of the total CPI rise since the base year is presumed to give fair net operating income. (Applies to a park owner's rent-adjustment application.) (§ 5.60.068).

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