Does Vacaville limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Vacaville's code: Increases within 75% of CPI are exempt from rent review; larger increases are subject to review. (Applies to the rent charged 12 months earlier plus any prior-12-month increase; CPI is the California San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose All Urban Consumers index.) (§ 2.36.030); The chapter does not apply to any mobile home park with fewer than 10 spaces. (§ 2.36.020).

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Annual increase limit	Increases within 75% of CPI are exempt from rent review; larger increases are subject to review. Applies: Applies to the rent charged 12 months earlier plus any prior-12-month increase; CPI is the California San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose All Urban Consumers index. § 2.36.030 · code text Any rent increase, including increases as described in subdivisions 2 and 3 of this subsection, taken together with any increase which took effect in the twelve month period immediately preceding the date the increase is proposed to take effect which is equal to or less than the rent charged on the date twelve months prior to the date the increase is to take effect, multiplied by a factor equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of CPI rounded off to the nearest dollar.
Spaces covered	The chapter does not apply to any mobile home park with fewer than 10 spaces. § 2.36.020 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any mobile home park which contains fewer than ten spaces. Increases under a written lease with lessees of over 50 percent of spaces are exempt from review during the lease. Applies: Applies to a written lease agreement covering more than 50 percent of the rental spaces. § 2.36.030 · code text Rent increases in any mobile home park consistent with a written lease agreement entered into by the owner and the lessees of more than fifty percent of the rental spaces located in the park. The lease agreement shall specify the rent to be charged each space and shall be for a single specified term.
How often rent can go up	Yearly space increases are allowed only on the park's anniversary date. § 2.36.050 · code text Each park owner/representative shall establish an anniversary date for all space increases, and such yearly increases, if any, except as specified in this section, shall be enacted only on the anniversary date of that park.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Capital improvement costs may be passed through when a majority of occupied spaces in the park approve. Applies: Averaged per space, paid over at least 60 months, kept out of the rent base, for work completed in the last 12 months. § 2.36.130 · code text Costs of capital improvements approved by a majority of the occupied spaces within the park; Capital replacement costs above $5,000 may be passed through when a majority of occupied spaces in the park approve. Applies: Averaged per space, paid over at least 36 months, kept out of the rent base, for work completed in the last 12 months. § 2.36.130 · code text Costs of capital replacement in excess of five thousand dollars approved by a majority of the occupied spaces within the park. The tenant petition and park-owner deposit fund rent review and arbitration; tenants and the owner split arbitration costs equally. Applies: Applies to a rent review petition. § 2.36.080 · code text The filing of a petition for rent review shall be accompanied by a cash deposit in an amount set by resolution of the city council. Upon receipt of the petition and filing fee from the tenants, the city manager shall provide the park owner with a copy of the petition and shall require from the park owner a cash deposit in the same amount. All or part of said cash deposits shall be used to pay for the arbitration services established hereunder. The cost of the arbitration services shall be divided equally between the tenants and the park owner. An arbitrator may allow some or all of an increase for refinancing debt service, if denial would burden park operation. Applies: Applies to refinancing other than for capital improvement or replacement. § 2.36.130 · code text If the proposed rent increase for debt service meets this criteria, the mediator or arbitrator may allow all or part of the requested increase, taking into account the following factors:
When a home is sold or vacated	After an in-place sale, rent may stay or rise to at most 10 percent above comparable unleased spaces' average. Applies: Applies to an in-place sale turnover of a rental space; comparable spaces are those not under a lease over 12 months. § 2.36.030 · code text Following an in-place sale turnover of a rental space, the park owner may: a. Maintain the rent at its then current rate; or b. Increase the rent to an amount that is not more than ten percent above the average rent for all comparable spaces in the park that are not subject to a lease in excess of twelve months.

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