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14INUTES APPROVED: 10-15-91
MINUTES ISSUED: 11-1-91
LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
OCTOBER 1, 1991
Mayor Johnson called the City Council meeting to order at 7:03
p.m. in the City Council chambers. Present: Mayor Johnson,
Hunt, Dick Johnson, Mottaz, Williams, City Engineer Prew, City
Attorney Filla and Administrator Kueffner.
1. AGENDA
Change Old Business: A. APAC Ordinance, B. Cimarron Severe
Weather Emergency Procedures, C. MUSA Extension, D. Stonegate
Rezoning.
Add: 9C. Clarify his position on PZ Subcommittee
M/S/P Hunt/Dick Johnson - to approve the October 1, 1991 City
Council agenda as amended. (Motion carried 5-0).
2. MINUTES: September 17, 1991
M/S/P Dick Johnson/Hunt - to approve the September 17, 1991 City
Council minutes as amended. (Motion carried 5-0).
MINUTES: September 24, 1991
M/S/P Williams/Hunt - to postpone consideration of the September
24, 1991 City Council minutes until the October 15th Council
meeting. (Motion carried 5-0).
3. CLAIMS
M/S/P Dick Johnson/Hunt - to approve the October 1, 1991 claims
#95282 thru #95332 as presented. (Motion carried 5-0).
LAKE ELMO JAYCEES PRESENTATION:
On behalf of the 1991 Lake Elmo Jaycees Huff n'Puff Committee,
Rick Schultz acknowledged the prestigious amount of work Mike
Bouthilet, Lake Elmo Parks Supervisor, has done to make Huff
n'Puff days a success and presented Mike with a plaque extending
their grateful appreciation for services rendered.
4. PUBLIC INQUIRIES:
The letter written by Steve DeLapp requesting the Council direct
enforcement of Ordinance 505.010 in the City Code Book regarding
signage and comments on the MUSA was entered into the record and
made part of these minutes. (See Public Inquiry).
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Ann Bucheck, 2301 Legion Avenue, stated she attended the
September 27th hearing where Mayor Johnson and Councilman Mottaz
asked the judge to vacate an order regarding the rezoning of land
for development to be known as Stonegate. The judge stated he
was going to turn down their Motion and the City of Lake Elmo is
to rezone this property. It is unfortunate that the County and
City tax money have had to be spent to protect ourselves against
Mayor Johnson and Councilman Mottaz in a seemingly frivolous
lawsuit. Mayor Johnson and Councilman Mottaz were accused
engaging in unauthorized practice of law which constitutes a
misdemeanor. I would like to know if this puts our city in any
kind of jeopardy and would hope if the suit is fought these two
individuals would have to defend themselves personally without
any help from our City Attorney since they have been representing
themselves and not the citizens of Lake Elmo in this lawsuit.
5. OLD BUSINESS:
A. APAC ORDINANCE:
The City staff has been working with representatives from
Cimarron Park, APAC, and the Cimarron management to prepare an
ordinance relating to park closings. A draft ordinance was
presented for council consideration. The Council engaged in
detailed discussion of all parts of the proposed ordinance.
M/S/P Hunt/Dick Johnson to adopt Ordinance 8058, as amended,
adding chapter 1700 to the Lake Elmo Municipal code relating to
the closure of manufactured home parks. (Motion carried 5-0).
B. Cimarron Severe Weather Emergency Procedures
M/S/P Dick Johnson/Williams - to direct the City Administrator to
set up a meeting with the manager of Cimarron, Cimarron Resident,
Mayor Johnson, Civil Defense Director Fran Pott, Deputy Sheriff
and Fire Chief for the purpose of discussing the Severe Weather
Emergency Procedures for Cimarron. (Motion carried 5-0).
C. MUSA Extension
At the September 17, 1991 meeting, the Council postponed action
on the following motion:
MIS/ Mottaz/Mayor Johnson - to proceed with the Comprehensive
Plan Amendment adding a new MUSA that would extend from County
Road 13 to 1/2 mile east of County Road 19 and 1/2 mile north of
I-94 for this entire distance.
Councilman Williams provided the following amendment to the
motion of 9-17-91.
MIS/ Williams/Hunt - to amend the motion to read as follows: The
following three actions shall be accomplished:
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1. Get an agreement with either Oakdale or Woodbury acceptable
to both City Councils, for the use of sewer facilities to provide
service to the potential MUSA area.
2. Enact a zoning ordinance, including at least allowed uses and
design standards, for the MUSA area.
3. Bring the zoning of all parts of the City into conformance
with the Future Land Use Map of the existing comprehensive Plan
by rezoning the land appropriately, with the exception of the
land to be included in the MUSA area as described below.
However, if a resident owns and resides on homesteaded land which
is currently zoned agriculture, and that resident requests that
the zoning remain agriculture, that request shall be granted.
Once the above three actions have been accomplished, the City
Council shall by ordinance amend the Comprehensive Plan to
include and apply to the Metropolitan Council for extension of
the MUSA line, in accordance with the Planning Commission's
recommendation, to the 1/4 section line north of I-94 from Inwood
Avenue to the 1/4 section line east of Keats Avenue and an
additional area including to the 1/2 section line north of I-94
by 1/2 mile east of Inwood Avenue, except for an additional area
including to the 1/2 section line north of I-94 by 1/4 mile to
the west and 1/4 mile to the east of Keats Avenue.
If the MUSA extension is granted by the Metropolitan Council, the
city council shall issue an amended Comprehensive Plan to show
the MUSA extension. The City Council shall, within 3 months of
the Metropolitan Council approval, rezone the land within the
MUSA area to bring the zoning into conformance with the amended
Comprehensive Plan.
4. to set a sunset clause that if all of the Council concerns are
not met at the end of 90 days the application is null and void.
M/S/P Mottaz/Mayor Johnson - to amend the amendment by deleting
Item No. 3. (Motion carried 3-2: Williams: The reason for
bringing the rest of the City into conformance with the Comp Plan
was to limit the MUSA line. I don't want it to grow any larger
than it is. The message I get from the residents is: put
something down there I don't care, but don't make me pay for it;
and protect the residential areas. If those residential areas
that our comp plan calls for, especially along 10th St., are not
protected by zoning, then I don't want any part of this. I feel
I have compromised. Item No. 3 has been advocated by our city
attorney for months and we have not done it yet. The Section of
the Statutes clearly states the official controls should be
brought into conformance of the Comp Plan within 9 months of
changing of the plan. If the Council will not compromise the rest
of the way, then the failure of this MUSA proposal is on your
heads,
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Hunt: I feel item #3 is important to the city because this city
is trying to send a positive message by saying we are going to
rezone the land within that MUSA. We should then carry that thru
and rezone the remainder of the City.
Councilman Mottaz: If we ask the City Attorney he will tell us
there are differences of opinion in interpreting that Statute
about controls. I have talked to more attorneys who disagree
with our attorney than those who agree.
Mayor Johnson: In the case of Anton versus City of Eagan, the
supreme court stated that the master plan, as referred to the
comp plan, does not unalterably hold the city to a rezoning.
Although not abiding by the comp plan would be one part of
evidence for support of arbitrainess.
M/S/P Williams/Hunt - to amend the amendment to include the
following changes:
3. At the same time, to request an extension of the MUSA and an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan from the metropolitan
Council, in accordance with the Planning Commission's
recommendation, to the 1/4 section line north of I-94 from Inwood
Avenue to the 1/4 Section line east of Keats Avenue and an
additional area including to the 1/2 section line north of I-94
by 1/2 mile east of Inwood Avenue, except for an additional area
including the 1/2 section line north of I-94 by 1/4 mile to the
west and 1/4 mile to the east of Keats Avenue.
5. If items #1 and #2 are not accomplished within 75 days, the
application to the Met Council for the extension of the MUSA and
amendment to the comprehensive plan shall be withdrawn, or if the
Met Council has already approved the MUSA Extension, the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment shall be null and void.
6. At our earliest opportunity, the city set up a public hearing
for the purpose of enacting a moratorium on development with the
proposed MUSA defined area. (Motion carried 3-2: Williams:same
reasons as stated above, Hunt: I strongly support the Comp Plan
of this City and strongly support the extension of the MUSA. I
am very troubled at the position we are in tonight. What
troubles me is I see something that is good for the city and the
ability to do something good for the City. I also see an
unwillingness for some members of this Council to follow this
comp plan. I have seen that occur in a recent case that went to
Court. Every time a proposal comes in near the MUSA it will
probably be turned down by this council unless it is for
commercial.)
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M/S/P Mottaz/Mayor Johnson - to proceed with the Comprehensive
Plan Amendment adding a new MUSA with the following conditions:
(Motion carried 4-1: Williams: for reasons stated previously)
1. Get an agreement with either Oakdale or Woodbury, acceptable
to both City Councils, for the use of sewer facilities to provide
service to the potential MUSA area.
2. Enact a zoning ordinance, including at least allowed uses and
design standards, for the MUSA area.
3. At the same time, to request an extension of the MUSA and an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan from the Metropolitan
Council, in accordance with the Planning Commission's
recommendation, to the 1/4 section line north of I-94 from Inwood
Avenue to the 1/4 Section line east of Keats Avenue and an
additional area including to the 1/2 section line north of I-94
by 1/2 mile east of Inwood Avenue, except for an additional area
including to the 1/2 section line north of I-94 by 1/4 mile to
the west and 1/4 mile to the east of Keats Avenue.
4. If the MUSA extension is granted by the Metropolitan Council,
the City Council shall issue an amended Comprehensive Plan to
show the MUSA extension. The City council shall, within 3 months
of the Metropolitan Council approval, rezone the land within the
MUSA to bring the zoning into conformance with the amended
Comprehensive Plan.
5. If items #1 and #2 are not accomplished within 75 days, the
application to the Met Council for the extension of the MUSA and
amendment to comprehensive plan shall be withdrawn, or if the Met
Council has already approved the MUSA Extension, the Comp Plan
Amendment shall be null and void.
6. At our earliest opportunity, the city set up a public hearing
for the purpose of enacting a moratorium on development within
the proposed MUSA defined area.
Discussion followed:
Mayor Johnson: I feel Item 3 is unrelated to the specific
request for a MUSA extension. This item may be considered as a
priority item separately at a later time. He would deal in
earnest on the issue of rezoning the entire City. In general, he
agrees with the comp plan, however he does believe if we want to
preserve for the residents of the City some assemblance of rural,
he would want to discuss at the same time the idea of clustering
or transfer of density.
Councilman Mottaz: He added support to what the Mayor said and he
would be willing to work as hard as anyone else to deal with Item
3 as a separate issue.
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Councilman Hunt gave the following reasons for voting for the
motion: Although we are opening some risk in that area of the
City, I could not in good conscience put myself in a position to
harm the city because we have not protected our residential
areas, but also feel if he had voted "no" now the development
would have been lost and likely ended up with a Council so
divided that it would have been unable to function ever again.
Mayor Johnson asked Item #3 (bring the zoning of all parts of the
City into conformance with the Future Land Use Map of the
existing Comp Plan) be placed as a priority item under Old
Business at a special meeting.
D. Stonegate Rezoning
Councilman Williams explained that at the last council meeting
pursuant to the court order, the Council considered a motion to
rezone the Stonegate property and the motion failed 3-2 because
of the required 4/5th vote for passage. Some of the comments
made by the Mayor and Councilman Mottaz for voting against the
motion were that the Mayor's Motion to Vacate the court order was
in process and they wanted to see the outcome. The Motion was
not allowed by the Court so now the Court has an unchallenged
order to the City to rezone Stonegate property. Therefore,
Williams made the following motion:
M/S/F Williams/Hunt - the property known as Stonegate development
be rezoned to Residential Estates based on the Findings of Fact
of July 16, 1991 City Council meeting and pursuant to the court
order. (Motion failed 3-2: Mayor Johnson: At this point he would
have to vote against the motion, but he possibly may be able to
take some stance on this at the next Council meeting, Mottaz: I
am voting against the motion for the same reasons that I stated
the last time.)
Councilman Williams indicated the Council was handed a Notice of
Motion filed by Trailhead Dev. against the City of Lake Elmo in
regard to this matter. The part that troubles him is this is
filed against the City and one of the pleadings is awarding
plaintiff its reasonable cost and attorneys fees incurred in
bringing this Motion. Williams urged the Mayor and Councilman
Mottaz to please reconsider as this is putting the City at severe
financial risk.
Councilman Mottaz: The issue here is not a matter of rezoning,
but the issue here is three Council people put the City in a
position where they might be in violation of a state law by
instructing the City Attorney not to defend, thereby,
circumventing a very clearly worded state statute that requires
2/3rd vote to pass this. This is what is costing the city money.
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6. PLANNING/LAND USE & ZONING:
A. Large Lot Subdivision & Variances: Everett Beaubien
At its September 23, 1991 meeting, the Planning Commission held a
public hearing to consider the request of Everett Beaubien for a
large lot subdivision which included variances for road frontage
and lot configuration. The Commission voted 8-1 to deny this
request based on the eight reasons stated by City Planner Mike
Black's report dated 9/17/91.
M/S/P Williams/Mottaz - to accept the Planning Commission's
recommendation to deny the request for a large lot subdivision
and variances for road frontage and lot configuration based on
the Findings of Fact listed in Mike Black's memo dated September
26, 1991. (Motion carried 5-0).
B. Rolling Hills, Preliminary Plat
At their September 23, 1991 meeting, the Planning Commission
voted 7-2 to recommend approval of the preliminary plat of
Rolling Hills contingent on: 1) the applicant receives the Valley
Branch Watershed permit, 2) Core of Engineer permit, 3) DNR
permit if required, 4) the City Engineer's approval of the final
design, 5) the applicant pay a park dedication fee in lieu of
land of 70 of the fair market value based on the finding that the
preliminary plat complies with the RE zoning standards, 6) also
with the recommendation that the bottom strip of land (that
follows the southside of 53rd Street which is the west portion of
Lot 2, Block 2) with the potential requirement for a variance be
satisfied as part of final plat approval.
The City Attorney indicated that the bottom strip of land would
probably go tax forfeit because who would pay taxes if they
cannot use it. The property owner to the South has indicated he
had no intention of developing in the near future.
Councilman Williams stated that Lot 2, Block 2 should be
truncated as shown and the outlot be deeded to the City. On Lot
3, Block 1, cannot be construed as meeting 3:1 lot depth to width
ratio because at the setback line the lot width is less than
200' and the shortest distance between the front and back lot
lines is almost 700' feet and the lot depth is supposed to be the
mean distance.
Roger Kolstad explained it was his understanding from his
surveyor that it depends on how you measure the lot. The PZ
indicated at their meeting the ordinance was not clear as to how
lot configuration could be interpreted.
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A council member brought up the John Day Farm Addition Plat,
where there was Council consensus that the applicant probably did
not meet the letter of the ordinance, but met the intent of the
ordinance.
It was acceptable to Roger Kolstad to postpone discussion for two
weeks or when he has the necessary permits in hand. Therefore,
the following motion was made.
M/S/P Dick Johnson/Williams - with the consent for an extension
from Roger Kolstad, the Council postponed discussion until the
necessary permits are obtained by the applicant. (Motion carried
5-0).
C. Large Lot Subdivision Variances:
Ron Gjerstad, 11311 50th St.
At their September 23, 1991 meeting, the Planning Commission
recommended approval of the proposed large lot subdivision for
Ron Gjerstad, 11311 50th Street, as presented by revised survey
dated 9-23-91, subject to: 1) dedication of all drainage
easements shown, 2) recognize variance to lot ratio and lot width
to depth easements with the hardship of existing topography,
trees, and wetlands, 3) the new driveway cannot be in or through
drainage easements, 4) payment of $700 for park dedication.
M/S/P Williams/Mottaz - to adopt Resolution No. 91-32 granting a
Large Lot Subdivision, as amended, for Ron Gjerstad, 11311 50th
St. subject to the following conditions: 1. dedication of all
drainage easements shown, 2. payment of $700 for park dedication,
3. the new driveway in proposed Parcel A cannot be in or through
drainage easements, 4. an 18" driveway culvert on 50th Street be
installed with safety aprons 5. satisfactory perk tests on
Parcel A, 6. justification for the variances for road frontage
and lot width to depth ratio being the preservation of historical
structures and the contour of the land providing access to those
structures. (Motion carried 5-0).
D. City Council & PZ Joint Meeting
Each year the Council and Planning Commission are supposed to
meet jointly to go over the planing commission's annual work
'plan. The commission has now reviewed its work plan and asks
that the Council call a joint meeting for Monday, October 28,
1991 at 7:00 p.m.
M/S/P Hunt/Dick Johnson - to call a joint meeting with the
Planning Commission for Monday, October 28, 1991 at 7:00 p.m, and
that proper notification be given to all interested parties.
(Motion carried 5-0).
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7. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT:
A. 1991 City Engineering Standards
Councilman Johnson informed the Council of the following concerns
by the Public Works Foreman: concern on when you don't provide
curbs and storm sewers because the ditches of the City are
filling up with the normal accumulation of sand and silt; concern
was with planting trees in the right-of-way on the volume of snow
storage if we encroach any closer than 9 or 10' of the road
surface.
M/S/P Mottaz/Dick Johnson - to postpone discussion for two weeks
and if there are comments by the council, they should be
submitted by Thursday before the meeting to the City Engineer.
(Motion carried 5-0).
B. Partial Payment #3 to Kenko, Inc.
The City Engineer requested approval of Partial Payment
Certificate No. 3 in the amount of $57,820.34 for Kenko, Inc. for
work on the SW-1 watermain project.
M/S/P Hunt/Williams - to approve Partial Payment Certificate No.
3 in the amount of $57,820.34 for Kenko, Inc, to be paid after
the City receives payment from Washington County. (Motion carried
5-0).
8. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT:
OLD BUSINESS: When the SW-1 landfill discussion is on the
agenda, the Council requests the Fire Chief and Public Works
Foreman attend this meeting.
A. Precinct Boundary Adjustment
Designate Polling Place for Precinct 2
The City Administrator requested council permission to proceed
with amending our precinct boundaries and designating the Lake
Elmo city hall as the official polling place for precinct 2. If
we designate Highway 5 as the precinct boundary, we would be able
to retain the fire hall as the official polling place for
precinct 1 and city hall could be designated as the official
polling place for precinct 2.
M/S/P Mottaz/Williams - to direct the City Administrator to
prepare a resolution amending our precinct boundaries and
designating State Highway 5 as the precinct boundary and
designate the city hall as the polling place for precinct 2 and
the fire station as the polling place for precinct 1. (Motion
carried 5-0).
M/S/P Dick Johnson/Mottaz - to adjourn the City Council meeting
at 12:10 p.m. (Motion carried 5-0).
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Ordinance 8058, adding Chapter 1700 to the Lake Elmo Municipal
code relating to the closure of manufactured home parks.
Resolution No. 91-32: Granting Large Lot Subdivision for Ron
Gjerstad, 11311 50th St.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 1700 TO THE LAKE ELMO
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF MANUFACTURED
HOME PARKS.
The City Council ordains that Chapter 1700 and its subsections
shall be added to the Lake Elmo Municipal Code to read as follows:
1700. Manufactured Home Park Closings.
1700.010. Purpose and Intent. Based upon the difficulty and
expense of relocating Manufactured Homes and the unavailability of
Manufactured Home Parks within a reasonable distance of the City of
Lake Elmo, the Council finds that the public health, safety and
welfare of Lake Elmo residents will be promoted by adopting
regulations relating to the payment of Relocation Costs and
Compensation in the event of the closing of all or a portion of a
Manufactured Home Park. The purpose of this regulation is to
define the regulations which will apply to Manufactured Home Park
Closings and is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by M.S.
327C.095.
1700.020. Definitions. As used herein, the following words shall
mean:
A. Closure Statement. A written statement prepared by the
Park Owner which includes the following information:
1. A statement that the Manufactured Home Park, or a
portion thereof, is closing and the anticipated
date of closing.
A statement addressing the availability, location
and potential cost of other Manufactured Home Park
lot sites located within a twenty-five (25) mile
radius of the Manufactured Home Park that is being
closed.
3. A statement of the probable Relocation Costs within
a reasonable range which will be incurred by the
Park Residents in order to relocate the Park
Resident's Manufactured Home to a Manufactured Home
Park within a twenty-five (25) mile radius.
B. Current Resident List. A list of names and addresses of
adult residents of the Manufactured Home Park.
C. Eligible Park Resident. A Park Resident who satisfies
the following criteria:
1. Park Lot rent is current within thirty (30) days of
the anticipated Park Closing date and personal
property taxes have been paid for the current and
prior years.
2. Manufactured Home has been maintained (including
the roofing, siding, windows, flooring, and frame)
pursuant to the Manufactured Home Park Standards
for the year in which the Manufactured Home was
constructed and the Manufactured Home is in good
repair as determined by the City's Building
Inspector.
3. Park Resident is unable to locate space in a
Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-five (25)
mile radius which has the same or less restrictive
standards.
4. Personal credit history is not the reason for Park
Residents inability to relocate to another
Manufactured Home Park.
D. Lot. An area within a Manufactured Home Park designed or
used for the accommodation of a Manufactured Home.
E. Manufactured Home. A structure, not affixed to or a part
of real estate, transportable in one or more sections,
which in the travelling mode is eight (8.) body feet or
more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length,
or when placed on a Lot, is three hundred -twenty (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 system contained in it.
P. Manufactured Home Park. A site, lot, field or tract of
land upon which two (2) or more occupied Manufactured
Homes are located either free of charge or for
compensation and includes any building structure, tent,
vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as part of
the equipment of the Manufactured Home Park. Manufac-
tured Home Park does not include facilities which are
open daily during three or fewer seasons of the year.
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G. Park Closing. The conversion of all or a portion of the
occupied Lots of a Manufactured Home Park to another use
or the termination of use of the Manufactured Home Park.
H. Park Owner. The owner of a Manufactured Home Park.
I. Park Resident. An owner of a Manufactured Home located
on a lot in a Manufactured Home Park within the City of
Lake Elmo who rents such Lot and occupies such
Manufactured Home as a principal residence.
J. Person. Any individual, corporation, firm, partnership,
incorporated and unincorporated association or any other
legal or commercial entity.
K. Relocation Costs. The reasonable cost of relocating a
Manufactured Home from a Manufactured Home Park in Lake
Elmo to another Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-
five (25) mile radius. Such cost includes expenses
incurred in the following categories:
1. Preparation for Move. Reasonable costs incurred to
prepare the Manufactured Home for transportation to
another site. This category does include crane
services but not the cost of wheel axles, tires,
frame welding or trailer hitches.
2. Transportation to Another Site. Reasonable costs
incurred to transport the Manufactured Home to
another Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-five
(25) mile radius. This category includes the cost
of insuring the Manufactured Home for its replace-
ment value while the Manufactured Home is in the
Process of being relocated and the cost of
obtaining moving permits provided that the Park
Owner shall not be required to pay delinquent taxes
on a Manufactured Home if necessary in order to
obtain a moving permit. This category does not
include the cost of moving personal property.
3. Hook-up at New Location. The reasonable cost
of connecting the Manufactured Home to utilities
at the relocation site provided that this
category does include crane services. The Park
Owner shall not be required to upgrade the
electrical or plumbing systems of the Manufactured
Home.
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1700.030. Notice of Closing. At least nine (9) months prior to
the anticipated date for the full or partial Park Closing, the Park
Owner shall:
A. Personally serve a copy of the Closure Statement on at
least one adult resident of each Manufactured Home within
the Manufactured Home Park.
B. Personally serve the Lake Elmo Administrator with a copy
of the Closure Statement, a Current Resident List, and a
plan for funding the Relocation Costs and Compensation
which will be required as a condition of closing.
1700.040. Public Hearing. The City Administrator shall forward
the Closure Statement to the Planning Commission for comment. Upon
review by the Planning Commission, the City Administrator shall
schedule a public hearing before the City Council preceded by ten
(10) days mailed notice to people whose names appear on the
Resident List. Failure to notify all Park Residents shall not
invalidate the public hearing. At the public hearing the City
Council shall review the Closure Statement, receive comments and
evaluate the impact of the Manufactured Home Park Closing on the
Park Residents, the City's resources and its comprehensive plan.
1700.050. Conditions of Closing. As a condition of closing, the
Park Owner shall pay Relocation Costs to eligible Park Residents or
the Park Purchaser shall pay Compensation to eligible Park
Residents as hereinafter provided. Development and/or building
permits shall not be issued for subsequent uses of the Manufactured
Home Park Property until the Park Owner has complied with the
City's Development Regulations and until the Park Owner and/or Park
Purchaser have made arrangements, acceptable to the City, for the
funding Relocation Costs and the Compensation required hereby.
1700.060. Park Resident Statement. Within ninety (90) days of
receipt of a Closure Notice, a Park Resident shall provide the Park
Owner with a written statement of Relocation Costs or; in the
alternative, a written statement that the Park Resident cannot
relocate the Park Resident's Manufactured Home to another
Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-five (25) mile radius and
the reasons for such conclusion.
1700.070. Election to Receive Relocation Costs.
A. If a single section Manufactured Home can be relocated to
another Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-five (25)
mile radius, the Park Owner shall pay eligible Park
Residents Relocation Costs as defined herein, or, an
amount equal to $3,500, whichever is less.
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B. If a double section Manufactured Home can be relocated to
another Manufactured Home Park within a twenty-five (25)
mile radius, the Park Owner shall pay eligible Park
Residents Relocation Costs as defined herein, or, an
amount equal to $5,000, whichever is less.
C. The Park Owner shall make relocation payments directly to
contractors providing the relocation service, but, upon
proof of payment of such Relocation Costs by an eligible
Park Resident, shall reimburse the eligible Park Resident
directly for such Relocation Costs. The Park Owner shall
be entitled to receive adequate documentation of
Relocation Costs, including costs of proposals, invoices,
estimates and contracts for relocation services.
D. The maximum relocation payment specified in Sections
1700.070(A) and 1700.070(B) above shall be adjusted on
January 1st of each year commencing on January 1, 1992
based upon the change in the Consumer Price Index,
Minneapolis -St. Paul, for all urban consumers ("CPI-U")
as published in the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor. The amount of the
adjustment shall be equal to the percentage of change in
the CPI-U on the date of adjustment over the CPI-U in
effect on January 1st of the preceding year.
1700.080. Election to Receive Compensation. I£ a Manufactured
i Home cannot be relocated to another Manufactured Home Park within
a twenty-five (25) mile radius, an eligible Park Resident shall
elect one of the following options by giving written notice to the
Park Owner who shall forward such notice to the Park Purchaser; and
the Compensation payment provided for herein shall be paid within
thirty (30) days prior to the date of the closing on the sale of
the Manufactured Home Park.
A. The eligible Park Resident may elect to receive compensa-
tion in an amount equal to the average Relocation Cost
provided to eligible Park Residents for the relocation of
similar housing, in which event, the Park Purchaser shall
pay such compensation and the eligible Park Resident
shall retain title to the Manufactured Home and be
responsible for its prompt removal from the Manufactured
Home Park; or
B. The eligible Park Resident may elect to receive compensa-
tion in an amount equal to the estimated market value for
the Manufactured Home as stated on the Current Year
Personal Property Tax Statement for the Manufactured
Home, in which event, the Park Purchaser shall pay such
compensation to the eligible Park Resident and the
eligible Park Resident shall transfer title to the
Manufactured Home to the Park Purchaser free and clear of
all liens and encumbrances.
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1700.090. General Requirements.
A. Displaced Park Residents cannot be required to vacate the
Manufactured Home Park until sixty (60) days after
conclusion of the public hearing before the City Council.
B. If there is a partial closure of the Manufactured Home
Park and other Lots remain available within the same
Manufactured Home Park, the Park Owner must allow
Displaced Residents an opportunity to relocate within the
Manufactured Home Park unless the Displaced Residents'
Manufactured Home, because of its size, is not compatible
with the available lot.
1700.100. Limitation of Relocation Costs and Compensation. The
total amount of Relocation Cost and Compensation to be paid to
eligible Park Residents shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the
estimated market value of the Manufactured Home Park, as stated in
the Property Tax Statement for the year in which the Closure
Statement is served on the City Administrator. In the event that
the total of the Relocation Cost and Compensation payable to
eligible Park Residents exceeds this limitation, the Relocation
Costs and Compensation payable to each eligible Park Resident shall
be decreased proportionately so that the total of the Relocation
Costs and Compensation does not exceed the limitation stated
herein.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective the day
following its publication.
Adoption Date. Passed by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo
the 1st day of October , 1991.
David Johnson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary Kue£fner, City Administrator
Publication Date.
C\J\LEORD91.005
October 3, 1991
Published on the of
1991.