Sec. 17.1-2. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the same definitions and meanings as defined by Sections 798 through 798.12 of the California Civil Code of the state of California: management; mobilehome; mobilehome park; park; tenant; and resident. In addition, for the purposes of this chapter, the following words are defined as follows:

(a) "CPI" shall mean Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers, as reported by the U.S. Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area.

(b) "Rent" shall mean the consideration, including any bonus, benefit or gratuity demanded of or received in connection with the use and occupancy of any habitable building or land, or for the transfer of a lease for occupancy. Rent shall not include utilities, including but not limited to gas, electricity, cable television, garbage, sewer and/or water when and if these charges to tenants are regulated by a public utility and if on June 1, 1990 if they were charged to tenant separate from the rent.