§ 4-19.24. Administrative Fees.

(a)

Administrative fees imposed for the purpose of reimbursement to the City's general fund the costs of providing and administering the administrative hearing process and other services established by this chapter may be adopted pursuant to Council resolution.

(b)

The Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Administrator shall provide the City of Modesto with a recommendation regarding the amount of the fee that is necessary to recover the costs of administering this chapter as part of the City's annual budget process. The amount of the fee shall be set forth in the schedule of fees adopted by resolution of the City of Modesto. The fee shall not exceed the amount found by the City Council to be necessary to recover the costs of administering this chapter, and the City Council finding in this regard shall be final.

(c)

The mobile home park owner shall pay any applicable fee to the City for all of the owner's rental spaces which are subject to this chapter on or before January 31st of each year.

(d)

The mobile home park owner may pass the amount of the rental dispute fee to the resident of each space which is subject to the fee, provided that the amount of the passthrough is set forth as a line item which is separate from the base rent.

(e)

Any mobile home park owner who fails or refuses to pay any fee required under this chapter for a period of thirty (30) days from and after the date such fee is due shall, in addition to the fee, pay a penalty of twenty (20) percent of the amount of the unpaid fee. The penalty shall be increased to fifty (50) percent if the fee is not paid within ninety (90) days after the due date. A park owner must be provided with a thirty (30) day notice prior to becoming subject the penalties set forth in this subsection. The notice shall be delivered by certified U.S. mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested; U.S. mail delivery confirmation; U.S. mail signature confirmation; or such other delivery method that is reasonably calculated to provide actual notice to the park owner.

(Added by Ord. 3451-C.S., § 1, effective 10-4-07)