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ORDINANCE NO. 1519 N.C.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
Albert Battaglia
John Balshaw
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 20.30.010, 20.30.020 OF
THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 20.30.042
REGULATING THE CONVERSION OF MOBILE HOME PARK PROJECTS
TO COMMUNITY HOUSING.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
Section l. Chapter 20.30.010 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"20.30.010. Purposes of chapter and findings.
In order to provide for the hou~ing needs of all economic segments
of the community, the City Council declares that the purposes of this
chapter are as follows:
A. To insure a reasonable balance of rental and ownership housing
in Petaluma and a variety of individual choices of tenure, type, price
and location of housing;
B. To maintain the supply of rental and mobile home housing
opportunities for low and moderate-income persons and families; and,
C. To reduce and avoid the displacement of long-term residents,
particularly senior citizens and families with school-age children, who
may be required to move from the community due to a shortage of
replacement rental and mobile home housing opportunities.
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The City Council finds and declares that when the number of
vacancies being offered for rent or lease in the City is equal to or
less than three percent of the total number of such dwelling units
offered for rent or lease in the City is equal to or less than three
percent of the total number of such dwelling units offered for and under
rental of lease agreement in the city, a housing shortage exists which
is inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter and with the declared
goals and objectives of the city relating to its housing element of its
general plan.
The Council further finds that the conversion of existing apartment
buildings or mobile home parks into community housing, diminishes the
supply of rental and mobile home housing opportunities and displaces
residents and will tend to require them to move outside of Petaluma when
a housing shortage exists
Section 2. Section 20.30.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"20.30.020 Definitions as used in this Chapter.
A. "Apartment" means a dwelling in a structure designed or used to
house two or more families, as the term "family" is defined in
the City Zoning Ordinance, living independently of each other.
B. "Community Housing" means condominiums, planned developments,
community apartment projects and stock cooperatives.
C. "Mobile Home". A transportable structure or trailer coach
built on a chassis for future movement, and designed to be
used as a dwelling without permanent foundation when connected
to the required utilities, and intended for occupancy by one
(1) family. No such structure shall be deemed to be a mobile
home which is less than eight (8) feet nor greater than
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fourteen (14) feet in width for a single section, nor less
than thirty-two (32) feet nor greater than seventy (70) f_eet
in length for a single section.
D. "Mobile Home Park". Any project, intended, designed or
equipped (in accordance with the requirements of Article 21)
to provide for the accommodation of mobile homes for
residential occupancy.
E. "Project" means the entire parcel of real property, including
all structures thereon, all or part of which is rented or
leased for residential purposes and is proposed to be divided,
as land or air space, into two or more lots, parcels, units or
rights of exclusive occupancy. The term project shall include
mobile home park as defined above.
F. "Vacancy deficiency" means the number of vacant apartment units
needed to raise the vacancy rate to three percent.
G. "Vacancy rate" means the number of apartments being offered for
rent or lease in the City shown as a percentage of the total
number of apartments offered for or under rental or lease
agreement in the City.'~
Section 3. Section 20.30.042 is hereby added to the Petaluma
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Section 20.30.042.
The provisions of this section shall govern the application
procedure for the conversion of mobile home parks into community
housing as defined in this Chapter.
(a) No application for such conversion may be filed without
the written approval of two-thirds of all the adult tenants
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lawfully in possession of mobile homes in a mobile home park.
(b) Such desire shall be indicated by the tenat's signa-
ture on a fonn which contains the statement that the project may
be converted to community housing if two-thirds of all the adult
tenants lawfully in possession so desire and that the tenant, by
signing such statement, irrevocably expresses his or her consent to
such conversions. Such statement shall provide that conversion may
require the tenant to find other housing which may not be available
in Petaluma. Such statement shall also include the tenant's
name and address. No other words or provisions shall appear on
statements."
Section 4. The City Council hereby finds and declares that this
action will have no significant environmental impact as defined by the
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15083.
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post/~~~~~~~ this
ordinance for the period and in the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED and ordered posted/~~~~~~~~~ this 3rd day of May ,1982.
ADOPTED this~~~y of MAY , 1982 by the following vote:
AYES: pERRY, HARBERSON, BOND, BATTAGLIA, VICE MAYOR CAVANAGH, MAYOR MATTEI
NoES: NONE
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