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327C.09 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK LOT RENTALS 294 Subd. 9. [Repealed, 1987 c 179 s 12] History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 9; 1987 c 179 s 6-8 327C.095 PARK CLOSINGS. Subdivision 1. Conversion of use; minimum notice. At least nine months before the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, or before closure of a manufactured home park or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park, the park owner must prepare a closure statement and provide a copy to the local planning agency and a copy to a resident of each manufactured home where the residential use is being converted. A resident may not be required to vacate until 60 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required under subdivision 4. If a lot is available in another section of the park that will continue to be operated as a park, the park owner must allow the resident to relocate the home to that lot unless the home, because of its size or local ordinance, is not compatible with that lot. Subd. 2. Notice of hearing; proposed change in land use. If the planned conversion or cessation of operation requires a variance or zoning change, the municipality must mail a notice at least ten days before the hearing to a resident of each manufactured home in the park stating the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing. The park owner shall provide the municipality with a list of the names and addresses of at least one resident of each manufactured home in the park at the time application is made for a variance or zoning change. Subd. 3. Closure statement. Upon receipt of the closure statement from the park owner, the local planning agency shall submit the closure statement to the governing body of the municipality and request the governing body to schedule a public heating. The municipality must mail a notice at least ten days before the heating to a resident of each manufactured home in the park stating the time, place, and purpose of the pub- lic hearing. The park owner shall provide the municipality 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 local planning agency. Subd. 4. Public hearing; relocation costs. The governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing to review the closure statement and any impact that the park closing may have on the displaced residents and the park owner. Before any change in use or cessation of operation and as a condition of the change, the governing body may require a payment by the park owner to be made to the displaced resident for the rea- sonable relocation costs. If a resident cannot relocate the home to another manufac- tured home park within a 25 mile radius of the park that is being closed, the resident is entitled to relocation costs based upon an average of relocation costs awarded to other residents. The governing body of the municipality may also require that other parties, includ- ing the municipality, involved in the park closing provide additional compensation to residents to mitigate the adverse financial impact of the park closing upon the residents. Subd. 5. Park conversions. If the planned cessation of operation is for the purpose of converting the part of the park occupied by the resident to a condominium pursuant to chapter 515A, the provisions of section 515A.4-110, except paragraph (a), shall apply. The nine-month notice required by this section shall state that the cessation is for the purpose ofconversion and shall set forth the rights conferred by this subdivision and section 515A.4-110, paragraph (b). Not less than 120 days before the end of the nine months, the park owner shall serve upon the resident a form of purchase agree- ment setting forth the terms of sale contemplated by section 515A.4-110, paragraph (b). Service of that form shall operate as the notice described by section 515A.4-1 10, para- graph (a). Subd. 6. Intent to convert use of park at time of purchase. Before the execution of an agreement to purchase a manufactured home park, the purchaser must notify the park owner, in writing, if the purchaser intends to close the manufactured home park or convert it to another use within one year of the execution of the agreement. The park