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City of St. Anthony Ordinance 2006-005 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE. BEING THE LICENSES, PERMITS, AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS The City Council of the City of St. Anthony ordains as follows: 526.10 Purpose. In view of the unique nature and issues presented by the closure or conversion of manufactured home parks, the City Council finds that public health, safety and general welfare will be promoted by requiring relocation assistance and/or compensation to displaced residents of such parks. The purpose of this Section is to require park owners to pay displaced residents reasonable relocation costs and purchasers of manufactured home parks to pay alternative compensation, pursuant to the authority granted under Minnesota Statutes, Section 327C.095. 526.11 Definitions. The following words and terms when used in this Section shall the following meanings unless the context clearly indicated otherwise: Closing 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 atwenty-five (25) mile radius of the park that is closing and the probable relocation costs of the manufactured homes located in the park. 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 park owners submits a closure statement to the City's Planning Commission. Lot - An area within a manufactured home park, designed and used for the accommodation of a manufactured home. Manufactured Home - A structure, not affixed to or part of the real estate, transportable in one or more Sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) feet or more in width or forty (40) feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, 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 included the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical system contained in it. Manufactured Home Park - any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which two or more occupied manufactured homes are located, either free of charge or for FACouncil Meetings\2006\1 0 102006\Ord Park Closing.doc 16