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04/20/95 09:01 CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ADMIN DEPT 3 93379310 NO.458 P002 ,�,.. DECReo • STATE OF MINNESOTA F OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ST. PAUL 55155 ADDRESS REPLY A7: HUBERT H. HUMPHREY,III 523 PARK=Err ATTORNEY GENERAL S 200 sx PAUL.MN 5.1103December 8, 1989 TELEPHONE: Maeda Fat d Ma)297404s HAND DELIVERED S0QJ1ofCOICP1 1974050 Mr. David Ornstein City Attorney City of Bloomington - 2215 W. Old Shakopee Road Bloomington, MN 55431-3096 Dear Mr. Ornstein: This letter is in response to your November 1, 1989, letter to Attorney General Humphrey. In your letter, you explain that Minnesota Statutes $ 327C.095 ( 1988) authorizes a municipality to adopt an ordinance requiring payment of compensation to residents of a manufactured home park if that park is closed or converted to another use. The statute permits a municipality to require the owner of a manufactured home park to pay the reasonable relocation costs incurred by a manufactured home owner. Further, the statute permits a municipality to require that other parties involved in the park closing pay additional compensation to the residents. Out of concern about the financial impact on residents of actual and potential closings of manufactured home parks in Bloomington, the City Council. enacted Ordinance No. 89-57 pursuant to the authority granted by Minn. Stat. § 327C.095. The ordinance requires park owners to pay reasonable relocation costs to residents if the park is closed or converted to another use. The ordinance also requires the purchaser of a park to pay to a resident the estimated market value of their home, as determined by the City Assessor and the resident 's most recent property tax statement, if the resident cannot relocate within a 25 mile radius and tenders title to the home to the park purchaser. Finally, mvsthat the al ntion paid to displaced residents may notexceedtwentypercent ofthe purchase price of the park. Based on these facts, you ask the following questions: 1. Whether Minn. Stat. 5 327C.095 ( 1988) , which authorizes a municipality to require owners of( manufactured home parks to pay displaced residents reasonable relocation costs and to require other parties to pay additional compensation to such displaced EMIT/.