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AN ORDINAI4E PROVIDING NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING, PRIOR TO CLOSURE OR CONVERSION OF USE OF MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS, REQUIRING PARK OWNERS TO PAY REASONABLE RELOCATION COSTS TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS AND REQUIRING BUYERS TO PAY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS PURPOSE In view of the peculiar nature and problems presented by the closure or conversion of manufactured home parks, the City Council finds that the public health, safety, and general welfare will be promoted by requiring compensation to displaced residents of such parks. The purpose of this Article is to require park owners to pay displaced residents reasonable relocation costs and purchasers of manufactured home parks to pay additional . compensation, pursuant to the authority granted under Minnesota Statutes, Section 327C.095 DEFINITIONS The following words and terms when used in this Article shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. CLOSURE STATEMENT -a written statement prepared by the park owner clearly stating the manufactured home park is closing, addressing availability, location and potential costs of adequate replacement housing within a 25 mile radius of the park that is closing and the probable relocation costs of the manufactured homes located in the park. The closure statement shall also contain detailed information as to the availability, location and potential costs of other manufactured home parks within a 25 mile radius of the manufactured home park that is being closed. DISPLACED RESIDENT -a resident of an owner -occupied manufactured home who rents a lot in a manufactured home park, including the members of the resident's household, as of the date the park owner submits a closure statement to the City's Planning Commission. LOT -an area within a manufactured home park, designed or used for the accommodation of a manufactured Lome. MANUFACTURED HO?fE-a structure, not affixed to or part of real estate, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet , and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. contained in it.