f. Rules and regulations. 1. A manufactured home park owner or
operator may promulgate rules and regulations governing the rental or
occupancy of a manufactured home lot provided such rules and regulations
shall not be unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious. A copy of all rules
and regulations shall be delivered by the manufactured home park owner
or operator to all manufactured home tenants at the same time such owner
or operator initially offers the written lease provided for in
subdivision e of this section. A copy of the rules and regulations shall
be posted in a conspicuous place upon the manufactured home park
grounds.
2. If a rule or regulation is not applied uniformly to all
manufactured home tenants of the manufactured home park there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that such rule or regulation is unreasonable,
arbitrary and capricious, provided, however, that an inconsistency
between a rule or regulation and a lease term contained in a lease
signed before the date the rule or regulation is effective shall not
raise a rebuttable presumption that such rule is unreasonable, arbitrary
or capricious.
3. Any rule or regulation which does not conform to the requirements
of this section or which has not been supplied or posted as required by
paragraph one of this subdivision shall be unenforceable and may be
raised by the manufactured home tenant as an affirmative defense in any
action to evict on the basis of a violation of such rule or regulation.
4. No rules or regulations may be changed by the manufactured home
park owner or operator without specifying the date of implementation of
said changed rules and regulations, which date shall be no fewer than
thirty days after written notice to all tenants.