SECTIONS 800-800.9 - California Statutes

CIVIL CODE

SECTION 800-800.9

800. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Floating
Home Residency Law.

800.1. Unless the provisions or context otherwise requires, the
following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter.

800.2. "Management" means the owner of a floating home marina or an
agent or representative authorized to act on his or her behalf in
connection with matters relating to a tenancy in the floating home
marina.

800.3. "Floating home" has the same meaning as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code.

800.4. "Floating home marina" means an area where five or more
floating home berths are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate
floating homes, but does not include a marina where 10 percent or
fewer of the berths are leased or held out to lease to floating homes
nor a marina or harbor (a) which is managed by a nonprofit
organization, the property, assets, and profits of which may not
inure to any individual or group of individuals, but only to another
nonprofit organization; (b) the rules and regulations of which are
set by majority vote of the berthholders thereof; and (c) which
contains berths for fewer than 25 floating homes.

800.5. "Rental agreement" means an agreement between the management
and the homeowner establishing the terms and conditions of a
tenancy. A lease is a rental agreement.

800.6. "Homeowner" means a person who owns or resides in a floating
home which is in a floating home marina pursuant to a rental
agreement with management.

800.7. "Change of use" means a use of the floating home marina for
a purpose other than the rental, or the holding out for rent, of five
or more floating home berths, and does not mean the adoption,
amendment, or repeal of a floating home marina rule or regulation. A
change of use may affect an entire floating home marina or any
portion thereof. "Change of use" includes, but is not limited to, a
change of the floating home marina or any portion thereof to a
condominium, stock cooperative, or any form of ownership wherein
spaces within the floating home marina are to be sold.

800.8. "Resident" means a homeowner or other person who lawfully
occupies a floating home.

800.9. "Tenancy" means the right of a homeowner to the use of a
berth within a floating home marina on which to locate, maintain, and
occupy a floating home, and accessory structures or vessels,
including the use of the services and facilities of the floating home
marina.