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Discussion of Proposed Mobile Home Park Policy Amendments Related to Anti-Displacement Protections for Park Residents
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council Rules Committee review the recommended mobile home park policy amendments involving adoption of a new Mobile Home Park Overlay Zone and amendments to the existing Mobile Home Park Conversion Ordinance in the Zoning Code, receive public comments and provide direction to staff.
BACKGROUND
On December 7, 2020, the City Council directed staff to report to the City Council Rules Committee in six to eight months to discuss supplemental mobile home park protections city-wide in response to concerns about displacement within the City's transit-oriented development (TOD) growth areas including the Bay Fair TOD Plan, which the City adopted in 2018.
Mobile homes are an important and common form of affordable housing not only in San Leandro, but nationwide; and, an important affordable housing resource, particularly for the senior population.
Per the City Council's direction, Staff worked with the City Attorney's Office to draft recommended amendments to the Zoning Map and Zoning Code to provide enhanced anti-displacement protections for mobile home park residents. The proposed policy amendments are included in redlined format as Attachment 1 and are summarized below.
ANALYSIS
Existing Mobile Home Park Protections
In 2001, the City established a Mobile Home Park Conversion Ordinance (Zoning Code Ch. 5.28), which requires City Council approval prior to the closure or conversion of a mobile home park. Chapter 5.28 requires the following:
* Relocation Plan - The park owner must provide for relocation assistance to full-time, low- and moderate-income residents of the park for at least 12 months;
o Special Cases - must guarantee no rent increase for all residents 62 years old or older and all permanently disabled tenants for two years following relocation;
o Moving E...
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