Ord 2075 - Amending the Los Gatos Town Code Chapter 14, Article VIII V, Mobile Home Rental and Other Tenant/Landlord Disputes (Section 14.85.025)ORDINANCE 2075
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOS GATOS TOWN CODE
CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE VIII V, MOBILE HOME RENTAL AND
OTHER TENANT/LANDLORD DISPUTES (SECTION 14.85.025)
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION I
Section 14.85.025 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14.85.025. Exceptions to article provisions; partial vacancy decontrol.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following:
(a) Space rent or space rent increases during a thirty -day period commencing upon the
completion of a new mobile home space or mobile home space first rented after
December 1, 1992.
(b) Nothing in this article shall operate to restrict the rights of tenants and owners who
have entered into agreements providing for a fixed term and /or a fixed rent for
mobile home tenancies, beyond a twelve -month duration.
(c) Nothing in this article shall operate to restrict the rents charged by owner in the case
of voluntary termination, abandonment of a mobile home in place, removal as a result
of dealer or real estate broker /agent pull out, eviction, or sale of a mobile home
owned by the mobile home park owner.
(d) In the case of an in -place sale of a mobile home, the initial space rent to be charged
the new mobile home tenant may be increased as follows:
Year
Rents raised to the greater of the two alternatives.
2000
$488 or seller's rent + $25
2001
$488 + CPI rent increase or seller's rent + $25
2002
$488 + 2001 CPI rent increase + 2002 CPI rent increase or
seller's rent + $25
CPI rent increase is calculated by applying the animal CPI rent increase to the $488.
The CPI rate is per the data most recently available when calculated. The CPI
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increase applied in this table will be for each year from 2001 to the current year.
Increases for subsequent years are calculated in the same manner. Increases are
calculated in October of each year.
(e) In all cases when a mobile home is replaced, except as stated in (c), above, the rent
upon the first resale following replacement will increase $100.00 over the rent
calculated in (d) in the year the sale occurs.
SECTION II
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos on November 6, 2000, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town
of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November
20, 2000. This ordinance takes effect thirty (30) days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steve Blanton, Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck,
Mayor Joe Pirzynski.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
P C OR OF OWN OF LOS GATOS
ATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN tLS GATOSLOS GATOS, CALIFORN
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