6.4 26-08279:30 A.M. - Consideration of Interim Urgency Ordinance Placing a Moratorium on Mobilehome Park Gross Rental Rate Increases Within the Unincorporated Area of Lake County
What defines a “pass through fee”? That term is confusing and not defined in the MRL or in leases. Does this include county assessments that can be lawfully passed through to residents subject to those assessments? What about the Lakeport fire protection district assessments, for example? And if so, will the County correspondingly freeze any increase of such assessments for the same period or will the County compensate parks for any associated damages? Is this vague definition meant to include MRLPP fees and MPM fees charged by the state, which are lawfully allowed to pass through to residents benefiting from those? If the county cannot make the state freeze those fees, will the county be reimbursing the parks for any incremental costs charged through to the park on the homeowners’ behalf?
The Mobilehome Residency Law already addresses what incidental service charges can and cannot be passed through, lawfully, to residents. The existing law's language is very narrow and specific, and there may not be another example of a moratorium in the state’s history that has tried to freeze lawfully owed fees from 3rd parties which may change without control by either the Park or the local jurisdiction.
This moratorium is not needed and is drafted in a confusing, damaging and possibly illegal manner. Please do not give in to unsubstantiated fearmongering.
What defines a “pass through fee”? That term is confusing and not defined in the MRL or in leases. Does this include county assessments that can be lawfully passed through to residents subject to those assessments? What about the Lakeport fire protection district assessments, for example? And if so, will the County correspondingly freeze any increase of such assessments for the same period or will the County compensate parks for any associated damages? Is this vague definition meant to include MRLPP fees and MPM fees charged by the state, which are lawfully allowed to pass through to residents benefiting from those? If the county cannot make the state freeze those fees, will the county be reimbursing the parks for any incremental costs charged through to the park on the homeowners’ behalf?
The Mobilehome Residency Law already addresses what incidental service charges can and cannot be passed through, lawfully, to residents. The existing law's language is very narrow and specific, and there may not be another example of a moratorium in the state’s history that has tried to freeze lawfully owed fees from 3rd parties which may change without control by either the Park or the local jurisdiction.
This moratorium is not needed and is drafted in a confusing, damaging and possibly illegal manner. Please do not give in to unsubstantiated fearmongering.