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CITY OF ELK RIVER, ~SOTA <br /> ORDINANCE NO, <br />SECTION 1010 <br />MANUFACT~D HOME PARK CLOSINGS <br /> <br />SECTION lOlO.O0. PURPOSE <br /> <br /> In view of the peculiar nature and problems presented by the closure or conversion of <br />manufactured home parks, the City Council finds that the public health, safety and general welfare <br />will be promoted by requiting compensation to displaced residents ofsuch parks. The purpose of this <br />Section is to require park owners to pay displaced residents reasonable relocation costs and <br />purchasers of manufactured home parks to pay additional compensation, pursuant to the authority <br />granted under Minnesota Statutes, Section 327C095. <br /> <br />SECTION 1.0.10.02. DEFINITIONS. <br /> <br /> The following words and terms when used in this Section shall have the following meanings <br />unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: <br /> <br /> Clogtg:e statement - a statement prepared by the park owner clearly stating the park is closing, <br />addressing the availability, location and potential costs of adequate replacement housing within a <br />25-mile radius of the park that is closing and the probable relocation costs of the manufactured homes <br />located Lq the park. <br /> <br /> Displaced r~sident - a resident of an owner-occupied manufactured home who rents a lot in <br />a rnanufactm'ed home park, including the members of the resident's household, as of the date of park <br />owner submits a closure statement to the City's Planning Commission. <br /> <br /> Lot - an area within a manufactured home park, designed and used for the accommodation <br />of a manufactured home. <br /> <br /> Manufacttu'ed home - a structure, not affrxed to or part of real estate, transportable in one or <br />more sections, which in the traveling mode, is 8 feet or more in width or 40 feet or more in length, <br />or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and <br />designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a pcrman~t foundation when connected to the <br />required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical system contained <br />in it. <br /> <br /> Park owner- the ownc. r of a mann. red home park and any person acting on behalf of the <br />owner ia the operation or management of a park. <br /> <br /> Person - any individual, corporation, finn, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated <br />association or any other legal or commercial entity. <br /> <br /> <br />