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Rental Housing Committee adopts Chapter 13 amendments to utility rules and extends one‑time petition deadlines
Summary
Mountain View’s Rental Housing Committee voted to adopt staff‑recommended amendments to Chapter 13 of the CSFRA regulations clarifying when landlords may not use a one‑time utility adjustment and extending submission deadlines for the one‑time utility adjustment petition process.
The Mountain View Rental Housing Committee on Feb. 27 voted unanimously to adopt staff‑recommended amendments to Chapter 13 (utility charges) of the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act regulations. The changes clarify which tenancies are ineligible for the one‑time utility adjustment and extend deadlines for landlords to submit petitions.
Staff briefed the committee on three categories of changes. Two were described as administrative clarifications: (1) language to make clear that landlords who separate utilities from an initial rental rate without a corresponding rent decrease cannot use the one‑time utility adjustment petition to bring those utilities into rent — such a change is treated as a…
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