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• <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 89 - 57 <br /> AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING NOTICE AND. PUBLIC HEARING, PRIOR TO <br /> CLOSURE OF MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS, REQUIRING PARK OWNERS <br /> TO PAY REASONABLE RELOCATION COSTS TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS <br /> AND REQUIRING BUYERS TO PAY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION <br /> TO DISPLACED RESIDENTS <br /> The City Council of the City of Bloomington hereby ordains: <br /> Section 1. That Section 15 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> CHAPTER 15 <br /> BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES <br /> ARTICLE IV. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK CLOSINGS <br /> SEC. 15.69. PURPOSE. <br /> In view of the peculiar nature and problems presented by the closure or <br /> conversion of manufactured home parks, the City Council finds that the public <br /> health, safety and general welfare will be promoted by requiring compensation <br /> to displaced residents of such parks. The purpose of this Article is to require <br /> park owners to pay displaced residents reasonable relocation costs and <br /> purchasers of manufactured home parks to pay additional compensation, pursuant <br /> to the authority granted under Minnesota Statutes, Section 327C.095. <br /> SEC. 15. 70. DEFINITIONS. <br /> The following words and terms when used in this Article shall have the <br /> following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: <br /> Closure statement - a statement prepared by the park owner clearly stating <br /> the park is closing, addressing the availability, location and potential costs <br /> of adequate replacement housing within a 25 mile radius of the park that is <br /> closing and the probable relocation costs of the manufactured homes located in <br /> the park. <br /> Displaced resident - a resident of an owner-occupied manufactured home who <br /> rents a lot in a manufactured home park, including the members of the resident 's <br /> household, as ,f the date the park owner submits a closure statement to the <br /> City's Planning Commission. <br /> Lot - an area within a manufactured home park, designed or used for the <br /> accommodation of a manufactured home. <br /> Manufactured home - a structure, not affixed to or part of real estate, <br /> transportable in one more sections, which in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet <br /> or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is <br />