10-2.13 Permits for Removal of Mobile Home Accommodations in Mobile Home Parks.
(A) Removal permits required.
(1) It shall be unlawful for an owner of a mobile home park to remove any mobile home accommodation in a mobile home park or discontinue the use of part or all of the land owned and licensed as a mobile home park without having first obtained a mobile home removal permit from the Rent Equity Board subject to the provision contained herein.
(2) Such provisions shall apply whether or not the license for such premises is still in effect. The Board may establish reasonable regulations governing the criteria and the procedures to be followed regarding application for and issuance of mobile home removal permits.
(B) Permit criteria. In determining whether to grant a removal permit, the Board shall consider the aggravation of the shortage of safe, decent and affordable mobile home park accommodations in Boston, which may result from the discontinuance of use as a mobile home park, especially for tenants of low or moderate income or elderly persons on fixed incomes. In making such a determination the Board shall review and make findings as to all relevant factors including, without limitation, the following:
(1) The benefits and detriments to the persons whom this Subsection seeks to protect;
(2) The hardships imposed on the tenant(s) residing in the controlled or decontrolled unit proposed to be removed;
(3) Circumstances demonstrating hardship and inequity to the applicant seeking a mobile home removal permit; and
(4) The rate of vacancy in the city at the time the applicant applies for a mobile home removal permit.
(C) Removal procedure.