A. The City shall report to the City Council each fiscal year with a recommendation regarding the amount necessary to recover the costs of administering this chapter, and the proportion of said fee levied on the mobilehome residents based on the relative services provided.

B. The administrative fee shall be established annually and adopted by Council in the City of Chula Vista master fee schedule. The fee and manner in which to collect it shall be determined by the standards set forth in the City Council approved fee resolution.

C. This fee shall not be included in the rent base when calculating ministerial rent increases.

D. This chapter shall apply to each mobilehome rental space within parks, except such spaces that are exempt from such fee because of a space rental agreement that meets the requirements of Section 798.17 of the California Civil Code. Such exemptions shall be verified as identified in the City Council approved fee resolution.

E. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply and no petition will be accepted from a resident opposing a rent increase above the annual permissive and no hearing or other proceeding shall be scheduled or take place for a mobilehome space rent in which there is an unpaid administrative fee. The City shall establish a grace period for unpaid fees to be made current. For any new incoming residents to a park, charges for the fee shall not begin until the start of the next fiscal year of their first year of occupancy.

F. Park owners shall notice individual residents one time annually by each May 1st with a “Courtesy Notice” as provided below. The aforementioned “Courtesy Notice” may be provided to a resident via U.S. mail, included in the monthly rental statement, or delivered to their residence or individual “in box” where rental statements may be placed. The noticing of residents under this paragraph shall not be a condition precedent to a rental increase.

ADMINISTRATIVE FEE COURTESY NOTICE

TO: RESIDENT

SUBJECT: CITY OF CHULA VISTA RENT CONTROL FEE

The purpose of this communication is to clarify the City of Chula Vista ordinance imposing a fee for rent control on mobile home residents and provide a reminder that the City will be billing for such fee prior to June 1st.

Please be advised that per Section 9.50.030(E) of the City’s Municipal Code, any eligible space for rent control under the City’s ordinance must pay an administrative fee to the City annually. To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:

1) You own the coach/trailer;

2) You have a valid space rental agreement for a term of 12 months or less; and

3) The home is your principal residence.

If a resident does not pay the rent control fee for that year, the resident is no longer covered by the rent control ordinance for the period July 1-June 30 of the subsequent year. This means that the landlord can increase the rent on the resident’s site to any amount chosen by the landlord. The amount of the increase will not be limited to the rent control increase amount (annual permissible rate) published by the City of Chula Vista or as otherwise provided in the rent control ordinance.

If the fee is not paid within 60 days (grace period) of the due date with any associated late fees, you will lose the protection of rent control and if the landlord raises your rent, the new rent level becomes your new base rent even if you pay the rent control fee in the future window of time when you can once again be covered by rent control, beginning July 1st of the subsequent year.

For additional information or if do not receive your bill from the city by June 7th, please call the City of Chula Vista mobile home information line at (619) 585-5600.

G. This section shall be operative July 1, 2012. (Ord. 3255 § 1, 2013; Ord. 3195 § 1, 2011).