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A. Within thirty days after the operative date of this chapter and any amendments to this chapter and upon rerenting of any mobilehome space thereafter, the owner shall supply each affected tenant or tenant-to-be with a current copy of this chapter.

B. Whenever an owner serves a notice of rent increase, except a notice of rent increase provided pursuant to Section 6.50.040(B), the owner shall at the same time and in the same manner serve the affected tenant or tenant-to-be with a notice that sets forth all of the following information:

1. The amount of the rent increase both in dollars and as a percentage of existing rent and documentation supporting the level of increase desired, including at a minimum: a summary of the unavoidable increases in maintenance and/or operating expenses; a statement of the cost, nature, amortization, and allocation among mobilehome spaces of any substantial rehabilitation or capital improvement; a summary of the increased cost of the owner’s debt service and the date and nature of the sale or refinancing transaction; a summary of the owner’s net operating income of the preceding twenty-four months and other relevant information that supports the level of rent increase desired;

2. The identity of all other affected tenants and the spaces which they rent and a roster of tenants in the park occupying recreational vehicles in place for more than nine months;

3. The address and telephone number of the clerk and (a) the fact that the tenant is encouraged to contact the clerk for an explanation of the provisions of this chapter; (b) documentation supporting the level of increase is on file with the clerk; and

4. A copy of the official petition form as prepared and provided by the clerk;

5. In addition, park owners shall place on file with the clerk two copies of the same information specified in subsection (B)(1) of this section. These documents will be available for inspection at the offices of the clerk;

6. Notification that the proposed rent increase exceeds the annual rent increase permitted pursuant to Section 6.50.040(A), and that arbitration is deemed automatically required by the provisions of this chapter without any need to file an arbitration petition. Such notices shall bear the following language:

ARBITRATION OF THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS AUTOMATICALLY REQUIRED IN THIS MATTER BY OPERATION OF LAW. PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ARBITRATION PROCESS.

C. The park owner shall also serve any tenant-to-be with a separate "RENTAL OPTION" notice which sets forth in capital letters the notice specified in Section 6.50.070, Rights of "tenant-to-be."

D. Any owner failing to provide an affected tenant or tenant-to-be and the clerk with the information, documents, and notices required by this section shall not be entitled to collect any rent increase otherwise authorized by this chapter from that tenant nor to any rent increase that might otherwise be awarded by an arbitrator. Such failure by the owner shall be a defense in any action brought by the owner to recover possession of a mobilehome space or to collect any rent increase from the tenant. Any owner may cure the failure to serve any notice or satisfy the obligation to provide information to a tenant or tenant-to-be that is required under this chapter by giving such notice or information before initiating an action for possession of the space or collecting any rent increase or binding a tenant-to-be to a month-to-month rental/long-term lease election otherwise authorized hereunder.

(Ord. 2857 NCS §3 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 1949 NCS §1 (part), 1994.)