Does Lancaster limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Lancaster's code: At least 2.5% if CPI is under 2.5%; actual CPI if 2.5-3%; at most 3% if CPI is over 3%. (§ 11.08.060); Tenancies under a rental agreement over 12 months, used as primary residence, are excluded from sections 11.08.060 to 11.08.090. (Other parts of the chapter still apply.) (§ 11.08.030).

Mobilehome park rent in Lancaster: the local rules

Lancaster code What Lancaster's code adds
Annual increase limit	At least 2.5% if CPI is under 2.5%; actual CPI if 2.5-3%; at most 3% if CPI is over 3%. § 11.08.060 · code text The annual rental increase shall be a minimum increase of 2.5 percent, when CPI is below 2.5 percent; or, actual CPI-based increase, when CPI is between 2.5 percent and 3 percent; or, and a maximum increase of 3 percent, when CPI is above 3 percent, for the preceding twelve-month period.
Spaces covered	Tenancies under a rental agreement over 12 months, used as primary residence, are excluded from sections 11.08.060 to 11.08.090. Applies: Other parts of the chapter still apply. § 11.08.030 · code text Tenancies covered by a rental agreement in excess of twelve (12) months' duration in which the homeowner will use the mobile home space as his personal and primary residence; New mobile home spaces first held out for rent after January 1, 1990 are excluded from sections 11.08.060 to 11.08.090. Applies: Other parts of the chapter still apply. § 11.08.030 · code text Newly constructed mobile home spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990; Recreational vehicles and commercial coaches are excluded from sections 11.08.060 to 11.08.090. Applies: Unless defined as a mobile home under Section 11.08.020; other parts of the chapter still apply. § 11.08.030 · code text Recreational vehicles and commercial coaches, provided the recreational vehicle or commercial coach is not otherwise defined as a mobile home pursuant to Section 11.08.020.
How often rent can go up	Once during each annual period. § 11.08.060 · code text Park owners shall be entitled to increase the rent for a mobile home space once during each annual period by the annual rental increase for that annual period unless prohibited from increasing rent pursuant to Section 11.08.050.D, 11.08.120 or 11.08.080.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may petition the director for a rent adjustment beyond the annual increase. Applies: Applies to spaces in one park; the director may approve it only to the extent fair, just and reasonable, giving a just and reasonable return. § 11.08.070 · code text A park owner who seeks an increase in rent for mobile home spaces located in one mobile home park in addition to the annual rental increase must petition the director for a permissive rental adjustment by submitting the application required by subsection B of this section to the city clerk. A majority of homeowners may petition the director to prohibit the annual rent increase. Applies: Applies to homeowners in one mobile home park; homeowner means one with a rental agreement of 12 months or less. § 11.08.080 · code text A majority of the homeowners who reside in mobile home spaces in one mobile home park may petition the director for a homeowner rental adjustment by submitting the application required by subsection B of this section to the city clerk.
When a home is sold or vacated	If no prior homeowner remains in lawful possession, the park owner may set the initial rent, free of the chapter. Applies: Later increases follow the chapter. Some sales or transfers listed in federal law, 28 U.S.C. 1701j-3(d), do not count as a new tenancy. § 11.08.090 · code text For a new tenancy in which no homeowner from the prior tenancy remains in lawful possession of the mobile home space, a park owner may establish the initial rental rate not subject to this chapter. This chapter shall be applicable to subsequent increases after that initial rental rate has been established.

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