5.45.050 Pre-conversion questionnaire.
A. Prior to filing a conversion impact report for city approval, the relocation specialist shall distribute a pre-conversion questionnaire to affected mobile home owners and residents. The affected mobile home owners and residents shall have no less than thirty days from the date of certified mailing to complete the pre-conversion questionnaire.
B. The director shall provide a standard pre-conversion questionnaire for use by the relocation specialist. At a minimum, the pre-conversion questionnaire shall include questions requesting the affected mobile home owners and residents to provide the following information:
1. Whether the individual(s) occupying the unit in the mobile home park space owns, or is the immediate family member of the owner, or rents the mobile home unit and whether the individual owns other mobile home units within the park or any other mobile home park within the city.
2. Length of occupancy in the mobile home unit in the mobile home park.
3. For home owners, the purchase date and purchase price for each mobile home owned and, if non-owner occupied units are rented out, the amount of monthly rental payments received by the owner.
4. The amount and terms of any outstanding mortgage obligation for the mobile home, including the name and mailing address of the lender.
5. Manufacture date, size, and length of occupancy in the mobile home as located in the subject mobile home park.
6. Any mobile home improvements that have been paid for by the mobile home owner or tenant and the costs of such improvements.
7. Any circumstances, including but not limited to job location or disability, which restrict potential relocation areas.
8. Any available, alternate housing opportunities known to the owner or resident that would be acceptable as a relocation option to the individual and approximate costs to accomplish a relocation to the alternate housing.
9. Whether the individual or individuals residing in the unit qualify as a lower, very low or extremely low income household under applicable state law (California Health and Safety Code, Division 31, Part 1, Chapter 2).
10. Any other information the director may deem necessary to facilitate the planning commission’s consideration of appropriate conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts of a park closure or conversion on residents and owners.
C. Prior to or concurrent with the distribution of the pre-conversion questionnaire, the applicant shall provide notice to affected owners and residents of the intention to seek city approval for a closure or conversion of the mobile home park. The notice shall, at a minimum, include an explanation, in general terms, of the nature and timeframes of the proposed closure or conversion, shall advise owners and residents that information will be sought from them to assist in determining appropriate relocation assistance, and shall include a copy of the tenants’ rights under the Mobilehome Residency Law (California Civil Code, Section 789 et seq.), or as those provisions may be amended. The notice shall also include the name, qualifications and contact information for the relocation specialist.
D. Completed pre-conversion questionnaires shall be submitted to the relocation specialist, shall be treated as confidential, and disclosure of information provided therein shall be limited to those individuals and uses necessary to accomplish the purpose of this chapter, including the applicant, as deemed appropriate by the relocation specialist.
E. Neither the completed pre-conversion questionnaire form nor any personal information provided in response thereto shall be considered public information and the city shall not publicly disclose any such information, except as necessary to facilitate the evaluation of the adequacy of the report herein or as may be required by law.
F. Any mobile home resident or owner may decline to provide any information requested, but the planning commission’s determination of the reasonableness of the level of relocation assistance proposed by the applicant will be based on information provided in response to the pre-conversion questionnaire, and the level of assistance deemed reasonable in an individual case may be limited, or the relocation assistance requirement may be eliminated, based on the owner’s or resident’s verified refusal to provide information necessary to make such a determination. (Ord. 1533 § 1 (part), 2009)