Does Santa Clarita limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Santa Clarita's code: Rent may rise by no more than the lesser of the annual CPI adjustment or 5%. (Standard space rent adjustment.) (§ 6.02.090); Tenancies under leases meeting Civil Code criteria, including leases over 12 months, follow the lease, not this chapter. (Lease meeting the Civil Code criteria.) (§ 6.02.030).

Mobilehome park rent in Santa Clarita: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Rent may rise by no more than the lesser of the annual CPI adjustment or 5%. Applies: Standard space rent adjustment. § 6.02.090 · code text An adjustment of space rent not to exceed the lesser of the annual adjustment in the CPI reported each July for the previous twelve (12) month period of July 1st through June 30th reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County areas or five percent (5%).
Spaces covered	Tenancies under leases meeting Civil Code criteria, including leases over 12 months, follow the lease, not this chapter. Applies: Lease meeting the Civil Code criteria. § 6.02.030 · code text Residents who enter into a lease meeting the terms of Civil Code Section 798.17, which includes leases in excess of twelve (12) months, either when moving into the park or as a current tenant, shall be subject to the terms of their lease and not the terms of this chapter as required by state law.
How often rent can go up	Only once every calendar year. § 6.02.090 · code text The annual space rent adjustment may occur only once every calendar year. Once in any 12 consecutive months. Applies: Change-in-ownership increase. § 6.02.130 · code text The rent may only be increased pursuant to this section once in any twelve (12) consecutive-month period, regardless of additional changes in ownership.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Residents may appeal rent adjustments to the Department of Community Development by petition. Applies: Filed within 45 days of notice; a standard adjustment can be appealed only for excessive CPI percentage, excess government or utility costs, or deficient notice. § 6.02.120 · code text Appeals may be filed for either standard or nonstandard space rent adjustments based on the claim that a notice is insufficient because it does not meet the requirements of Section 6.02.080. A park owner may seek a nonstandard adjustment for actual capital-improvement or capital-replacement costs. Applies: Capital improvement or replacement costs incurred within the 24 months before notice. § 6.02.090 · code text An adjustment, prorated equally among all the spaces in the park, to pay for the actual costs of capital improvement or capital replacement, as defined in the definitions section of this chapter, which were incurred within the twenty-four (24) months prior to the date of the notice, and are not otherwise disallowed by state law. Park owner may seek a nonstandard adjustment for a fair and reasonable return on investment, supported by financial analysis. Applies: Fair-rate-of-return adjustment. § 6.02.090 · code text An adjustment, prorated equally among all the spaces in the park, designed to provide the park owner with a fair and reasonable rate of return on investment. This adjustment must be supported by:
When a home is sold or vacated	Rent may be set by the park owner when the space is initially rented to a new manufactured home owner. Applies: Space has no manufactured home, or a park-owned one not rented to a resident for at least 30 calendar days. § 6.02.150 · code text If a space becomes vacant by virtue of there being no manufactured home situated on the space, or the manufactured home on the space is owned by the park owner and the space has not been rented to a resident for at least thirty (30) calendar days, the space rent may be increased to a rate as determined by the park owner at the time the space is initially rented to a new manufactured home owner. Rent may be increased by no more than 10%. Applies: Manufactured home voluntarily vacated by all tenants because of a sale to a new owner, and the home remains on the site. § 6.02.130 · code text Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a manufactured home is voluntarily vacated by all tenants as a result of a sale of the manufactured home to a new owner, and the manufactured home is not removed from the site, then the rent may be increased by an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%).

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