04-11-2002 Planning Comm. Agenda

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Thirty Twenty estates 3020 Rice Street Little Canada, MN 55I l3 Office: 65l -48d-0011. hi accordance with the State of Minnesota and Ramsey County Manufactured Home Parl< and Recreational Camping Law, T"bitty Twenty Estates, LLP is applying for a conditional use permit to construeC a storm shelter at Thirty Twenty Estates Manufactured T-tome Community located at 3020 Rice Street, Little Canada, MN 55 t 13. While Manufactured homes provide an opportunity for home ownership at a more affordable price than new single-family frame homes, they do not provide the same safety and secm~ity benefits during severe weather storm events. Manufacriu-ed home residents have a far narrower margin of safet~~ due, not only to the nature of construction, but also to an absence of protective choices. Even with advanced warning systems and extensive television and radio coverage of severe weather storm events, the manufacttu~ed home resident is at a disadvantage, having no basement, the resident has essentially a choice between enduring the storm within Che home verses seeking a low area outside or fleeing by automobile, neither a desirable alternative. Minnesota Statute 327.20 Rules states (7) A manufactured home park with ten or molt manulnchued homes licensed prior to March L 1988, shall provide a sate place of shelter for park residents or a plan of the evacuation of park residents to a sate place of shelter within a reasonable distance of the park for use by park residents in Limes of severe weather, including lomados and high winds. 'phe shelter or evacuation plan must be approved by the municipality by Mmroh L, 1989. The mwricipality may require the park owner to construct a shelter if it determines that a sale place of shelter is not available within a reasonable distance r}om the park. A copy of the municip[d approval and the plan shall be submitted by the park owner to the Department of Health- 'the purl: owner shall provide each residenC ~a~ith a copy of the npproved shelter or evacuation plan, as provided by section 327C.01, subdivision Ic. The current severe weather evacuation plan for'phiity Twenty Estates is as follows: Primary shelter: Offrce/Managers Home I3asemenl Secondary shehets: City Hall 515 L'-ast Little Canada Roxd Little Canada, MN' 55117 Fire Station 440 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55I 17 Although the primary shelter is on Thirty Twenty Estates property, alone iC does not provide adequate shelter for all the residents of the community. Au additional stand-alone storm shelter would eliminate the need to offer secondary shelters off community property. The storm shelter project as proposed will provide Thirty Twenty Estates residents with immediate protection during severe weather events increasing their mm•giu of safety and psychological security. Thank You, Joe Dun^ Owner