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c141 2W4 ceemada 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 (612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 TO: Members of the Planning Commission FROM: Joel R. Hanson, City Administrator DATE: December 6, 1996 RE: Manufactured Home Zoning Issues MAYOR Michael 1. Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jim LaVaile Steve Moreton Bob Pedersen ADMIMSTRATOR Joel R. Hanson The following information is a synopsis of the manufactured home zoning issue we are dealing with: * With the exception of a portion of Terrace Heights, the mobile home parks within the City are not zoned properly. Therefore, they are considered lawful non - conforming uses. A strict reading of our ordinance would require that individual units may not be replaced as they would be extending the non - conformity. (See Attachments 1 and 2) * Application of our R -4 regulations to the non - conforming areas will not solve the problem. Application of the design standards contained in this ordinance will also result in non - conformities. (See Attachment 3) * Double -wides have been moving into North Star Estates to replace single -wide units. We have received calls on this topic from neighbors who are concerned about the impact this larger unit is having on their site. They have questioned the appropriateness of this action which raises the previously mentioned zoning issue. (I can not gauge the magnitude of this concern as we have not been inundated with this type of call.) * A recent case involving the City of Apple Valley as well as Minnesota Statutes Chapter 462.357 (See Attachment 4) prohibit a municipality from enacting more restrictive setback requirements for any park constructed before January 1, 1995. Given the fact we had no setback or density requirements in place due to the non - conforming use issue, the only standards we would be able to apply are those in State Statutes and County Ordinances. Page 37