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798.17 and this Chapter shall also apply to prospective tenants of mobile home parks, and no park owner shall be entitled to require, as a condition of tenancy, that a prospective tenant enter into a long-term lease or long-term rental agreement. 15.48.680 Terms of rental agreements that may be offered. The following terms shall apply to all rental agreements that may be offered: A. No prospective tenant shall be required to accept a long- term rental agreement as a condition of tenancy. B. In the event that any prospective tenant or any existing tenant shall voluntarily elect to enter into a long-term lease or a long-term rental agreement, no such lease or agreement shall have a term longer than five (5) years. C. Every long-term lease or long-term rental agreement shall shall provide the Park Owner and the Tenant a minimum termination notice period of one hundred twenty (120) days prior to expiration of such long-term lease or long-term rental agreement. In the event of such termination by either party, the space rental terms in effect following such termination shall be as prescribed by the Mobile Home Tenancy Law of the State of California and this Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance of the City of Colton. D. All prospective tenants shall be entitled to the same protections with regard to rental agreements afforded existing Tenants under the California Mobile Home Residency Law, Civil Code Sections 798.18 (a) and (b)." E. All Park Owners meeting the standard set forth in California Civil Code Section 799.24 shall be prohibited from entering into any rental agreement for any period of time for the rental of a mobile home rental space for use by a recreational vehicle as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18010, unless a special area within the mobilehome park has been specifically designated for such use and all such recreational vehicles are located only in such designated area." SECTION 4: If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. This Ordinance shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes of this Ordinance and to preserve its validity.