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an?CO REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section (I I .C. STAFF REPORT Report Number: CI •'MC • n ~" " ` '" Report Date: 11/21/96 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE , 01.607 November 25, 1996 — As Special Order of Bus. a8iejf` Parmc��t4 Consent Agenda Public Hearings X Council Business Item Description: Introduction of Ordinance 592, An Ordinance Relating to Manufactured Home Park Closings and Amending Title 1000 by Adding a New Chapter 1011 of the Mounds View Municipal Code; Planning Case No. SP-010-96. Administrator's Review/Recommendation: -No Comments to supplement this report -Comments attached. Explanation/Summary(attach supplement sheets as necessary) Summary: The City Attorney's Office has prepared the attached ordinance which would establish certain requirements if an owner of a manufactured home park elects to close part or all of the park. These requirements include: • Park owner shall prepare a closure statement,addressing the availability,location and potential costs of adequate replacement housing within a 25 mile radius of the park. Park owner shall provide notice and the closure statement to residents at least nine months prior to closure. Notice and closure statement shall be submitted to Planning Commission;Planning Commission shall request City Council to schedule a public hearing. • City Council shall conduct a public hearing with notice to residents at least 10 days prior • Park owner shall pay reasonable costs of relocating each resident's manufactured home to another manufactured home park within 25 mile radius,or an amount equal to the estimated market value of the manufactured home. • Total compensation is limited to 20%of the purchase price of the park or its market value,as determined by the County Assessor,whichever is greater. Preparation of this ordinance began two years ago, with the assistance of a citizen task force. The task force included representatives from each manufactured home park in the Mounds View. Adoption of the ordinance was put on hold at the suggestion of the City Attorney's office because both Bloomington and Wilmar were being sued over their mobile home park closing ordinances. The City Attorney suggested that Mounds View wait until these cases were settled before we adopted an ordinance. The case against Bloomington has been decided and the Bloomington ordinance has been upheld. At your work session on November 4, the City Council directed that adoption of the ordinance proceed. Suggestions made by City Council at the work session have been incorporated into the proposed ordinance. These include assigning responsibility to the park owner rather than park buyer, and tying compensation to either the purchase price or the market value of the park, whichever is greater. These suggestions recognize that a manufactured home park may close for other reasons than being purchased for redevelopment, and the last price paid for the park may not reflect its true value. it14./'k-t - ' amela Sheldon, Community Development Director RECOMMENDATION: Introduce Ordinance 592 for first reading and waive reading of the ordinance. The second reading and public hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for December 9 at 7:05, in order to allow 14 days between readings.