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No owner or renter shall be permitted to use a manufactured home for a permanent dwelling or place of abode in the city for an indefinite period of time unless the home is located within a licensed manufactured home park, under the provisions of M.S. § 327.15 and Minnesota Rules, parts 4630.0200 to 4630.2210, as they shall be amended from time to time. In the event a manufactured home is parked within the city on the effective date of this chapter in a location other than in a licensed manufactured home park, it shall be lawful to continue parking at the same location, only so long as it is occupied by the present inhabitants, otherwise parking shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter. No owner or occupant of a manufactured home which is now located elsewhere than in a licensed manufactured home park shall replace the manufactured home with any other manufactured home at that same location.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971; Am. Ord. 141, passed 9-13-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The manufactured home park shall be located on a well drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters. There shall be a green belt, 15 feet in width, of plantings around the periphery of the manufactured home park that adjoins any residential zones, to effectively screen the interior of the manufactured home park.
(B) All roads and rights-of-way within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned, maintained, traffic and speed regulated, lighted, laid out and drained in accordance with safety and accepted engineering practices. All water mains, hydrants, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned and maintained as prescribed by the City Public Utilities Commission. The Commission may, when reasonable, allow a manufactured home park owner to develop the park in stages as it is occupied. All electrical wiring, telephone wires, and other utility wires, pipes or lines shall be constructed and installed underground.
(C) The minimum area of a manufactured home lot shall be 4,000 square feet. The parking of more than one manufactured home on any single manufactured home lot shall not be permitted. A manufactured home with all its accessory buildings shall cover not more than 25% of the area of the plot on which it is situated. Each manufactured home lot shall have a manufactured home stand of a hard paved surface or crushed rock in good repair, a minimum of ten feet in width and of sufficient length and width to contain the wheels and tongue or hitch support of the manufactured home.
(D) Travel trailers are not permitted within a manufactured home park.
(E) The occupant or occupants of a manufactured home shall pay the same sewer rental charge as is payable from time to time by the resident or residents of a dwelling house in the city.
(F) Manufactured homes and their additions shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least 15 feet, provided that manufactured homes placed end to end may have a clearance of ten feet where opposing rear walls are staggered.
(G) It shall be the responsibility of the manufactured home park owner to see that good housekeeping and living conditions are maintained in the manufactured home park at all times. Each manufactured home lot shall be landscaped or maintained in grass. City ordinances governing mowing and weeds apply. No unused building materials, debris, or rubbish shall be allowed to accumulate. No outside storage of oil drums or trailer equipment shall be permitted unless it is effectively screened or concealed.
(H) No building permit shall be issued for a park until a plot plan building plans, utility plan, and drainage plan is filed with the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer r and approved by the Public Utility Commission as conforming to this chapter, and until a permit fee of $50 shall have been paid to the city.
(I) The owner of a manufactured home park shall permit access to any and all premises or buildings in the manufactured home park by administrative officers and enforcement officials at any time in performance of their duties. The owner of a manufactured home shall permit entrance at any reasonable hour to administrative officers and enforcement officials for purpose of inspection or in performance of their duties.
(J) No building permit for a manufactured home park in the city shall be issued by the city, nor shall any plan for a manufactured home park be approved by this city, unless the manufactured home park plan provides for at least 12 manufactured home lots, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971; Am. Ord. 141, passed 9-13-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
Every parking space for manufactured homes shall be provided with devices for anchoring the unit to prevent overturning or uplift. Where concrete platforms are provided for the parking of the units,
anchorage may be by eyelets imbedded in the concrete with adequate anchor plates or hooks or other suitable means. The anchorage shall be adequate to withstand wind forces and uplift as required in Minnesota Rules Chapter 1350 as they may be amended from time to time, based upon the size and weight of the units. Every manufactured home shall be required to have the devices for anchorage and tie-downs attached to the manufactured home.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
Plumbing, heating, electrical, and air conditioning installations shall comply with the accepted engineering practice standards for such installations in manufactured homes listed in Minnesota Rules Chapter 1350, as they may be amended from time to time.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Each manufactured home lot shall be provided with piped gas, and shall have an approved manual shutoff valve installed upstream of the gas outlet. The outlet shall be equipped with an approved cap to prevent accidental discharge of gas when the outlet is not in use.
(B) The City Council shall be authorized to require or charge to the owner of each manufactured home such electric meter deposits, utility charges, minimum water charges, and sewer rental charges as from time to time may be deemed reasonable and necessary by the City Council.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
The owner of each manufactured home park shall maintain a written register at all times, stating the full name of each resident or occupant of the manufactured home park, the date on which that resident commenced occupancy in the park, the date on which each occupant shall have vacated their residence in the park, and any and all other information as from time to time required by order of the City Council. In addition, the owner of each manufactured home park shall inform the City Administrator/Clerk- Treasurer at least once each month of the names of the present residents in the park, the named of persons vacating the park, and the names of persons who have taken residence in the park within the 30 days next preceding notification to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
The owner of each manufactured home shall secure from the City Council a certificate of compliance showing that the manufactured home complies with the provisions of this chapter. A fee of $10 for the certificate of compliance shall be paid to the city by the owner of the manufactured home, and shall be paid within three days after the manufactured home is placed within a manufactured home park. Manufactured homes that do not comply shall be removed from the manufactured home park within 15 days of notification of noncompliance.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99
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