Mobilehome park rent in Montclair: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	The lesser of 6% of the rent lawfully collected in the past 12 months or 80% of the CPI increase. Applies: Annual adjustment under an administrative application. § 4.60.080 · code text Beginning 60 days after the effective date of Ordinance No. 89-671, the rent for a mobile home space may be increased once each calendar year by 6 percent of the rent lawfully collected during the preceding 12 months or 80 percent of the increase in the CPI during the preceding 12 months, whichever is less, upon application to the RRA.
How often rent can go up	Once each calendar year. Applies: Annual adjustment under an administrative application. § 4.60.080 · code text Beginning 60 days after the effective date of Ordinance No. 89-671, the rent for a mobile home space may be increased once each calendar year by 6 percent of the rent lawfully collected during the preceding 12 months or 80 percent of the increase in the CPI during the preceding 12 months, whichever is less, upon application to the RRA. One rent adjustment per calendar year. Applies: Adjustment based on increases in specified land-lease costs, City special taxes, benefit assessments, or service charges. § 4.60.080 · code text Only one rent adjustment per calendar year may be granted pursuant to this subsection. One increase per calendar year. Applies: Rent adjustment through arbitration; adjustments under Section 4.60.080 do not block it. § 4.60.100 · code text Only one increase per calendar year may be granted under this section, but rent adjustments granted pursuant to Section 4.60.080 shall not preclude an adjustment pursuant to this section.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Owner may apply to the RRA for a rent adjustment for higher land-lease costs or City taxes, assessments or charges. Applies: Land lease made on or before January 1, 1985; City charges exclude water, sewer and trash; one adjustment per calendar year. § 4.60.080 · code text An application may be filed with the RRA for a per-space increase for the proportionate share of: A park owner may apply to the RRA for a rent adjustment after a qualifying capital improvement is completed. Applies: Requires consulting residents, majority resident consent, and amortization over the improvement's useful life. § 4.60.080 · code text An application may be filed for a rent adjustment based on completion of a "capital improvement" as defined by Chapter 4.02. A park owner may file a rent-adjustment application with the RRA. The Arbitrator approves adjustments found just, fair and reasonable. Applies: Mediation settlement not reached; factors include CPI, costs, and a reasonable return. § 4.60.100 · code text If a mediated settlement pursuant to Section 4.60.090 is not reached, a park owner may file a rent-adjustment application with the RRA for one or more mobile home spaces pursuant to this section. Owners may pass through the first $25 of the annual user fee per space. More needs a City Council resolution. Applies: Annual user fee. § 4.60.140 · code text Park owners shall be permitted to pass through to each affected space of the park the first Twenty-Five (25) Dollars of the user fee.
When a home is sold or vacated	On sale, rent may rise by the greater of 3% or 100% of the latest CPI increase, up to 8%. § 4.60.050 · code text Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no park owner shall, upon the sale or transfer of ownership or occupancy of a mobile home located in the park, increase the space rental for such space to an amount greater than the current space rent in effect as of the date of sale or transfer plus a percentage increase of the currently lawfully collected space rent.

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Montclair's code: The lesser of 6% of the rent lawfully collected in the past 12 months or 80% of the CPI increase. (Annual adjustment under an administrative application.) (§ 4.60.080); Once each calendar year. (Annual adjustment under an administrative application.) (§ 4.60.080).

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