A. “Absentee owner” means a person who owns a mobile home in a mobile home park and does not reside at such mobile home, but does not include a homeowner who purchased the home, prior to receiving any notification of the filing of a development application or request for approval of a closure or conversion, for the purpose of providing housing for an immediate family member who actually occupies the home as that family member’s primary residence. This definition also shall not include those individuals subletting their mobile homes pursuant to California Civil Code Section 798.23.5.

B. “Affected mobile home owners and residents” means absentee owners, resident owners and resident tenants whose mobile homes will be displaced by the closure or conversion of a mobile home park.

C. “Applicant” means a mobile home park owner or authorized representative who proposes to perform a mobile home park conversion.

D. “Certificate of acceptance” means a written declaration expressing an applicant’s acceptance of the conditions imposed by the city in connection with approval of a conversion impact report.

E. “Commission” means the planning commission of the city.

F. “Comparable housing” means housing within a twenty-mile radius of the mobile home park to be converted that is equivalent (or better) in terms of amenities, condition, location, price and size (floor area and number of bedrooms) to the mobile home to which comparison is being made.

G. “Comparable mobile home park” means a mobile home park within a twenty-mile radius of the park to be converted that is equivalent (or better) in terms of amenities, condition, location and rental price to the mobile home park to which comparison is being made.

H. “Conversion impact report” means a report, meeting the requirements of this chapter, describing (1) the impacts of a mobile home park conversion on affected mobile home owners and residents; and (2) the measures that will be taken to mitigate adverse impacts of such conversion on affected mobile home owners and residents.

I. “Director” means the community development director of the city.

J. “Immediate family member” means the spouse, registered domestic partner, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren or siblings, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, of a mobile home owner, or any other person claimed as a dependent of the mobile home owner for federal income tax purposes.

K. “Mobile home” means a “mobilehome” as such term is defined in the Mobilehome Residency Law.

L. “Mobile home improvements” means carports, earthquake bracing, landscaping, new roofs, patios, porches and similar amenities and major repairs.

M. “Mobile home park” means a “mobilehome park” as such term is defined in the Mobilehome Residency Law.

N. “Mobile home park conversion” means (1) the conversion of a mobile home park or any part thereof to another use; (2) the closure of a mobile home park or any part thereof; and (3) the cessation of use of land as a mobile home park.

O. “Mobilehome Residency Law” means California Civil Code Section 798 et seq. as such statute exists at the time of enactment of this chapter or is subsequently amended.

P. “Resident owner” means a person who owns a mobile home in a mobile home park and resides at such mobile home as a principal residence or maintains such mobile home as the primary residence for an immediate family member who occupied the mobile home as a primary residence prior to receiving any notification of the filing of a development application or request for approval of a closure or conversion. This definition also shall include persons subletting their mobile homes pursuant to California Civil Code Section 798.23.5.

Q. “Resident tenant” means a person who rents or leases a mobile home in a mobile home park and resides at such mobile home as the person’s primary residence. (Ord. 1533 § 1 (part), 2009)