Does Jurupa Valley limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Jurupa Valley's code: Park owner gets one annual adjustment: 100% of the CPI change since the last adjustment. (Adjusts gross space rental income. No annual adjustment within 12 months of the last unless the arbitrator or City Council approves it.) (§ 5.50.090); All mobilehome rental spaces in the city are covered, except those exempt under the chapter or by law. (§ 5.50.030).

Mobilehome park rent in Jurupa Valley: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Park owner gets one annual adjustment: 100% of the CPI change since the last adjustment. Applies: Adjusts gross space rental income. No annual adjustment within 12 months of the last unless the arbitrator or City Council approves it. § 5.50.090 · code text A park owner shall be entitled to one (1) annual permissive adjustment of gross space rental income equal to one hundred (100) percent of the percentage adjustment in the CPI from the date of the most recent initial or annual adjustment to the date of application for the proposed adjustment.
Spaces covered	All mobilehome rental spaces in the city are covered, except those exempt under the chapter or by law. § 5.50.030 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all mobilehome residential rental spaces located within the city except if otherwise exempt from the provisions of this chapter, as such exemptions are provided for hereinafter in this chapter and by law. Spaces in parks built after January 1, 1990, or first rented after that date, are exempt. Applies: Applies to newly constructed spaces. § 5.50.050 · code text space rent or space rent adjustments or new mobilehome spaces whether in parks constructed after January 1, 1990, or spaces rented out for the first time after January 1, 1990, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. A rental agreement over 12 months meeting state criteria is exempt during its term and continuous extensions. Applies: Applies to the space rent agreement exemption. § 5.50.050 · code text An rental agreement in excess of twelve (12) months duration which also meets all criteria specified by Civil Code Sections 798.15 and 798.17, including, but not limited to, the tenant notification requirement within the first paragraph of such rental agreements, shall be exempt from the space rent ceiling provisions of this chapter, but only during the term of such rental agreement or any uninterrupted, continuous extensions thereof. The chapter does not apply if two-thirds of all affected mobilehomes approve in writing or by election. Applies: Applies to tenant approval of the rent increase or other action. § 5.50.050 · code text This chapter does not apply if two-thirds (⅔) of all mobilehomes affected by the rent increase or other action give their approval in writing as evidenced by the signature of one (1) tenant for each space or in an election called to consider the matter with each space casting one (1) vote.
How often rent can go up	No annual adjustment takes effect within 12 months of a previous one, unless an arbitrator or City Council approves. § 5.50.090 · code text No annual adjustment shall become effective if a previous annual adjustment became effective within the previous twelve (12) months unless approved by arbitrator or the City Council.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may apply to the Director for an increase for a proposed or completed capital improvement. Applies: Approval is by the arbitrator or City Council. § 5.50.090 · code text An application for a rent increase based on the cost of a proposed or completed capital improvement may be filed by the park owner with the Director pursuant to this subsection. Capital improvement increases include a return of 2 percent over the Bank of America prime rate, on unamortized cost. Applies: Applies to an approved capital improvement rent increase. § 5.50.090 · code text the rent increase shall include a return of two (2) percent over the prime rate at Bank of America in effect at the time the rent increase is approved calculated annually on the unamortized cost improvement.
When a home is sold or vacated	The landlord may set the rent at an amount the landlord decides. Applies: Applies when the space or mobilehome is voluntarily vacated, abandoned, repossessed, or vacated under state mobilehome law. § 5.50.050 · code text if the mobilehome space or mobilehome is voluntarily vacated, abandoned or repossessed; or vacated pursuant to California Civil Code Section 798.56 or 798.75; the landlord may adjust the rental rate to an amount as he or she in his or her discretion may determine. The increase can be no more than the average of the 3 highest rents charged for comparable resident owner-occupied spaces. Applies: Applies when the mobilehome is sold in place and stays on site. § 5.50.050 · code text if the mobilehome is sold in place and is to remain on site, the landlord may only increase the rental rate of the space to the new owner to an amount that is no greater than the average of the three (3) highest rentals then currently being charged by the park owner for resident owner occupied spaces of comparable size, location and amenities in the park.

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