"Commission" means the Manufactured Home Fair Practices Commission established by this chapter.
"Consumer price index" means the San Diego Consumer Price Index-Urban Consumers, (CPI-U) published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI-U base period shall be 1982-84 = 100.
Manufactured home. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "manufactured home" shall be synonymous with the term "mobile home."
"Manufactured home owner" means any person entitled to occupy a manufactured home as the owner thereof. Also referred to herein as a "home owner."
"Manufactured home park" means an area of land where two or more manufactured home sites are rented, or held out for rent to the public by the same person or entity, to accommodate manufactured homes used for human habitation. Also referred to herein as a "park."
"Manufactured home park owner" means the owner, lessor, operator or designated agent thereof of a manufactured home park. Also referred to in this chapter as a "park owner."
"Rental agreement" means a contractual agreement between the manufactured home park owner and a manufactured home owner pertaining to leasing a space for the manufactured home within a manufactured home park and establishing the terms and conditions of such tenancy including month to month tenancy agreements.
"Space" means the area or site in a manufactured home park, within the legal lot lines designated for the location of a manufactured home.
"Space rent" means the consideration, including any bonus, benefits or gratuities, demanded or received for and in connection with the use or occupancy of a
manufactured home space within a
manufactured home park or the transfer of a rental agreement of such a
manufactured home space. Consideration shall include the right of occupants of the
manufactured home on the space covered by the rental agreement to use all facilities, services and amenities accruing to the residents of the park for which a separate fee authorized by the Mobile Home Residency Law (California
Civil Code Section 798 et seq.) is not charged. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a park owner from establishing such fees as may be authorized by the Mobile Home Residency Law. "Space rent" shall not include utility charges for utility services, including gas, electricity, water, trash and/or sewer service, provided to an individual
manufactured home residence (as opposed to the park in general) where such charges are billed to such a residence separately from the space rent and such charges are limited to the actual value of the utility services provided to the individual residence. Charges can only be made for services actually rendered.
"Vacancy." A vacancy in a manufactured home park is a site that is not occupied by a manufactured home. Vacancy does not include any space not available for rental by the public for placement of a mobile home.
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For the initial permissive adjustment, its optional NOI adjustment, and annual permissive adjustments, the base year period shall be the 12 months preceding December 31, 1989. For annual NOI adjustments thereafter, the base year period shall be the 12 months ending December 31, 1993.
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For purposes of this chapter, the net operating income (NOI) of a manufactured home park shall equal gross income (GI) less operating expenses (OE).
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For purposes of this chapter, the gross income (GI) of a manufactured home park shall equal the following:
A. Gross space rents, computed as gross space rental income of all spaces in the park at 100% occupancy; plus
B. Other income generated as a result of the operation of the park, including, but not limited to, laundry and recreational vehicle storage; including rents collected from park owned manufactured homes; plus
C. Revenue received by the park owner from the sale of the gas and electricity to park residents where such utilities are billed individually to the park residents by the park owner, which revenue shall equal the total cost of the utilities to the residents minus the amount paid by the park owner for such utilities to the utility provider; minus
D. Uncollected space rents due to vacancy and bad debts to the extent that the same are beyond the park owner's control. Uncollected space rents in excess of three percent of gross space rents shall be presumed to be unreasonable unless established otherwise and shall not be included in computing gross income.
(Ord. 555 § 3, 2019)