Does Thousand Oaks limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Thousand Oaks's code: Maximum base rent is multiplied by a yearly index the Finance Director sets from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (Automatic annual adjustment for an occupied space with no increase for 12 consecutive months or more.) (§ 5-25.06); Not covered: spaces under a lease exempt from rent regulation under the state Mobilehome Residency Law. (§ 5-25.03).

Mobilehome park rent in Thousand Oaks: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Maximum base rent is multiplied by a yearly index the Finance Director sets from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Applies: Automatic annual adjustment for an occupied space with no increase for 12 consecutive months or more. § 5-25.06 · code text The automatic increase shall be determined by multiplying the maximum base rent by the index.
Spaces covered	Not covered: spaces under a lease exempt from rent regulation under the state Mobilehome Residency Law. § 5-25.03 · code text Spaces subject to a lease which exempts that space from rent regulation pursuant to the California Mobile Home Residency Law codified in California Civil Code section 798, et seq. Not covered: spaces that are not the owner's principal residence and are exempt under state law. § 5-25.03 · code text Spaces which are not the principal residence of the mobile home owner and which are exempt pursuant to Civil Code section 798.21. Not covered: mobile homes not located in a mobile home park. § 5-25.03 · code text Mobile homes not located in a mobile home park. Not covered: mobile homes run by a government agency that state or federal law exempts from city rent regulation. § 5-25.03 · code text Mobile homes owned, operated, or managed by a governmental unit, agency, or authority and which are specifically exempt from municipal rent regulations by state or federal law or administrative regulations. Not covered: new spaces in a park first held out for rent after January 1, 1990. § 5-25.03 · code text Newly constructed spaces in a mobile home park initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990. Not covered: nonprofit parks run by a 501(c)(3) organization whose income is not unrelated business income. § 5-25.03 · code text Nonprofit mobile home park. Mobile home parks operated by an organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provided that the gross income derived therefrom does not constitute unrelated business income as defined in Section 512 of the Internal Revenue Code.
How often rent can go up	Maximum adjusted rent may rise only for a space with no rent increase for 12 consecutive months or more. Applies: Applies to the automatic adjustment. § 5-25.06 · code text For a rental space which at any time after August 1, 1980 has not had a rent increase for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or more, the maximum adjusted rent may be increased in an amount, as set forth in subsection (b) below, and as limited by subsection (c) below:
Petitions and pass-throughs	The Community Development Director may grant rent adjustments for capital improvement and rehabilitation work on the park owner's application. Applies: Applies to capital improvements and rehabilitation work. § 5-25.08 · code text The Community Development Director shall have the authority to grant rent adjustments for capital improvement and rehabilitation work subject to the procedures set forth below for a rental space or spaces located in the same park upon receipt of an application for adjustment filed by the park owner of the rental space or spaces. The Planning Commission may grant rent increases on the landlord's application, after notice and hearing. Applies: Applies to a just and reasonable return. § 5-25.09 · code text The Planning Commission shall have the authority, in accordance with such guidelines as the Planning Commission may establish, to grant increases in the rent for a rental space or spaces located in the same mobile home park, upon receipt of an application for adjustment filed by the landlord and after notice and hearing.
When a home is sold or vacated	The maximum adjusted rent may rise by 10% when an existing coach is re-rented to a new tenant. Applies: Type A Recontrol; no increase for an immediate family member of the existing tenant if the space is not otherwise exempt. § 5-25.07 · code text The maximum adjusted rent may be increased by ten percent (10%) upon re-rental of an existing coach to a new tenant. No rent increase is allowed when the new tenant is an immediate family member of the existing tenant. Applies: Applies when the new tenant of an existing mobile home is an immediate family member and not otherwise exempt from the chapter. § 5-25.07 · code text Notwithstanding subsection (a), (b), and (c) above, no increase shall be permitted if the new tenant of an existing mobile home is an immediate family member of the existing tenant and is not otherwise exempt from this chapter under Section 5-25.03.

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