Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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(1) RECEIVE AND FILE THIS STATUS REPORT & (2) CONSIDER INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 17-1622 ESTABLISHING A CPI RENT INCREASE METHODOLOGY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
In December, 2015, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15-1573U, now extended through December 2017, a moratorium on accepting or processing any applications for mobilehome park closures. The City Council directed staff and the City Attorney to consider possible updates to its ordinance which has not been reviewed or updated since 1992.
During the pendency of that review, the City Attorney's office also conducted a review of the City's rent control ordinance, noting that this related ordinance expressly commands periodic review, which has not been reviewed or updated in nearly a dozen years.
Staff and the City Attorney's office now report on the status of their careful review of various provisions of existing mobilehome park ordinances, and included in this report is a recommendation to introduce for first reading an amendment to the rent control provisions of those ordinances applicable to mobilehome parks, which will result in approximately $500,000 in savings to the City annually.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. RECEIVE and FILE this status report; and
2. WAIVE further reading and INTRODUCE for first reading ORDINANCE NO. 17-1622, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE IV, CHAPTER 7, OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO MOBILEHOME SPACE RENT CONTROL."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DIRECT staff and the City Attorney to further review and revise the attached ordinance.
2. TAKE such other and further actions as the City Council deems appropriate consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
A. Mobilehome Park Closure Moratorium Status Report.
The City's mobilehome park closure ordinance, Section 9128.21 of the C...
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