HomeMy Public PortalAbout92-970 ORDINANCE NO. 92_970
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON AMENDING
THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING MOBILEHOME
SPACE RENT CONTROL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4711 of Article IV, Chapter 7 is
hereby added to the Carson Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Section 4711. Utility Fees. Registration and
Posting.
(a) Not less than 60 days prior to
imposing a separate charge for a utility service
previously included in the rent pursuant to Civil Code
§ 798.41, an owner shall file notice thereof with the
Department on a form provided by the City, which
specifies the current rent for each space, the charge
to be imposed, the rent reduction to be made
simultaneously with imposition of the charge, the
calculation of the new charge and rent reduction and
the new rent for each space. "
(b) Within ten days of executing any
rental agreement or lease which is exempt from this
Chapter pursuant to Civil Code § 798.17, an owner shall
register that lease with the Department on a form
provided by the City, which specifies the beginning and
ending date of the lease and the rental rate(s)
applicable during the duration of the lease, and shall
attach thereto a copy of the lease.
(c) The owner of a mobilehome park
shall post a copy of this Chapter in the park office or
manager's office and in any clubhouse, recreation
building or room, auditorium or assembly room, shall
give each prospective tenant a copy of this Chapter
before the prospective tenant executes any lease or
rental agreement with the park and shall file a signed
receipt from each new tenant acknowledging receipt of a
copy of this Chapter prior to execution of any lease or
rental agreemnet with the Department within five days
of execution of the lease or rental agreement.
Section 2 . Section 4710 of Article IV, Chapter 7 of
the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4710. Lease Regulations.
"No owner may require, directly or indirectly,
that any tenant or prospective tenant sign a lease or
rental agreement that provides that it shall be exempt
from local rent control or provides for space rent in
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excess of that permitted by this Chapter as a condition of
tenancy in the park and no owner may deny a tenancy to a
prospective purchaser of a mobilehome in the park on the
ground that the prospective purchaser will not sign such a
lease or rental agreement. "
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of
March 1992 .
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ATTEST:
CITY C£:ERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 92-970 passed first reading on March 3, 1992, was duly and
regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly
and regularly held on the 17th day of March 1992, and that the same was passed
and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas, Muise, McDonald, and Mitoma
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: DeWitt
City Clerk, City of Carsonj California
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