Section § 18872

Explanation

This law requires a department to create rules for building, using, living in, and maintaining parks and their lots. These rules must ensure the health, safety, and well-being of people living in these parks. Additionally, these rules need to offer at least the same level of protection as those in place back on December 31, 1977.

Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations to govern the construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance of parks and lots within the parks. The regulations adopted by the department shall establish standards and requirements that protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the occupants and residents of parks. The regulations adopted by the department shall provide equivalent or greater protection to the residents of parks than the statutes and regulations in effect on December 31, 1977.

Section § 18872.1

Explanation

This law section explains that any changes to the boundaries of lots within a park need a permit from the enforcement agency and permission from the people living or renting those lots. Before making any changes, these lot lines cannot be altered in a way that would breach space or separation rules. The park owner must apply for the permit, including a list of affected occupants, and might have to provide documents like a plot plan showing the changes. If a plot plan is submitted, copies must be delivered to all affected residents. The department may charge a fee for this permit. If the changes alter the number of lots available, the local planning agency must also receive a copy of the permit application.

(a)CA Health & Safety Code § 18872.1(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 written authorization of the occupant or occupants, resident, or tenant, if any, of the lot or lots on which the lot line will be created, moved, shifted, or altered.
(b)CA Health & Safety Code § 18872.1(b)  No park lot line shall be created, moved, shifted, or altered, if the action will place an occupant of a lot in violation of any separation or space requirements under this part or under any administrative regulation.
(c)CA Health & Safety Code § 18872.1(c)  The park owner or operator shall submit a written application for the lot line alteration permit to the enforcement agency. The application shall include a list of the names and addresses of the occupants, residents, or tenants, if any, of the lot or lots that would be altered by the proposed lot line change and the written authorization of the occupants, residents, or tenants. The enforcement agency may require, as part of the application for the permit, that the park owner or operator submit to the enforcement agency documents needed to demonstrate compliance with this section, including, but not limited to, a detailed plot plan showing the dimensions of each lot altered by the creation, movement, shifting, or alteration of lot lines. If submission of a plot plan is required, the park owner or operator shall provide a copy of the plot plan to the occupants, residents, or tenants of each lot that would be altered by the proposed lot line change and provide the enforcement agency, as part of the application, with proof of delivery by first-class postage prepaid of the copy of the plot plan to the affected occupants, residents, or tenants.
(d)CA Health & Safety Code § 18872.1(d)  The department may adopt a fee, by regulation, payable by the applicant, for the permit authorized by this section.
(e)CA Health & Safety Code § 18872.1(e)  If the department is the enforcement agency and the application proposes to reduce or increase the total number of lots available for occupation, the applicant shall submit a copy of that application and any information required by subdivision (c) to the local planning agency of the jurisdiction where the park is located.

Section § 18872.2

Explanation

This law mandates that the department create rules about how to design and maintain park lot access and driveways. These rules are aimed at ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of park residents. They must also offer the same or greater level of protection as the rules that were in place at the end of 1977.

Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations to govern lot access and driveways within parks. The regulations shall establish standards or requirements that protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the occupants and residents of parks and shall require proper maintenance of lot access and driveways. The regulations shall provide equivalent or greater protection to the occupants and residents of parks than the statutes and regulations in effect on December 31, 1977.