PART 2.1. MOBILEHOME PARKS ACT [18200. - 18712.]
Part 2.1 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1056.
§§ 18200–18712 · 109 sections
CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 18200–18218.5 · 21 sections
- § 18200 The provisions of this part insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed…
- § 18201 “Approved” when used in connection with any material, appliance, or construction, means meeting the requirements for obtaining the approval of the department.
- § 18203 “Building standard” means building standard as defined in Section 18909.
- § 18205 “Conditional permit” means a construction, reconstruction, or operation permit issued by the enforcement agency which may prescribe conditions on the use or…
- § 18206 “Department” is the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- § 18207 “Enforcement agency” is the Department of Housing and Community Development, or any city, county, or city and county which has assumed responsibility for the…
- § 18209 “Lease” is an oral or written contract for the use, possession, and occupation of property. It includes rent.
- § 18210 “Lot” means any area or tract of land or portion of a mobilehome park designated or used for the occupancy of one manufactured home, mobilehome, or…
- § 18210.5 “Manufactured home” as used in this part shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 18007.
- § 18210.7 (a) “Manufactured housing community” means any area or tract of land where two or more manufactured home lots are rented or leased, held out for rent or lease,…
- § 18211 “Mobilehome” as used in this part shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 18008.
- § 18213 “Mobilehome accessory building or structure” is any awning, cabana, ramada, storage cabinet, storage building, private garage, carport, fence, windbreak or…
- § 18214 (a) “Mobilehome park” is any area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented or leased, held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent…
- § 18214.1 “Park” means any manufactured housing community or mobilehome park.
- § 18214.2 “Multi-unit manufactured housing,” for the purposes of this part, has the same meaning as in Section 18008.7.
- § 18214.5 “Permanent building” means any permanent structure, other than factory-built housing, under the control and ownership of the mobilehome park owner or operator…
- § 18214.6 “Plan checking agency” means a private entity employing at least one architect or engineer licensed by the state to perform the review of plans and…
- § 18215.5 “Recreational vehicle” as used in this part has the same meaning as defined in Section 18010.
- § 18216 “Rent” is money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupation of property.
- § 18218 “Commercial modular” as used in this part has the same meaning as defined in Section 18001.8.
- § 18218.5 “Special purpose commercial modular” as used in this part has the same meaning as defined in Section 18012.5.
CHAPTER 1.5. Findings and Purposes §§ 18250–18254 · 6 sections
- § 18250 The Legislature finds and declares that increasing numbers of Californians live in manufactured homes and mobilehomes and that most of those living in such…
- § 18251 The Legislature finds and declares that the standards and requirements established for construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of mobilehome…
- § 18252 The Legislature finds and declares that the inclusion of specific standards within a statute often precludes the rapid and flexible action needed to correct…
- § 18253 The Legislature finds and declares that the specific requirements relating to construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of parks are best developed…
- § 18253.5 (a) The department shall provide to each mobilehome park licensed to operate under this part a sign in large boldface print, with the name, address, and…
- § 18254 (a) It is the purpose of this part to accomplish both of the following: (1) Assure protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of all mobilehome park…
CHAPTER 2. Application and Scope §§ 18300–18307 · 9 sections
- § 18300 (a) This part applies to all parts of the state and supersedes any ordinance enacted by any city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered,…
- § 18300.1 Any person may file an application with the governing body of any city, city and county, or county for a conditional use permit for a manufactured home,…
- § 18300.25 (a) The provisions of this part shall apply to any portion of a special occupancy park, as defined in Section 18862.43, that is also a mobilehome park, as…
- § 18301 (a) The department shall post an explanation of the process described in Section 18300 pursuant to which, following approval by the department, a city, county,…
- § 18303 This part does not apply to any park owned, operated, and maintained by any of the following: (a) The federal government. (b) The state. (c) Any agency or…
- § 18304 (a) This part does not apply to any apartment house, hotel, or dwelling which is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of this…
- § 18305 (a) This part is not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction not specifically…
- § 18306 (a) The department shall evaluate the enforcement of this part and regulations adopted pursuant to this part by each city, county, or city and county which has…
- § 18307 (a) The department may delegate all or any portion of the authority to enforce this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part, or to enforce…
CHAPTER 3. Enforcement, Actions and Proceedings §§ 18400–18407 · 11 sections
- § 18400 (a) The department shall enforce this part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part, except as provided in Section 18300. (b) The officers…
- § 18400.1 (a) In accordance with subdivision (b), the enforcement agency shall enter and inspect mobilehome parks, as required under this part, with a goal of inspecting…
- § 18400.2 Enforcement agencies responsible for the enforcement of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part shall maintain all records on file of…
- § 18400.3 (a) The department shall convene a task force of representatives of mobilehome owners, mobilehome park operators, local enforcement agencies that conduct…
- § 18400.4 For purposes of this chapter, “mobilehome owner” or “mobilehome owners” means the occupant of the manufactured home or mobilehome, or the registered owner of…
- § 18401 Any notice of violation of this part, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, issued by the enforcement agency shall be issued to the appropriate…
- § 18402 The owner or operator of a park shall abate any nuisance in the park within five days, or within a longer period of time as may be allowed by the enforcement…
- § 18403 In any action or proceeding to abate a nuisance in a park, proof of any one of the following facts is sufficient for a judgment or order for the abatement of…
- § 18404 (a) If any park or portion thereof governed by this part is constructed, altered, converted, used, occupied, or maintained in violation of this part, the…
- § 18406 No enforcement agency shall approve any park fronting upon any coastline, shoreline, river, or waterway or upon any lake or reservoir owned in whole or part by…
- § 18407 The Legislature finds and declares that, because the health and safety of mobilehome park occupants is a matter of public interest and concern, it is…
CHAPTER 3.5. Notice of Violations §§ 18420–18424 · 4 sections
- § 18420 (a) (1) If, upon inspection, the enforcement agency determines that a mobilehome park is in violation of any provision of this part, or any rule or regulation…
- § 18421 If the owner or operator of the mobilehome park or the registered owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome disputes a determination by the enforcement…
- § 18423 The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and shall not be construed to supersede other provisions of law providing sanctions for violators of this…
- § 18424 This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
CHAPTER 4. Permits and Fees §§ 18500–18518 · 22 sections
- § 18500 It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following unless he or she has a valid permit issued by the enforcement agency: (a) Construct a park. (b)…
- § 18500.5 Notwithstanding Section 18500, the owner of one manufactured home or mobilehome who is also the owner of the land upon which the manufactured home or…
- § 18500.6 Notwithstanding Section 18500, the owner of a manufactured home or mobilehome who is not a mobilehome park operator and who rents or leases the land upon which…
- § 18501 Applications for a permit to construct or reconstruct shall be accompanied by: (a) A description of the grounds. (b) Plans and specifications of the proposed…
- § 18502 Fees as applicable shall be submitted for permits, as follows: (a) Fees for a permit to conduct any construction subject to this part as determined by the…
- § 18502.5 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund into which funds collected by the…
- § 18503 The department by administrative rule and regulation shall establish a schedule of fees relating to all construction, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and…
- § 18504 Any person responsible for obtaining any of the permits required by this chapter, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 18600), or the regulations adopted…
- § 18505 A permit to operate shall be issued by the department following notification by the local enforcement agency of completion of construction of a new park or…
- § 18506 A permit to operate shall be issued by the enforcement agency. A copy of each permit to operate shall be forwarded to the department. A permit to operate shall…
- § 18507 (a) The enforcement agency shall be notified by the new owner or operator of any park of any change in the name or ownership or possession thereof. The notice…
- § 18508 Permits for construction and operation shall be posted in a conspicuous place.
- § 18509 All permits as required in this chapter for construction or reconstruction shall automatically expire within six months from the date of issuance thereof in…
- § 18510 If any person who holds a permit to operate violates the permit or this part, the permit may be suspended by the enforcement agency. This section does not,…
- § 18511 The enforcement agency shall issue and serve upon the permittee a notice setting forth in what respect the provisions of the permit or this code have been…
- § 18512 The notice shall be served by posting at least one copy in a conspicuous place on the premises described in the said permit, and by sending another copy by…
- § 18513 Any permittee receiving a notice issued pursuant to Section 18511 may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before an authorized representative…
- § 18514 Upon receipt of such petition the enforcement agency shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such…
- § 18515 Such hearing shall be commenced not later than 10 days after the day on which such petition was filed. Upon application of the petitioner the enforcement…
- § 18516 After such hearing the enforcement agency shall sustain, modify or withdraw the notice, depending upon its findings as to whether the provisions of this part…
- § 18517 If the requirements of the said notice have not been complied with on or before the expiration of 30 days after the mailing and posting of the notice, the…
- § 18518 Upon compliance by the permittee with the provisions of this part and of the notice, and submission of proof thereof to the enforcement agency, the enforcement…
CHAPTER 5. Regulations §§ 18550–18670 · 30 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18550–18605 · 14 sections
- § 18550 It is unlawful for any person to use or cause, or permit to be used for occupancy, any of the following manufactured homes or mobilehomes wherever the…
- § 18550.1 On and after January 1, 2021, it is unlawful for any person to use for occupancy any manufactured home or mobilehome, wherever the manufactured home or…
- § 18550.5 (a) An owner of a manufactured home or mobilehome may remove or cause to be removed the towbar, wheels, wheel hubs, or axles from a manufactured home or…
- § 18551 The department shall establish regulations for manufactured home, mobilehome, and commercial modular foundation systems that shall be applicable throughout the…
- § 18551.1 (a) Any mobilehome park, constructed on or after January 1, 1982, may be constructed in a manner that will enable manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and…
- § 18552 (a) The department shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, and the department…
- § 18554 (a) It is unlawful to permit any wastewater, sewage, or waste material from any plumbing fixtures in a park, any park sewage or waste disposal system, or any…
- § 18555 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the registered owner of a manufactured home or mobilehome in a mobilehome park, converted or proposed to be…
- § 18601 The department shall adopt regulations to ensure adequate animal control within parks.
- § 18602 In every park there shall be installed and kept burning from sunset to sunrise sufficient artificial light to adequately illuminate every building containing…
- § 18603 (a) In every park there shall be a person available by telephonic or like means, including telephones, cellular phones, telephone answering machines, answering…
- § 18603.1 (a) The owner or operator of a park shall make Part II of the document referenced in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 18603, the…
- § 18604 (a) No manufactured home, mobilehome, or recreational vehicle within a park shall be rented or leased unless it bears a label, an insignia, or an insignia of…
- § 18605 The department shall adopt regulations to govern the use and occupancy of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and recreational vehicles. These regulations shall…
ARTICLE 2. Mobilehome and Special Occupancy Park Lots §§ 18610–18614 · 12 sections
- § 18610 Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations to govern the construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance of parks and lots…
- § 18610.5 (a) Park lot lines shall not be created, moved, shifted, or altered without a permit issued to the park owner or operator by the enforcement agency and the…
- § 18611 (a) Factory-built housing bearing an insignia of approval pursuant to Section 19980, manufactured homes as defined in Section 18007, mobilehomes as defined in…
- § 18612 Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations to govern lot access and driveways within parks. The regulations adopted by the…
- § 18613 (a) (1) A permit shall be obtained from the enforcement agency each time a manufactured home or mobilehome is to be located, installed, or reinstalled, on any…
- § 18613.1 The requirements for any installation of a manufactured home or mobilehome shall not exceed the requirements set forth in Sections 18613 and 18613.4.
- § 18613.2 When the enforcement agency issues an installation permit for a new manufactured home or mobilehome, beginning on July 1, 1980, a copy of such permit shall be…
- § 18613.3 An application for a permit for initial installation of a manufactured home or mobilehome shall be accompanied by a dimensioned plot plan of the lot on which…
- § 18613.4 (a) All manufactured homes or mobilehomes, when initially installed or subsequently reinstalled on a different lot pursuant to Section 18613, shall be…
- § 18613.5 The Department of Housing and Community Development, with the review and advice of the Seismic Safety Commission, shall adopt such rules and regulations as are…
- § 18613.7 (a) A permit shall be obtained by the installer from the enforcement agency each time an earthquake resistant bracing system is installed, replaced, or altered…
- § 18614 If the installation of a manufactured home or mobilehome by a contractor has failed the inspection of the enforcement agency and the contractor has failed to…
ARTICLE 3. Building Construction § 18620 · 1 section
- § 18620 The department shall adopt regulations regarding the construction of buildings in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection of life…
ARTICLE 4. Plumbing § 18630 · 1 section
- § 18630 The department shall adopt regulations regarding plumbing in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection of life and property and to…
ARTICLE 5. Regulations § 18640 · 1 section
- § 18640 The department shall adopt regulations for toilet, shower, and laundry facilities in parks. The department shall propose and submit building standards for…
ARTICLE 6. Electrical § 18670 · 1 section
- § 18670 The department shall adopt regulations regarding electrical wiring, fixtures, and equipment installed in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for…
CHAPTER 6. Fuel Gases §§ 18690–18691 · 2 sections
- § 18690 The department shall adopt regulations regarding fuel gas equipment and installations in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection…
- § 18691 (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations that it determines are reasonably consistent with generally recognized fire protection standards,…
CHAPTER 7. Penalties § 18700 · 1 section
- § 18700 Any person who willfully violates this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating thereto, or any other rules or…
CHAPTER 8. Inspector Conflicts of Interest §§ 18710–18712 · 3 sections
- § 18710 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Inspector” means an employee of the department who conducts inspections of mobilehome parks…
- § 18711 No later than January 1, 2025, the department shall, in accordance with the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the…
- § 18712 No later than January 1, 2025, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Establish policies to document complaints against inspectors and the steps…