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ORDINANCE NO. CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA CHAPTER 1100 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK CLOSINGS 1100.09 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. • 1100.10 DEFINITIONS: The following words and terms when used in this Article 1111 shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Subd. 1. "Closure Statement" - a statement prepared by the park owner clearly stating the park is closing, addressing the availability, location and, potential costs of adequate replacement housing within a 25 mile radius of the park that is closing and the probable relocation cost of the manufactured home located in the park. Subd. 2. "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. Subd. 3. "Lot" - an area within a manufactured home park, designed or used for the accommodation of a manufactured home. Subd. 4. "Manufactured home" - 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 1111 permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or