DATE: February 19, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAPTER 16B OF THE OCEANSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving amendments to the Administrative Procedural Guidelines for administration and enforcement of Chapter 16B - Manufactured Home Fair Practices of the Oceanside City Code.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City of Oceanside adopted Ordinance 82-27 ("Ordinance") on June 23, 1982, adding Chapter 16B - Manufactured Homes Fair Practices - to the Oceanside City Code ("OCC"). The purpose of the Ordinance is "to facilitate and encourage fair bargaining between manufactured homeowners and park owners in order to achieve mutually satisfactory agreements regarding space rental rates in manufactured home parks. Absent such agreements, this council further finds and declares it necessary to protect the owners and residents of manufactured homes from unreasonable space rental increases while simultaneously recognizing and providing for the need of park owners to receive a just and reasonable return on their property."
On April 15, 1992, the City Council, by its Resolution R92-58, approved and adopted the "Administrative Procedural Guidelines for the Administration and Enforcement of the Manufactured Home Fair Practices Act - Chapter 16B of the OCC ("the Guidelines")." The Guidelines were prepared and adopted by the City Council under authority of Section 16B.4 (f)(1) of the OCC, to establish a uniform procedure for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 16B.
Intent of the Guidelines and Ordinance
The Guidelines are intended to supplement and support the administration of Chapter 16B by City staff and the Manufactured Home Fair Practices Commission (MHFPC). These Guidelines should be read in conjunction with Chapter 16B....
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