2000/10/05 Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2000-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE ROHNERT PARK RENT APPEALS BOARD
AMENDING SECTION 4.01, GENERAL ADJUSTMENT,
AND THE CONSMER PRICE INDEX DEFINITION OF
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
CHAPTER 9.70, MOBILEHOME ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, on December 8, 1987, the voters of the City of Rohnert Park
adopted Ordinance No. 494, the Rohnert Park Mobile Home Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, the voters of the City of Rohnert Park approved the
addition of Section 9.70.132, Amendment, which provides that the Mobile Home
Ordinance may be amended by the City Council after a public hearing before the
Rent Appeals Board; and
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2000, the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park approved Ordinance No. 658 amending the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
Chapter 9.70, and providing that the Annual General Adjustment index shall be
the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers in the
United States (CPI) and that the Annual General Adjustment shall not exceed
one half of one percent (1/2 %) less than one hundred percent (100 %) of the
increase in the CPI; and
WHEREAS, portions of the Rules and Regulations are not consistent with
Ordinance No. 658 and City staff has drafted proposed changes to Section 4.01,
General Adjustment, and the Consumer Price Index definition of the Rules and
Regulations consistent with Ordinance No. 658; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Rules and Regulations were
published in a newspaper in general circulation in the City of Rohnert Park.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Rohnert Park
Rent Appeals Board that the following amendments to the Rules and
Regulations for Chapter 9.70, Mobilehome Ordinance, are hereby approved and
authorized:
Section 1. Paragraph A.1. of Section 4.01, General Adjustment, is amended to
read as follows:
A. 1. On or before November 1St of each year, the Board shall
direct Board /City staff to determine the percentage increase between the
Consumer Price Index -Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, U.S. city
average (CPI) reported as of September of the prior year and the month of
September of the current year.
Section 2. Paragraph B.1. of Section 4.01, General Adjustment, is amended to
read as follows:
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B. 1. The Board shall calculate the permissible maximum amount
of the annual general adjustment at one half of one percent (1/2 %) less than one
hundred percent (1.00%) of the percentage increase in the CPI determined in
Section A above. The amount of the permitted increase shall be rounded to the
nearest one -tenth of one- percent (0.10 %).
Section 3. The definition of Consumer Price Index in Chapter 9 - Definitions
is amended to read as follows:
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: The Consumer Price Index = the Consumer Price
Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, U.S. city average as
published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED by the Rohnert Park Rent Appeals
Board this 5 T-" day of nern E E , 2000.
ATTEST:
Assistant City Manager
AYES: 3 NOES: Q ABSENT: / ABSTAIN: