Mobilehome park rent in Modesto: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	100% of the CPI percentage increase, applied to the rent in effect on February 1 of the prior year. Applies: Rent increases in 2008 and later years. § 4-19.07 · code text On or after August 31st of each year, the rent may be increased to an amount equal to the rent in effect on February 1st of the prior year adjusted by one hundred (100) percent of the increase in the percentage increase in the CPI last reported as of August 31st in the year before the prior year and the CPI last reported as of August 31st of the prior year. No more than 6%. Applies: Automatic annual increases under Section 4-19.07. § 4-19.07 · code text The allowable increase pursuant to this section shall not exceed six (6) percent.
Spaces covered	Excluded: spaces under a rental agreement that exempts them from rent regulation under the California Mobile Home Residency Law. § 4-19.05 · code text Spaces that are subject to a rental agreement which exempts that space from rent regulation pursuant to the California Mobile Home Residency Law, California Civil Code Section 798 et seq. Excluded: newly constructed spaces. § 4-19.05 · code text Newly constructed spaces, which are exempted pursuant to Civil Code Section 798.45. Excluded: spaces that are not the mobile home owner's principal residence. § 4-19.05 · code text Spaces which are exempt pursuant to Civil Code Section 798.21 (which exempts spaces which are not the principle residence of the mobile home owner). Excluded: mobile homes or parks owned or operated by a governmental agency. § 4-19.05 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to mobile homes or mobile home parks owned or operated by any governmental agency. Excluded: rental units whose rent is subsidized under a public program that limits the rent chargeable. § 4-19.05 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any rental unit whose rent is subsidized pursuant to a public program that limits the rent that can be charged for the mobile home park space. Exempt: a park with a Memorandum of Understanding with the City that meets the stated long-term lease conditions. § 4-19.05 · code text A mobile home park shall be exempt from this chapter if it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may petition for a fair return: base-year net operating income adjusted by 100% of the CPI increase. Applies: Fair-return rent increases exceeding amounts otherwise authorized by the chapter. § 4-19.10 · code text A park owner has the right to obtain a net operating income equal to the base year net operating income adjusted by one hundred (100) percent of the percentage increase in the CPI since the base year. A park owner may pass on 100% of the cost of new capital improvements, including financing, as each owner's share. Applies: Written consent of one adult owner in each of a majority of spaces, or a petition showing necessity for health, safety, property or park infrastructure. § 4-19.12 · code text A park owner may pass through to mobile home owners one hundred (100) percent of the cost of new capital improvements. A park owner may charge each affected mobile home owner as additional rent the pro-rata share of new capital improvement costs including financing costs. The owner may petition for a pass-through under the fair-return procedures if the improvement is reasonably necessary. Applies: A majority of owners do not consent; necessary to protect health or safety, property, or park infrastructure. § 4-19.12 · code text If a majority of the mobile home owners fail to consent to the new capital improvement and the park owner can establish that the new capital improvement is reasonably necessary to protect the health or safety of the mobile home owners or their property or to protect the infrastructure of the mobile home park from physical damage or deterioration, the park owner may petition for a new capital improvement pass through under the procedures in Section 4-19.11 of this chapter.

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Modesto's code: 100% of the CPI percentage increase, applied to the rent in effect on February 1 of the prior year. (Rent increases in 2008 and later years.) (§ 4-19.07); No more than 6%. (Automatic annual increases under Section 4-19.07.) (§ 4-19.07).

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