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BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE ARTICLE IV. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK CLOSINGS Added by Ord. No. 89-57, 10-30-89 SEC. 15.69. 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, safely 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. (Added by Ord. No. 89-57, 10-30-89) SEC. 15.70. DEFINITIONS. The following words and terms when used in this Article shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 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 0f the park that is closing and the probable relocation costs of the manufactured homes IoC~.ed in the park. Displaced resident - a resident of an owner-occupied manufactured home ~vho 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. Lot - an area within a manufactured home park, designed or used for the accommodation of a manufactured home. 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 permanents'chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes 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 compensation, and includes any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the manufactured home park. This definition does not include facilities which are open only during three or fewer seasons of the year. Park owner - the owner of a manufactured home park and any person acting on behalf of the owner in Ihe operation or management of a park. Person - any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated association or any other legal or commercial entity. (Added by Ord. No. 89-57, 10-30-89) SEC. 15.71. NOTICE OF CLOSING. If a manufactured home park is to be closed, converted in whole or part to another use or terminated as a use of the property, the park owner shall, at least nine months prior to the closure, conversion to another use or termination of use, provide a copy of a closure statement to a resident of each manufactured home and to the City's Planning Commission. (Added by Ord. No. 89-57, 10-30-89) SEC. 15.72. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. The Planning Commission shall submit the closure statement to the City Council and request the Cib/Council to schedule a public hearing. The City shall mail a notice at least ten days prior to the public hearing to a resident of each manufactured home in the park stating the time, place and purpose of the hearing. The park owner shall provide the City with a list of the names and addresses of at least one resident of each manufactured home in the park at the time the closure statement is submitted to the Planning Commission. (Added by Ord. No. 89-57, 10-30-89) 15-1