§ 19-54. Form of rental option notice.

The following form, available at the offices of the district attorney, environmental/consumer law division, or county council, must be used to provide formal notice to current tenants and non-tenant inquirers regarding rent of their mobilehome park space rental option under the Sonoma County Code:

RENTAL OPTION NOTICE

as required by

Chapter 19, Section 19-50 et seq. of the Sonoma County Code

[PARK NAME]

[PARK ADDRESS]

[PARK PHONE]

INQUIRER'S NAME (PRINT): _____

OR

RENEWING TENANT'S NAME (PRINT): _____

MOBILEHOME SPACE ADDRESS OF SUBJECT SPACE

_____

_____

_____

_____

The base rent that is now charged the current tenant, or, if there is no current tenant, that was last charged the prior tenant, for the space referenced above is:

$_____.

The base rent that will be charged for the space to any new homeowner is:

$_____.

The monthly charge on a more than twelve month lease to the (circle one) present tenant/prior tenant (if the space is unoccupied) for the space referenced above is:

$_____.

The month-to-month charge on a tenant who elects not to renew the more than twelve month lease for the space referenced above is:

$_____.

READ AND INITIAL EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TO INDICATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROVISIONS OR AFFIRMATION OF EVENTS:

1.) _____I have been offered the option of a tenancy of twelve months or less.

2.) _____I have received a copy of the current Article XIX, Chapter 2 of the Sonoma County Code as a non-tenant inquirer into rental of the space (which is not exempt from local rent control).

or

_____I am aware that the Mobilehome Park Space Rent Stabilization Program does not apply to me as a current tenant of a mobilehome space under a more than twelve month lease, but I know I can secure information upon the law from the Sonoma County Code beginning at Section 2-190.

3.) _____If I have been offered a lease with a term of more than twelve months, I acknowledge that I may freely negotiate with the park regarding the terms of that agreement.

4.) _____I understand that if I elect to sign a lease with a term of more than twelve months that my space rent will not be governed by the Sonoma County Mobilehome Park Space Rent Stabilization Program.

5.) _____I understand that under Sonoma County Code Section 19-55, additional qualifying requirements cannot be imposed upon me as a mobilehome purchaser if I elect the option of a lease for a period of one year or less, or a month-to-month periodic tenancy, except as may be otherwise allowed by Civil Code Section 798.74, its successor/related statutes, or other relevant provisions of law.

6.) _____I understand that I may be lawfully required as a new tenant to assume the remainder of the prior tenant's remaining term under my predecessor's rental agreement if the express terms of the existing rental agreement so provides.

7.) _____I have been advised I must assume the remainder of a prior tenant's remaining term under the express terms of a rental agreement first executed prior to March 15, 1998 (or other date:________).

_______	________
Inquirer/Renewal Tenant	Date

 

It shall be a misdemeanor to materially alter this form and attempt to use it as a substitute for the official contents of this form.

(Ord. No. 5093 § 1, 1998: Ord. 5071 § 1, 1997.)