ORDINANCE NO. ____________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 11.08.060
OF THE LANCASTER MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
ANNUAL MOBILEHOME RENT INCREASES
WHEREAS, the City of Lancaster (“City”) is a charter city as authorized by and described in Article XIII of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Section 5 of Article XIII of the California Constitution provides, in pertinent part, that “[i]t shall be competent in any city charter to provide that the city governed thereunder may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to restrictions and limitations provided in their several charters and in respect to other matters they shall be subject to general laws[…]”; and
WHEREAS, Section 11.08.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code specifies that a mobilehome park owner may annually increase the rent for a mobilehome space by 60% of the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the preceding 12-month period; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that Section 11.08.060 should be amended to permit an annual increase in the rent for a mobilehome space by the minimum increase of
2.5%, when CPI is below 2.5%; or, actual CPI-based increase, when CPI is between 2.5% and 3%; or, a maximum increase of 3%, when CPI is above 3%, for the preceding 12-month period.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true, correct, and constitute a substantive part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. Section 11.08.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
11.08.060 - Annual rental increase.
A. Beginning in 1993, and each year thereafter, the annual rental increase to be effective for the annual period commencing October 1 of each year which may be implemented by park owners pursuant to this section shall be established
automatically. The annual rental increase shall be based on the June, All Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers, Los Angeles Area as provided by the U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the preceding twelve-month period. The annual rental increase shall be a minimum increase of 2.5 percent, when CPI is below
2.5 percent; or, actual CPI-based increase, when CPI is between
2.5 percent and 3 percent; or, and a maximum increase of 3 percent, when CPI is above 3 percent, for the preceding twelve- month period. Park owners shall be advised of the annual rental increase amount by the city of Lancaster (for that annual period commencing on October 1, 1992, the city council has set the annual rental increase at 2.3 percent).
B. Park owners shall be entitled to increase the rent for a mobilehome space once during each annual period by the
annual rental increase for that annual period unless prohibited from increasing rent pursuant to Section 11.08.050.D,
11.08.120 or 11.08.080. The city shall advise those park owners who shall not be entitled to the annual rental increase or who shall not be entitled to petition for a permissive rental adjustment pursuant to Sections 11.08.050.D and 11.08.120, respectively.
C. The annual rental increase for a mobilehome space may become effective at any time during the annual period provided that the annual rental increase for a mobilehome space in a mobilehome park shall not become effective until the rental agreement is either renewed, extended or initially executed.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and will see that it is published and posted in the manner required by law.
I, Andrea Alexander, City Clerk of the City of Lancaster, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading on the _____ day of __________________, 2025, and placed upon its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of the City Council on the _____ day of __________________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster