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ORDINANCE NO. 456
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA,
RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 329 AND ADDING CHAPTER 9.50 TO
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT RELATING TO MOBILE
HOME PARK RENT REVIEW.
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WHEREAS, there is presently within the City of
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Palm Desert a shortage of spaces for the location of mobile
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homes commensurate with the demand therefor. This
inequitable market situation has resulted in low vacancy
rates and contributed to rapidly escalating rents. This
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situation has resulted in serious concern and hardship among
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a significant portion of Palm Desert residents living in
mobile home parks-; and
WHEREAS, mobile home owners are property owners
with sizable investments in their mobile homes and
appurtenances; and
WHEREAS, alternative sites for the relocation of
mobile homes are difficult to find due to the shortage of
vacant spaces, the restrictions on the age, size or style of
mobile home permitted in many parks and requirements related
to the installation of mobile homes, including the cost of
moving a mobile home is substantial and the risk of damage
is significant. These facts tend to create a captive market
of mobile home park tenants and a great imbalance in the
bargaining position of the park owner and the mobile home
park tenants in favor of the park owners; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares it
necessary 'to protect the residents of mobile homes from
unconscionable changes in rental rates and unreasonable
changes in park rules and regulations while simultaneously
recognizing and providing for the needs of park owners to
receive a just and reasonable return on their property; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance has been reviewed
and has complied with the requirements of the "City of Palm
Desert Procedures to Implement the California Environmental
Quality Act, Resolution No. 80-89", in that the Director of
Environmental Services has determined that the project will
not have a significant adverse impact on the environment and
a negative declaration has been prepared.
NOW, THEREFORE, to alleviate the hardship stated
above, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
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SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 329 is hereby
rescinded.
SECTION 2. That Chapter 9.50 shall be and the
same is hereby added to the Code of the City of Palm Desert,
to read as follows:
"Chapter 9.50
MOBILE HOME PARK RENT REVIEW
9.50.010 Title. This ordinance shall be known
as the Mobile Home Park Rent Review Ordinance of the City of
Palm Desert.
9.50.020 Definitions. The following definitions
shall govern the construction of this chapter:
A. 'Management' is the owner of a mobile home
park or an agent or representative authorized to act on his
behalf in connection with matters relating to a tenancy in_
the park and also referred to as 'mobile home park owner.'
B. 'Mobile home' for the purpose of this c__-apter
shall be defined by the statutes of the State of California.
C. 'Mobile home park' is an area of land where
two or more mobile home sites are rented, or held out for
rent, to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation.
D. 'Park' is a mobile home park.
E. 'Rent' or 'space rent' is the consideration,
including any bonus benefit of gratuity demanded or received
in connection with the use and occupancy of a mobile home
space in a mobile home park.
F. 'Rental agreement' is an agreement between
the management and the tenant establishing the terms and
conditions of a tenancy and regulating the amount of a
monthly space rental and the allowable increases therein. A
lease is a rental agreement.
G. 'Rent schedule' is a statement of the rent
charged for each tenancy in a mobile home park, together
with any supporting data therefor.
H. 'Services' means those facilities which
enhance the use of the mobile home site, including, but rot
limited to, repairs, replacements, maintenance, water,
utilities, security devices, security patrols, storage, bath
and laundry facilities and privileges, janitorial services,
refuse removal and recreational and other facilities in
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common areas of the mobile home park. 'Service' does not
include charges for interest, depreciation, amortization,
financing or refinancing of the mobile home park.
I. 'Tenancy' is the right of a tenant to the use
of a site within the mobile home park on which to locate,
maintain and occupy the mobile home, site improvements and
accessory structures for human habitation, including the use
of the services and facilities of the park.
J. 'Tenant' is an owner of a mobile home,
responsible for paying rent to management.
K. 'Representative.' In the event that a
petition is filed by more than one tenant, they shall
designate one (1)-of them to be their representative.
L. The 'hearing officer' shall be appointed by
the Rent Review Board. The hearing officer shall be
knowledgeable in the rules of evidence. The hearing officer
shall be impartial and it shall be his duty to conduct an
evidentiary hearing pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter to obtain evidence from the parties that he deems
necessary to make his recommendation and to make
recommendations for findings and determinations to the rent
review board.
M. 'The rent review board' shall be that board
appointed pursuant to Section 4.
N. 'Consumer Price Index' is the index published
by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, known as the 'Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the Los Angeles, Long
Beach, Anaheim Area.' (Base Year = 1967). If this index is
changed so that the base year differs from the one defined
in this chapter, the index shall be converted in accordance
with the conversion factor published by the united States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the
index is discontinued or revised, such other governmental
index or computation with which it is replaced shall be used
or such other action as shall be necessary shall be taken in
order to obtain substantially the same result as would be
obtained if the index had not been discontinued or revised.
0. A 'contested
results from a petition for
pursuant to the provisions
hearing' is a hearing which
adjustment which is filed
of this chapter.
P. 'Capital improvement costs' are all
expenditures which are required to be 'capitalized' rather
than '.expensed' for state or federal income tax purposes.
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9.50.030 Exemptions. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to the following tenancies in mobile
home parks located in the City:
A. Mobile home park spaces rented out for
nonresidential uses.
B. Mobile home parks, the construction of which
began after the effective date of the ordinance codified in
this chapter; provided, however, that such exemption
continues in effect for only two years after the issuance of
the building permit for the same, or until the park is
seventy-five percent (75%) occupied; for the purposes of
this section, 'construction' means the erection of
structures.
C. Mobile home parks managed or operated by the
United States Government, the State of California, or the
City of Palm Desert.
D. Tenancies for which any federal or state law.
or regulation specifically prohibits rent regulation.
E. Tenancies covered by a rental agreement in
existence at the time this chanter becomes effective or
entered into at any time thereafter where such agreement has
a duration exceeding that of a month -to -month tenancy. This
exemption shall apply only for the duration of the
agreement, including any renewal or extension therefore.
Upon the expiration of such agreement, rent for such space
will be fixed at the amount paid for the last month prior to
the expiration. Thereafter rents for such space may only be
increased in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
F. Mobile home parks which sell lots for mobile
homes, factory -built or manufactured housing, or which
provide condominium ownership of such lots, even if one or
more homes in the development are rented or leased out.
G. Mobile home parks with twenty (20) or less
mobile home spaces.
9.50.040 Rent review board.
A. There is hereby established within the City
of Palm Desert a mobile home park rent review board
consisting of five members appointed by the City Council and
serving at the pleasure of the City Council. A member shall
serve a term of four years, at the end of which he/she may
be considered for reappointment.
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B. Any member who is absent without being
excused by the board from three successive regular meetings
of the board shall be deemed to have vacated his office.
C. Except as expressly provided herein, the
board shall establish the time and place of its meetings.
All meetings of the board shall establish the time and place
of the meetings. All meetings of the board shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M.
Brown Act.
D. Disclosures - all candidates for appointment
to the board shall disclose in a verified statement all
present holdings and interests in real property, including
interests in corporations, trusts or other entities owning
real property within this jurisdiction as defined by
California Government Code Section 82035. Such disclosure
statement shall be made available to the City Council prior
to appointment of members of the board and shall be filed
with the City Clerk not less than ten (10) days after
appointment. Disclosure of holdings required herein shall
be in addition to any other disclosure required by state or
local law for holders of public office.
E. The board shall make and adopt its own rules
and regulations for conducing its business consistent with
this ordinance and laws of the state, subject to the
approval of the City Council. Such rules and regulations
shall be reduced to writing and shall be on file with the
City Clerk at all times. The board shall appoint such
officers as may be necessary.
F. The board shall keep a record of its
proceedings, which shall be open for inspection by any
member of the public.
G. Each member of the board shall be entitled to
such compensation as may be set by the City Council by
ordinance to be paid entirely from filing fees paid to the
City.
H. The City Manager shall designate an employee
who shall serve as the secretary of the board. The City
Clerk shall be responsible for the maintenance of all its
permanent records.
I. Three members of the board shall constitute a
quorum. Three affirmative votes are required for a
decision, including all motions, orders and rulings of the
board.
9.50.050 Powers of the rent review board.
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Within the limitations provided by law, the rent
review board shall have the following powers:
A. To meet at such times as may regularly be
scheduled by the board, or from time to time at the call of
the chairman to herein determine the petitions filed
hereunder at the request of the City Manager, or otherwise
to conduct the business of the board. All meetings shall be
conducted at City Hall in the City of Palm Desert.
B. To appoint and designate hearing officers for
the conduct of evidentiary hearings to be conducted
hereunder.
C. To receive, investigate, hear and determine
petitions of landlords for hardship adjustment of rent
pursuant to Section 9.50.060 of the Code of the City of Palm
Desert.
D. To make or conduct such independent hearings
or investigations as may be appropriate to obtain such
information as is necessary to carry out their duties.
E. To authorize an increase in the maximum
amount of rent otherwise permitted to be charged by a mobile
home park owner pursuant to this ordinance. Such
authorizations shall be given where the board finds that the
application of the ordinance apart from such authorized
increase, results or would result in undue hardship to the
mobile home park owner's property. In determining whether a
hardship rent increase should be authorized, the board may
consider, among other relevant factors, increased cost to
the mobile home park owner attributable to increases or
decreases in master land and/or facilities lease rent,
utility rates, property taxes, insurance, advertising,
government assessment and fees, incidental service, normal
repair and maintenance, capital improvements, upgrading and
addition of amenities or services, net operating income, as
well as just and reasonable return on the mobile home park
owner's property.
F. To adopt, promulgate, amend or rescind
administrative rules to effectuate the purposes and policies
of the ordinance, subject to the approval of the City
Council.
G. To maintain and keep at City hall, rent
review hearing files and dockets listing the time, date and
place of hearings, the parties involved, the address
involved and the final discosition of the hearing.
H. To recommend to the
of a fee schedule setting such fees
necessary or desirable to defray in
City Council the adoption
and charges as appe-ar
whole or in part the
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costs of administration of the board and conduct of its
assigned duties.
I. To recommend to the City Council the
imposition of a registration program for implementation of
this Section including any registration fees in connection
therewith.
9.50.060 Maximum rent.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the
maximum rent for each mobile home space that management of a
mobile home park shall request, demand or receive shall not
exceed three-quarters (3/4ths) of the increase in the cost
of living as indicated in the Consumer Price Index. Said
increase shall initially be calculated from the monthly
space rent charged on April 28, 1983 and shall be determined
based upon the latest available Consumer Price index for the
twelve (12) month period preceding the date of the rate
increase. No mobile home park owner shall be entitled to
more than one such rent increase in any twelve (12) month
period. No mobile home park owner shall be entitled to such
an increase within twelve (12) months of the granting of a
hardship increase.
No mobile home park owner shall increase any rent
in excess of the above set forth allowable increase, unless
and until the mobile home park owner obtains a hardship
adjustment granted by the rent review board as provided
herein.
9.50.070 Initiation of review and hearing process.
A. A mobile home park owner or any representative
of the mobile home park owner, operator or manager of a
mobile home park space affected by the ordinance, upon
payment of such filing fee as shall be duly established, may
petition the board for a hardship increase of the maximum
rent permitted to be charged pursuant to the ordinance. If
the board shall designate a form of the filing of such
petition, such petition shall be filed upon such form. If
no such form shall be designated, such petition shall be in
writing, verified by the applicant and shall contain the
name, address and telephone number of the applicant; the
name and address of the resident of each mobile home space
which would be affected if the petition were granted; a
statement of the facts giving rise to the petition for
hardship increase, in sufficient detail that if established,
such facts would demonstrate the existence of a hardship
upon the mobile home park owner warranting such hardship
increase; a statement that each resident of a space to be
affected by the hardship increase, if granted, has been
served a notice of the filing of the petition; such notice
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shall inform each such resident of the location where the
petition may be obtained or reviewed.
B. Any resident of a mobile home park or a
mobile home park owner, affected by the ordinance, upon
payment of such filing fee as shall be duly established, may
petition the board for an interpretation of the ordinance,
for a determination of whether a particular course of
action, either proposed or actual, is legal, valid and
within the terms of the ordinance. If the board shall
establish forms for such petitions, the petition shall be
prepared and submitted upon such form. In the absence
thereof, the petition shall contain the name, address and
telephone number of the person requesting the interpretation
or opinion, the name, address and telephone number of the
mobile home park -owner, manager or other person authorized
to represent the mobile home park owner, and the name,
address and telephone number of any other residents of
mobile home space of individuals requesting such
determination; a brief statement of the facts giving rise to
the request for interpretation or determination.
C. In the event that a petition is filed, the
petitioner shall serve a notice of the filing of same. If
said petition is by management, service shall be on each
tenant within the mobile home park in a form provided by the
City; if said petition is by a tenant of tenants, service of
a notice of the filing of the same shall be on management.
D. Within twenty (20) days after the filing of
the proof of service of the notice under the preceding
sections, the opposing party may file opposition.
E. The hearing officer shall establish a date
for hearing, giving notice to all parties thereof and shall
promptly consider and decide all petitions file pursuant to
this chapter. The matter shall be considered and decided in
the order filed. The party filing any petition shall
deposit with the City of Palm Desert the estimated cost as
estimated by the City Manager to the City of all costs to
the City, including without limitation the cost of the
meeting of the rent review board, the full cost of
conducting the hearings as herein provided, the cost of the
hearing officer, and the cost of preparation of any record.
In the event the funds so deposited exceed the City's costs,
any excess shall be refunded to the parties so depositing
the same and any deficiency must be agreed to be paid by
such party. Additional deposits may be required to cover
costs when it is determined that the initial deposit is not
sufficient to satisfy the same. In the event such deposits,
when required, are not made in a timely manner, the petition
shall be deemed withdrawn and the proceeding terminated.
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The hearing officer shall consider all relevant facts
presented at the hearing and may require additional
information to be presented by the manager or others to
determine what adjustments, if any, should be made.
F. For any contested hearing, if there is more
than one party on a side, the hearing officer may require
the parties on one side to designate a representative to
receive service of notice, papers and documents with respect
to the same, and after such designation, the service on the
representative so designated shall be deemed to be giving
service to all such parties on that side.
G. In the event of any contested hearing, each
tenant in the affected mobile home park, (or the tenants'
representative i.f one has been designated), shall be mailed
a notice of the timetand place of the commencement of the
hearing and the possible effect upon his or her rent. Said
mobile home park tenants shall be given a chance and an
opportunity to be heard at the contested hearing. No
further notice shall be required to be given under this
chapter for any continuances of the hearing.
H. All meeting and hearings shall be open to the
public and notice thereof given as required by law.
Meetings shall be held as necessary to hear and decide
petitioners.
I. The City Manager shall notify the petitioning
party upon receipt of opposition to the petition and as soon
as possible thereafter shall notify both parties of the
time, date and place of hearing.
J. Upon receipt of a valid petition pursuant to
this chapter, the rent review board, unless it conducts the
hearing itself under the provisions of this section, shall
refer to the opposition and the petition to a hearing
officer who shall conduct an evidentiary hearing upon the
petition. At the evidentiary hearing, the hearing officer
shall take all evidence and may require any party to the
proceedings to provide him with pertinent books, records,
papers, etc. In furtherance of this power, the hearing
officer may request the City Council to issue a subpoena for
the same if they are not voluntarily produced, or he may
take a refusal to produce the same as evidence, that such
evidence, if produced, would be adverse to the party
refusing to produce the same.
K. The management may substitute for any books,
records, and papers, a certified audit by an independent
certified public accountant using generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied for a verified
statement under oath by an independent certified public
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accountant of what the information sought from such books,
records and papers consist of. Notwithstanding this
Paragraph 'K', the hearing officer may require production of
the books records and papers.
L. The hearing officer shall rule upon the
admissibility of all evidence at the evidentiary hearing and
shall have the power and authority to conduct the
evidentiary hearing in all respects.
M. The hearing officer shall keep detailed notes
of the evidence produced and provide for recording of all of
the testimony presented at the evidentiary hearing.
N. The evidence presented at the evidentiary
hearing shall constitute the exclusive record for the
decision of the issues involved.
0. At the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing,
the hearing officer shall prepare a summary of all testimony
and evidence admitted at the evidentiary hearing, a
statement of all materials officially noticed and prepare
proposed findings fact and a recommended decision to the
rent review board and shall promptly submit the same to the
rent review board, along with copies of all documentary
evidence received. Copies of the hearing officer's su=ary,
matters officially noticed and proposed findings and
recommendation for decision shall be mailed to all parties
participating in the hearing. The hearing officer's
proposed findings and recommended decision shall become the
final findings and decision of the rent review board within
the fifteen days after the filing of the same with the clerk
of the rent review board (i.e., the City Clerk) without
further action of the board unless and party participating
in the hearing shall file a petition to review the hearing
officer's proposed findings and determination with the clerk
of the rent review board.
P. Upon receipt of the hearing officer's
summary, proposed findings, official noticed material and
recommendations, and the documentary evidence admitted in
the proceedings and a petition to review filed pursuant to
Paragraph '0' of this section, the rent review board shall
hear arguments by the parties based upon the material
submitted to it by its hearing officer. Any party at a
proceeding may also have prepared, at his expense, a
transcript of the hearing to be presented to the rent review
board. No further evidence shall be permitted nor allc wed
at the hearing before the rent review board, but it shall be
based solely upon the materials presented to the hearing
officer at the evidentiary hearing.
Q. 1. At the conclusion of the hearing on the
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proposed findings and recommended
decision of its hearing officer before
the rent review board pursuant to
Paragraph 'P' of this section, the board
shall act within thirty (30) days after
the date of the hearing;
a. Accept and confirm the
recommendations of the hearing
officer and adopt his findings and
recommendations; or
b. Pmend the finds and
recommendations of the hearing
officer; or
C. Send the matter back to the hearing
officer for further hearings on the
issue pursuant to any instructions
provided by the rent review board.
2. Upon issuing the findings of fact,
pursuant to Subparagraphs 1(a) or l(b)
of this Paragraph 'Q', the rent review
board shall render its final decision.
The final decision shall be final and
conclusive upon all parties. The final
decision by the board may include a
provision equalizing the rents among all
of the tenants of the mobile home park
based upon the location size, and
improvements supplied by management of
each mobile home site, notwithstanding
any previous disparity between rents
charged on equivalent mobile home sites.
Any tenant whose rents will be so
equalized upwards shall be given special
notice of the same and chance to be
heard.
R. Any order of the rent review board shall,
unless otherwise specified in its final decision, be
effective as of the date thirty (30) days after the filing
of the petition for adjustment.
S. Any party to a hearing may be assisted by
attorneys of the party's choice.
T. No member of the rent review board may
participate in the hearing or decision concerning a mobile
home park in which he resides or has a financial or
management interest.
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U. The rent review board shall keep minutes of
its meetings and make an official record of a hearing.
V. Decisions of a rent review board shall be
supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
W. The evidentiary hearing need not be conducted
according to technical rules relating to evidence and
witnesses. Any relevant evidence may be admitted if it is
in the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are
accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs,
regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory
rule which might make improper the admission of such
evidence over objection in civil actions.
X. The rent review board may in its final
decision direct the prevailing parties' cost in these
proceedings, including any funds paid to the City pursuant
to the provisions of this section, shall be reimbursed by
the losing party. Such an order for costs may be enforced
by a court of law of apprcpriate jurisdiction. In the event
that the rent review board determines that any petition_ or
opposition is frivolous, it may award reasonable attorneys'
fees to the other party or parties.
Y. The rent review board or its hearing officer
may spread any retroactive rent adjustment under Paragraph
'R' of this section over several months of future rent.
9.50.080 Agreements. Nothing in this chapter
shall operate to restrict the right of a tenant and
management to enter into agreements providing for a fixed
rent and/or a fixed rent for mobile home tenancies.
9.50.08S Vacancv Increase When a mobile home
space becomes vacant or the ownership of a mobile home is
changed or transferred the park owner may not raise the
monthly rent and such rent shall be at the rate previously
approved and set by the Board for the space occupied. A
home owner who has entered into an agreement which violates
the terms of this subject has the right to rescind the
rental provisions of such agreement to bring the rent into
compliance. Such right of rescission shall exist for twelve
(12) months from the date of the agreement and is thereafter
waived.
9.50.090 Enforceabilitv. In the event of a
violation by the management of a mobile home park of any
maximum rents, an effective rent schedule, or a final
decision and order of the rent review board relief for such
a violation shall be enforceable by the individual tenants
of that park in a court of the appropriate jurisdiction in
which injunctive relief may be granted and damages shall be
allowed for any rent paid in excess of the effective rent
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schedule or any final determination of the rent review
boards. In any such court proceeding, the prevailing party
shall be awarded his reasonable attorney's fees and the
court, where applicable, shall be empowered to order treble
damages for any rents charged in excess of any effective
rent schedule, maximum rent, or in violation of the final
decision of the board (i.e., three times any excessive rent
or overcharge).
9.050.100 Limitation of action to attack a final
decision - Order of the rent review board.
Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set
aside, annul or void a final decision and order of the rent
review board, or reasonableness, legality or validity of any
provision or condition attached thereto, shall not be
maintained by any person unless such action or proceeding is
commenced and service of the summons is effected within
ninety (90) days of the filing with the City Clerk of the
final determination and order and notice of the same has
been given to the City Clerk.
Any request to the rent review board for
reconsideration of any decision made by the board must be
made:
1. Within 30 days of the rendition of the
decision; and
2. Only upon one or more of the following
grounds:
(a) there is newly -discovered evidence which the
requesting party was reasonably unable to present
at the hearing; or,
(b) there was fraud or other impropriety material
to the outcome of the board's decision committed
by either party; or,
(c) there was fraud or other impropriety material
to the outcome of the board's decision committed
by a member of the board or the hearing officer.
3. Said 30-day limit may be waived upon showing
proper circumstances.
9.050.110 Negative declaration.
A negative declaration of environmental impact is
hereby approved.
9.50.120 Retaliation.
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No mobile home park owner shall in any way
retaliate against any resident for the resident's assertion
of, or exercise of any right under this ordinance. Such
retaliation shall be subject to suit for actual and punitive
damages, injunctive relief and attorney's fees. Such
retaliation shall also be an available defense in an
unlawful detainer action.
In any action in which such retaliation is an
issue, the burden shall be on the mobile home park owner to
prove that the dominant motive for the act alleged to be in
retaliation was in fact other than retaliatory.
9.50.130 Termination of service.
No mobile home park owner shall reduce or
eliminate any service to any mobile home space so long as
this ordinance is in effect, unless and until a
proportionate share of the cost savings resulting from such
reduction or elimination is passed on to the resident in the
form of a decrease in space rent. If a mobile home park
owner who provides services to a mobile home space in the
nature of utility services, shall reduce or eliminate such
service by separate metering or other lawful means or
transferring from the mobile home park owner to the resident
the obligation for payment for such services, the cost
savings, if any, resulting from such reductions or
elimination to -be passed on to the resident in the form of a
decrease of rent, shall be deemed to be the cost of such
transferred utility service for the month of April, 1983.
_� for any reason the utility bill for such service for the
month of April, 1983, is not representative of the normal or
usual cost of such utility service at the time, or is either
mobile home park owner or resident shall protest the use of
the April, 1983 billing as the measure of such cost savings,
then the computation of such cost savings shall be based
upon the average monthly charge for such service for the
period of March, 1982, through April, 1983, inclusive, or
such other period as the parties shall mutually agree is
representative of such cost savings.
For the purposes of this section in determining
cost savings to be passed on to the resident in the form of
decreased rent, the cost in installation of separate utility
meters, or similar or analogous costs to the mobile home
park owner to shift the obligation for payment of utility
costs to the resident, shall not be considered. Nothing
stated herein shall be construed to prohibit or prevent the
consideration or inclusion of such costs, together with
other operational costs of a mobile home park owner, in any
proceedings before a duly appointed board, commission or
other appointed body, authorized to hear and determine
requests for hardship adjustments."
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published once in a newspaper of general
circulation printed, published and circulated within the
City of Palm Desert and the same shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASS, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 27th day of
March, 1986, by the following vote:
AYES: BENSON, SNYDER, WILSON, KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: -JACKSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
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RICHA S. KELLY, MAYOR
City of Palm Desert, Ca ifornia
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SHEILA R. gZLLIGAN, Cf y Clerk
City of Palm Desert alifcrnia
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