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MAYOR Michael 1. Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jnn LaValle Matt Anderson Ricic Montour 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson www.ci.litde- canada.mn.us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: February 22, 2002 RE: Call for Public Hearing for Amendment to Zoning Code — Storm Shelters in Mobile Home Parks as a Conditional Use With the pending construction of the new storm shelter in North star Estates and recent interest by 3020 Mobile Home Park to undertake a similar project, staff has come to the realization that our current zoning code does not allow these structures due to the nonconforming status of these properties. Therefore, we are recommending we allow for the construction of storm shelters in existing mobile home parks as a conditional use. This concept would be similar to the manner in which we allow expansion of non- conforming residential structures to improve their livability in Chapter 903 of the Zoning Code. K Non - conforming, non - income producing, residential units may be expanded to improve livability as a conditional use, provided that the non - conformity of the structure will not be increased. It is also consistent with our provisions that allow Mobile Home Parks to maintain operations as nonconforming uses as defined in Chapter 903. M. For the purposes of applying Subsections 903.010.D. and 903.010.G. to Mobile Home Parks which are made non - conforming by land use zoning district, such Mobile Home Parks shall be required to adhere to the following standards: 1. A mobile home in a non - conforming mobile home park may be moved, relocated, or replaced on condition that the replacement mobile home shall comply with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 327.20 Subdivision 1, paragraph (3), or the following standards, whichever is more restrictive: No manufactured home shall be located closer than three feet to the side lot lines of a manufactured home park, if the abutting property is unproved property, or closer than ten feet to a public street or alley. Each individual site shall abut or face on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than 16 feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access to a public highway or alley. There shall be an open space of at least ten feet between the sides of adjacent manufactured homes including their attachments and at least three feet