Does Moorpark limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Moorpark's code: Full CPI up to 7%, plus 2/3 of the CPI above 7% up to 18%, for a maximum of 14.33%. (Standard space rent increase not exceeding the adjusted CPI.) (§ 5.52.050); The remainder component may rise by no more than the CPI, and never by more than 5%. (Remainder component of space rent; the operation-and-maintenance component may rise as needed to cover documented cost increases.) (§ 5.52.060).

Mobilehome park rent in Moorpark: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Full CPI up to 7%, plus 2/3 of the CPI above 7% up to 18%, for a maximum of 14.33%. Applies: Standard space rent increase not exceeding the adjusted CPI. § 5.52.050 · code text The adjusted Consumer Price Index means the full CPI up to and including 7% and 2/3 of the CPI above the 7% up to and including 18% for a maximum total increase of fourteen point thirty-three percent (14.33%). The remainder component may rise by no more than the CPI, and never by more than 5%. Applies: Remainder component of space rent; the operation-and-maintenance component may rise as needed to cover documented cost increases. § 5.52.060 · code text This component may be increased by not more than the Consumer Price Index. In no event, however, shall the increase exceed 5%.
Spaces covered	Excluded: spaces rented for nonresidential uses. § 5.52.030 · code text Mobilehome park spaces rented for nonresidential uses; Excluded: parks whose construction began after September 1, 1982. Spaces added by expanding existing parks are not exempt. § 5.52.030 · code text Mobilehome parks, the construction of which began after September 1, 1982; provided, however, that additional spaces created by the expansion of existing parks are not exempted from the provisions of this chapter. Excluded: parks owned, leased, managed or operated by the U.S. government, the state, the county or the city. § 5.52.030 · code text Mobilehome parks owned, leased, managed or operated by the United States government, the state, the county or the city; Excluded: tenancies of no more than 20 days that do not contemplate more than 20 days. § 5.52.030 · code text Tenancies which do not exceed an occupancy of 20 days and which do not contemplate an occupancy of more than 20 days; Excluded: parks occupied by fewer than 5 mobilehomes or trailers. § 5.52.030 · code text Mobilehome parks which are occupied by less than five mobilehomes or trailers; Excluded during the lease: tenancies under leases or contracts for more than month-to-month. The chapter applies when they end. § 5.52.030 · code text Tenancies covered by leases or contracts which provide for more than a month-to-month tenancy. This exemption is only for the duration of such lease or contract. Upon the expiration or other termination of any such lease or contract, this chapter shall immediately be applicable to the tenancy; Excluded: parks with a contract with the city to provide rent stabilization within the park. § 5.52.030 · code text Any mobilehome park which has entered into a contractual obligation with the city to provide for rent stabilization within that park.
How often rent can go up	No sooner than 1 year after the last increase became effective. Applies: Standard space rent increase. § 5.52.050 · code text The proposed space rent increase is to become effective no sooner than one year from the date the last increase became effective at the particular mobilehome park.
When a home is sold or vacated	At most the lesser of 5% or the CPI, once in 12 months and twice in 5 years at most. Applies: A mobilehome vacated and left in place on the space (occupancy change since November 6, 1992). § 5.52.040 · code text Such an increase shall not be applied more than once in a 12 month period and not more than two times in any five year period.
Petitions and pass-throughs	The owner may ask the board for a discretionary increase above the standard amount when the facts warrant it. Applies: Must be needed for a fair return; not for refinancing, capital improvements, rehabilitation, or a park sale (except tax or assessment changes). § 5.52.070 · code text An owner may apply to the board for a discretionary space rent increase above that otherwise allowed by Section 5.52.050 or 5.52.060 of this chapter in cases where he contends that the facts and circumstances of the particular case warrant such an increase. The board may approve the increase in whole or part, or deny it, based on whether it allows fair return. Applies: Remainder component; fair return and sufficient rental income. § 5.52.060 · code text approve the increase noticed by the owner, in whole or in part, based upon a finding that the increase, as approved, permits a fair return and sufficient rental income in accordance with the purpose and intent of this chapter, or (ii) deny in total the increase noticed by the owner, based upon a finding that an increase shall not be necessary for the owner to receive a fair return and sufficient rental income

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