Does Riverbank limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Riverbank's code: The annual increase is 100% of the percentage increase in the CPI. (Applies to annual increases starting in 2009.) (§ 121.06); Spaces under a lease that exempts them from rent regulation under the state Mobilehome Residency Law are exempt. (§ 121.04).

Mobilehome park rent in Riverbank: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	The annual increase is 100% of the percentage increase in the CPI. Applies: Applies to annual increases starting in 2009. § 121.06 · code text Starting in 2009, on or after May 1 of each year, the rent may be increased over the allowable rent as of May 1 of the prior year adjusted by 100% of the percentage increase in the CPI last reported as of January 1 in the current year over the CPI last reported as of January 1 in the prior year.
Spaces covered	Spaces under a lease that exempts them from rent regulation under the state Mobilehome Residency Law are exempt. § 121.04 · code text Spaces that are subject to a lease which exempts that space from rent regulation pursuant to the California Mobilehome Residency Law, California Civil Code §§ 798 et seq. Newly constructed spaces are exempt. § 121.04 · code text Newly constructed spaces, which are exempted pursuant to California Civil Code § 798.45. Spaces that are not the mobilehome owner's principal residence are exempt. § 121.04 · code text Spaces which are exempt pursuant to California Civil Code § 798.21 (which exempts spaces which are not the principle residence of the mobilehome owner.) Government-owned or operated parks and rental units with public program rent limits are exempt. § 121.04 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to mobilehomes or mobilehome parks owned or operated by any governmental agency or any rental unit whose rent is subsidized pursuant to a public program that limits the rent that can be charged for the mobilehome. Spaces in parks with fewer than 10 spaces are exempt. Applies: Applies to mobilehome parks with fewer than 10 spaces. § 121.04 · code text This chapter shall not be applicable to spaces in mobilehome parks with less than ten spaces.
How often rent can go up	An increase may be imposed on or after May 1 of each year. Applies: Applies to automatic annual increases. § 121.06 · code text Starting in 2009, on or after May 1 of each year, the rent may be increased over the allowable rent as of May 1 of the prior year adjusted by 100% of the percentage increase in the CPI last reported as of January 1 in the current year over the CPI last reported as of January 1 in the prior year.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may petition for a rent increase to obtain a fair return. § 121.07 · code text A park owner may petition for a rent increase in order to obtain a fair return. A park owner may obtain base-year net operating income, adjusted by 100% of the CPI increase since the base year. § 121.07 · code text A park owner has the right to obtain a net operating income equal to the base year net operating income adjusted by 100% of the percentage increase in the CPI since the base year. Owners may charge each affected owner a pro-rata share of new service or improvement costs not required by law. Applies: Only after consulting owners and getting prior written consent from one adult owner in a majority of occupied spaces; costs include financing. § 121.09 · code text A park owner may charge each affected mobilehome owner as additional rent the pro-rata share of new service and capital improvement costs including financing costs subject to the following preconditions: Owner must get prior written consent from at least one adult owner in each of a majority of occupied spaces. Applies: Applies to new capital improvements. § 121.09 · code text The park owner must obtain the prior written consent of at least one adult mobilehome owner in each of a majority of the mobilehome spaces which are occupied by the mobilehome owner to the proposed capital improvement.
When a home is sold or vacated	Maximum rent is unchanged by sale, transfer or rental to a third party, or by the homeowner replacing the mobilehome. § 121.06 · code text The maximum rent which may be charged pursuant to this chapter shall not be modified upon the sale, transfer, or rental of the mobilehome to a third party, or by the replacement of the mobilehome by the homeowner.

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