A. Where a person proposes to convert an existing mobilehome park to another use or to close a mobilehome park or to cease using land as a mobilehome park, current provisions of state law, as set forth in Government Code Section 65863.7 and Civil Code Section 798.56, authorize the city to require the person proposing the change of use to file and distribute a report on the impact of such change and further authorize the city to require measures to be undertaken to mitigate the adverse effects of the change of use upon the tenants of the mobilehome park who would be displaced by such change.

B. The city council finds and determines that unless mitigation measures are undertaken, the conversion, closure or cessation of use of mobilehome parks could have a substantial adverse effect upon park residents in terms of cost of relocation, scarcity of similar comparable housing within a reasonable proximity to the city, and the significantly higher costs of other types of housing in the immediate area if park residents cannot relocate to other mobilehome parks.

C. It is the intent and purpose of the city council in adopting this chapter to establish reasonable rules and regulations in accordance with the authority granted by state law to mitigate the adverse effects of relocation upon mobilehome park residents who are confronted with a proposed change of use for their mobilehome park or portions of the park and so that the owners and occupants of mobilehomes and the owners of mobilehome parks understand their rights and responsibilities in such situations.