Does Oxnard limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Oxnard's code: Increase is 100 percent of the CPI change. (Applies when the CPI change is 4 percent or less; the ordinary adjustment is separate from discretionary fair-return increases.) (§ 24-9); Increase is 75 percent of the CPI change, or 4 percent, whichever is greater. (Applies when the CPI change is above 4 percent and up to 9 percent; the ordinary adjustment is separate from fair-return increases.) (§ 24-9).

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Annual increase limit	Increase is 100 percent of the CPI change. Applies: Applies when the CPI change is 4 percent or less; the ordinary adjustment is separate from discretionary fair-return increases. § 24-9 · code text If the percentage change in the CPI is 4 percent or less, the permissible CPI formula adjustment shall be equal to 100 percent of the change in the CPI. Increase is 75 percent of the CPI change, or 4 percent, whichever is greater. Applies: Applies when the CPI change is above 4 percent and up to 9 percent; the ordinary adjustment is separate from fair-return increases. § 24-9 · code text If the percentage change in the CPI is greater than 4 percent but less than or equal to 9 percent, the permissible CPI formula adjustment shall be equal to 75 percent of the change in the CPI, or a 4 percent adjustment, whichever is greater. Increase is 67 percent of the CPI change, or 6.75 percent, whichever is greater. Applies: Applies when the CPI change is above 9 percent; the ordinary adjustment is separate from fair-return increases. § 24-9 · code text If the percentage change in the CPI is greater than 9 percent, the permissible CPI formula adjustment shall be equal to 67 percent of the change in the CPI, or a 6.75 percent adjustment, whichever is greater.
Spaces covered	Spaces rented for nonresidential purposes are excluded. § 24-4 · code text A mobile home park space rented for nonresidential purposes; Parks managed or operated by the United States, the State, or the county are excluded. § 24-4 · code text Mobile home parks managed or operated by the United States Government, the State, or the county; Tenancies of 20 days or less are excluded. § 24-4 · code text Mobile home park tenancies which do not exceed an occupancy of 20 days; Tenancies where federal or State law specifically prohibits rent regulation are excluded. § 24-4 · code text Mobile home park tenancies for which any federal or State law or regulation specifically prohibits rent regulations; Tenancies under leases longer than a year are excluded for the lease term. Applies: The chapter applies immediately when the lease expires. § 24-4 · code text Mobile home park tenancies established by leases which provide for a term of more than a year, but only for the duration of such lease. Parks that sell lots for factory-built or manufactured housing, or offer condominium ownership of those lots, are excluded. § 24-4 · code text Mobile home parks which sell lots for factory-built or manufactured housing, or which provide condominium ownership of such lots, even if one or more mobile homes in the mobile home park are rented out.
How often rent can go up	Rent can go up no more than once a year. Applies: Applies to regulated park spaces and CPI formula adjustment applications. § 24-9 · code text CPI formula adjustment applications may be submitted no more than once a year.
Petitions and pass-throughs	An owner may apply to the director for a discretionary increase. A hearing officer may approve all or part. Applies: Applies to regulated park spaces; discretionary fair-return applications. § 24-10 · code text SEC. 24-10. DISCRETIONARY RENT INCREASES. (A) Procedure - An owner may submit to the director a discretionary rent increase application in accordance with procedures established by resolution adopted by the city council. (B) Standards of review - In evaluating any discretionary rent increase application, the hearing officer shall consider the gross total income of the park, changes in operating expenses to the owner attributable to increases and decreases in the listed operating expenses, net operating income, and the level of space rent necessary to permit a just and reasonable return on the owner's investment. (C) Fair return to owner - The discretionary rent increase application procedure and the hearing officer's review shall be structured to permit a continuation of the net operating income to the owner and a just and reasonable return on the owner's investment at the same level (adjusted for the effect of inflation) experienced by the park in the year immediately preceding the first impact of rent stabilization on the park. (D) Decision of the hearing officer - The hearing officer shall issue a written decision on the application no later than 35 days after the completion of any hearing. The hearing officer's decision shall be based on substantial evidence submitted at the hearing. All parties to the hearing shall be advised of the hearing officer's decision and given a copy of the findings. Consistent with the findings, the hearing officer may: (1) Authorize the requested increase to become effective, in whole or in part; (2) Deny the discretionary increase; (3) Order a reduction in space rent to a rate determined by the hearing officer; (4) Find that an increase that went into effect, or any portion thereof, is not justified and order the owner to refund the amount found to be unjustified to the residents within 30 days after the decision of the hearing officer is final; (5) Find that a proposed increase, or any portion thereof that was previously unjustified, is justified and order the residents to pay the amount found justified to the owner within 90 days after the decision of the hearing officer is final; and (6) Deny a retroactive increase based upon unreasonable delay in the provision of information required for the hearing process. (`64 Code, Sec. 17.1-10) (Ord. No. 2475)
When a home is sold or vacated	Rent may rise up to 15 percent of the park's average regulated rent, or $80, whichever is less. Applies: Applies on a change of occupancy, no more than once every 5 years; transfers to a joint tenant or relative are excluded. § 24-11 · code text Upon a change of occupancy of a space, the owner may increase the rent for such space up to an amount equivalent to 15 percent of the average space rent for those spaces within the park with rents regulated by this chapter and not exempted from the provisions of this chapter, or $80 whichever is less. A gift, devise or operation-of-law transfer to a joint tenant or blood relation is not a change of occupancy. Applies: Applies to regulated park spaces. § 24-11 · code text Any transfer of rights to a space by a resident to any joint tenant or blood relation by gift, devise or operation of law shall not constitute a change of occupancy.

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