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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
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ACTION:
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Nancy Burns, Management Analyst
DATE: October 1, 1997 (Mtg. of 10/15/97
SUBJECT: Consider Convening Mobilehome Review Panel
Background
Chapter 5.52 of the Moorpark Municipal Code, the Mobilehome Park
Rent Stabilization Ordinance, provides tenants the option to
petition a mobilehome park owner to request a waiver of a noticed
space rent increase due to hardship. Within ten days after a
statement of hardship is filed by the tenant, the park owner is
required to notify the tenant that the proposed rent increase
will be reduced, or request the Mobilehome Park Rent Review Board
to convene a review panel. The purpose of the panel is to
consider the tenant's request to waive the proposed rent
increase, and its decision is final. This panel is to consist of
"the mayor, a councilmember selected by the mayor with approval
of the city council and the owner" (Sec. 5.52.140B).
Discussion
Villa del Arroyo Mobilehome Park has noticed tenants of a
proposed 4% space rent increase, effective January 1, 1998. To
be eligible for consideration, hardship waiver requests must be
filed "not less than forty -five days prior to the effective date
of the proposed adjustment" (Sec. 5.52.140A), or by
November 17, 1997.
Any applications filed in a timely manner and not granted by the
owner of Villa del Arroyo must be submitted to the panel, which
must render a decision within thirty -five days. Each
application which is referred to the panel will require an
individual meeting with the tenant on the grounds of the
mobilehome park. Several hardship waiver applications already
have been filed with the owner. (Last year, eight tenants filed
applications for a hardship waiver of the space rent increase.)
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Recommendation
Staff recommends the mayor nominate a councilmember to serve on
the review panel and that Council approve this selection.
Attachment: Selected text from Moorpark Municipal Code,
Chapter 5, Mobilehome Park Rent Stabilization
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