SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\13204713146\13204713146,,,Ordinance B - Repeal CVMC Chapter 2.31.docx ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA REPEALING
CHAPTER 2.31 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
“MOBILEHOME RENT REVIEW COMMISSION”
WHEREAS, on May 7, 1991 via Ordinance 2451 , Chapter 2.31 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code (CVMC) created the Mobilehome Rent Review Commission (the “Commission”); and
WHEREAS, the Commission was created to provide an advisory body to provide an independent review of the disputes over rent increa ses in mobilehome parks within the City of Chula Vista under CVMC Chapter 9.50 “ Mobilehome Park Space Rent Review” (Chapter 9.50) ; and
WHEREAS, from 2010 -2013 the City adopted various amendments to Chapter 9.50 resulting in no new rent review cases for ov er ten years and the reduced need to meet with the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the infrequency of Commission meetings has resulted in administrative difficulty surrounding staffing of the commission or ensuring a quorum is available if the need for a Commission meeting arose; and
WHEREAS, staff identified this at the November 8, 2022 City Council meeting where Citywide efforts to consolidate and enhance Boards and Commissions was presented; and
WHEREAS, staff has identified a new advisory authority for r ent review hearings as adopted in amendments to Chapter 9.50 being heard simultaneously to this item.
NOW, THEREFORE the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Chapter 2.31, Mobilehome Rent Review Commission, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
Ordinance
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted according to law.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Stacey Kurz Marco A. Verdugo
Director of Housing and Homeless Services City Attorney