A. 
The board of supervisors of the county of Stanislaus finds and declares that in order to promote the health, safety, general welfare and a decent living environment of residents of county who reside in manufactured homes, mobile homes or recreational vehicles in mobile home parks, to protect their substantial investments in their manufactured homes, mobile homes or recreational vehicles, and to ensure that excessive water rates are not charged, it is necessary to regulate the rates that are charged for domestic water use when the water is obtained from a well on the premises and the water service is provided, through a meter service system, to tenants only, by the person, firm or corporation maintaining the mobile home park.
B. 
Division 13, Part 2.1, Chapter 2, Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code(g)(2) provides that, by exercise of its police powers, the county may regulate the construction and use of equipment and facilities located outside of a manufactured home, mobile home or recreational vehicle used to supply water.
C. 
The State Legislature has declared that increasing numbers of Californians live in manufactured homes and mobile homes and that most of those living in such manufactured homes and mobile homes reside in mobile home parks. Because of the high cost of moving manufactured homes and mobile homes, most owners of manufactured homes and mobile homes reside within mobile home parks for substantial periods of time. Because of the relatively permanent nature of residence in such parks and the substantial investment which a manufactured home or mobile home represents, residents of mobile home parks are entitled to live in conditions which assure their health, safety, general welfare and a decent living environment, and which protect the substantial investment of their manufactured home or mobile home.
D. 
The board of supervisors finds that water is a precious commodity necessary to live in a safe, healthy and decent environment.
E. 
The board of supervisors finds that there is a shortage of affordable space available to relocate manufactured homes or mobile homes.
F. 
The board of supervisors finds that because of the substantial cost of moving a manufactured home or mobile home and because of the shortage of available space for relocating manufactured homes or mobile homes, residents of such homes are a captive audience for the mobile home park owners and managers. Many of the residents of mobilehome parks are elderly and live on fixed incomes.
G. 
The Public Utilities Commission has ruled that a person, firm or corporation that maintains a mobile home park and provides water service through a meter system, to tenants only, through a well located on the premises, is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined as follows:
"Any person, firm or corporation"
means a person, firm or corporation, and their lessees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court.
"Meter service system"
means a system whereby each lot or space at a mobile home park or each manufactured home, mobile home or recreational vehicle in a mobile home park is connected to a meter which records the amount of water used by that particular space, lot, manufactured home, mobile home or recreational vehicle.
"Mobile home park"
means any area or tract of land where two or more mobile home lots are rented or leased, held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium or other form of resident ownership to accommodate manufactured homes or mobile homes used for human habitation.
"Public utility"
means any person, firm or corporation that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
"Sufficient quantity"
means an amount equal to what would be available if the user received the water directly from the nearest serving water corporation that is a public utility.
"Water corporation"
means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying water for domestic use.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
Any person, firm or corporation that maintains a mobile home park and provides water service, to tenants only, through a meter service system, with water obtained from a well on the premises, may charge each user of the meter service system no more than the rate which would be applicable if the user were receiving the water from the nearest serving water corporation that is a public utility, plus an amount necessary to recover the cost of purchasing and installing a meter service system installed after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
Each user must be provided a written statement of charges for each billing period. For each billing period, the opening and closing readings for the meter must be separately stated. The management shall post in a conspicuous place the prevailing utilities rate schedule as published by the nearest serving water corporation that is a public utility, unless a higher rate has been approved for that particular park.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
No person, firm or corporation may charge at a rate higher than that specified in Section 14.08.020 except upon a showing before the board of supervisors and a finding by the board of supervisors that the new rate is justified.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
Whenever any person, firm or corporation files an application to increase the rate, the person, firm or corporation shall furnish to each user affected by the proposed rate change notice of its application for approval of a higher rate. Such notice shall precede the public hearing by at least sixty days.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
The board of supervisors may approve the application for a rate increase only after a public hearing preceded by sixty days' notice to the users of the meter service system. The burden of proving that sufficient notice was given shall be on the applicant. The board shall permit individual users of the affected meter service system and persons and organizations representing their interests to testify at any hearing on the proposed rate increase.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)
Every person, firm or corporation that maintains a mobile home park and provides water to the tenants on the premises only, by means of a water well located on the premises, must provide a sufficient quantity of water to meet the average daily need of the users.
(Ord. CS 402 §1, 1990)