HomeMy WebLinkAboutF-5 - Correspondence - Request of Lido Park HomeownersCOUNCIL AGENDA NO./' "-5`4)
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
September 22, 1986
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: REQUEST OF LIDO PARK HOMEOWNERS TO ESTABLISH
A MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY ZONE
On September 10, 1986, the City received a
letter from a representative of the Lido Park Mobile
Homeowners Association requesting immediate considera-
tion for placing the Mobile Park Overlay Zone on the
Lido Park Mobile Home area. Attached, is a copy of this
request.
Inasmuch as a similar request had been con-
sidered on July 11, 1983, and on October 9, 1984, (copy
of minutes attached) the subject request is being placed
on the Consent Calendar for information and filing. Actual-
ly, on July 11, 1983, the Council, constituting the same
members that currently exist, formally voted not to
initiate an Overlay Zone on the Lido Park property.
If members of the City Council have changed
their opinion and wish to establish an Overlay Zone, the
item should be removed from the Consent Calendar.
ROBERT L. WYNN
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Attention: City Manager, Robert tJynn
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This letter is addressed to you on behalf of the Members of
the Lido Park Mobile Home Owners Association and other home
owners in the Park. They are reouesting immediate consideration
of their second reouest for the granting of a Mobile Home Park
Overlay Gone. The critical need for this overlay is based on
the following considerations:
1. An overlay would give the Park homeowners the
assurance of a fair hearing with the City govern-
ment if a major change in the Park is proposed
by the owners.
2. The current Lido Park lease is structured to allow
the owner of the Park to close it at any time
arbitrarily chosen by him.
3. An overlay would help homeowners seek relief from
the present blanket refusal of lending institutions
to finance purchase of homes in the Park caused by
the unreasonable aspects of the current leases.
4. rbitrary closin of the :'ark would cause extreme
hardship to the majority of homeowners. In many
cases ownership of their home constitutes a major
financial investment which can not be recouped.
5. Closing of the Park would be highly detrimental to
senior citizens whose sec _city lies within this
community.
6. The present rent increases of 9% compounded; annually,
specified for the duration of the lease, is
unreasonable, works particular hardship on the
elderly on fixed incomes and should be brought
into line with the Cost of Living Index applied
by the City to their park on the Balboa Peninsula.
7. Also, an overlay could feasibly slow the program
of increasing rental costs and decreasing property
values being perpetuated by the Park owner wherein
home owners do not have a fair opportunity to
represent their interests. The overlay would
provide a forum for this purpose.
8. 7 precedent has been established by the granting
of overlays to other comparable parks in the city.
9. P.n overlay would provide for the continuance of
additional reasonably affordable mobile home living
within the Newport Beach City limits.
The granting of an Overlay would further the expressed intent
of the City in Chapter 20:20 of the Ordinances of the City of
Newport Beach which states, "...The purpose of the mobile home
park zone is to designate existing mobile home parks in
appropriate locations for mobile home park uses in order that
these uses may be encouraged, maintained, and protected. The
regulations of this district are designed to achieve an
environment of stable, desireable residential character and
preserve areas or communities developed with mobile home
residential uses."
We feel that the current publicly documented lease was forced
on the homeowners. The lease has been extremely detrimental
to the homeowners' interests. A Mobile Home Zone Overlay
we feel is the best mitigating alternative to the Park operators'
unilateral, unconstitutional practices.
The councils' consideration of the homeowners request for a
Zone Overlay for the Lido Mobile Home Park would be deeply
appreciated. Also, the extent to which this matter could
be placed as early as possible on the evenings' agenda of
September 22, 1986, would be helpful due to the fact that
many of the concerned Park homeowners are senior citizens
and this would be important to them.
Sincerely,
Lido Park Mobile Homeowners Association
cc: Mayor Philip Maurer
Donald Strauss