§ 66-225. Relocation plan required.

A relocation plan for tenants of the mobile home park shall be submitted for review and approval as part of the application for a use permit for conversion. The relocation plan shall provide, at a minimum, for the following:

(1)

The relocation plan shall provide for the applicant to pay all reasonable moving expenses to a comparable mobile home park within 20 miles to any tenant who relocates from the park after city approval of the use permit authorizing conversion of the park. The reasonable cost of relocation and moving expenses shall include the cost of relocating a displaced homeowner's mobile home, accessories, and possessions, including the costs for disassembly, removal, transportation, and reinstallation of the mobile home and accessories at the new site, and replacement or reconstruction of the garage, blocks, skirting, siding, porches, decks, awnings, storage sheds, cabanas, or earthquake bracing if necessitated by the relocation; indemnification for any damage to personal property of the resident caused by the relocation, reasonable living expenses of displaced park residents from the date of actual displacement to the date of occupancy at the new site; and payment of any security deposit required at the new site. When any tenant has given notice of their intent to move prior to city approval of the use permit, eligibility to receive moving expenses shall be forfeited.

(2)

The relocation plan shall identify those mobile homes that cannot be relocated to a comparable mobile home park within 20 miles. The applicant shall be required to offer to purchase any mobile home that cannot be relocated in conformance with the ordinance. The offer to purchase the mobile home will be made at its in-place market value. Such value shall be determined after consideration of relevant factors, including the value of the mobile home in its current location including the blocks and any garage, skirting, siding, porches, decks, storage sheds, cabanas, and awnings, and assuming the continuation of the mobile home park in a safe, sanitary, and well maintained condition, and not considering the effect of the change of use on the value of the mobile home. If a dispute arises as to the in-place value of a mobile home, the applicant and the homeowner shall have appraisals prepared by separate state certified appraisers with experience in establishing the value of mobile homes. The in-place value in disputed cases shall be based upon the average of the appraisals submitted by the applicant and mobile home owner.

(3)

In order to facilitate a proposed conversion, the residents and applicant(s) may agree to mutually satisfactory conditions. To be valid, however, such an agreement shall be in writing, shall include a provision stating that the resident is aware of the provisions of this article, shall include a copy of this article as an attachment, shall include a provision in at least ten- point type which clearly informs the resident that they have the right to seek the advice of an attorney of their choice prior to signing the agreement with regard to their rights under such agreement and shall be drafted in the form and content otherwise required by applicable state law.

(Ord. No. 2005-08, § 5, 10-13-2005)