Subd. 1. Definitions. The following words and terms when used in this section shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
A. The term ''manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight 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 permanent 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 systems contained therein.
B. The term "mobile home" is synonymous with "manufactured home" whenever it appears in this chapter.
C. The term “modular building” means a building of closed construction, constructed so that concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected at the site without disassembly, damage or destruction, and made or assembled in manufacturing facilities, off the building site, for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site. “Modular building” includes, but is not limited to, modular housing that is factory built single-family and multi-family housing, including closed wall panelized housing, and other modular, nonresidential buildings. “Modular building” does not include a structure subject to the requirements of the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., or prefabricated buildings as defined in this section.
D. The term "prefabricated building" means any building or building module intended for use as an R-3, one- or two-family dwelling or a U-1 accessory building, which is of closed construction and which is constructed on or off the building site, for installation or assembly and installation, on the building site, but does not include relocatable contractors offices or storage buildings that are 1,500 square feet or less in floor area, that are designed for temporary use by a contractor at a construction site, that are not to be used by the general public or as a sales office, and that will be removed prior to or upon completion of the construction project.
E. The term "recreational camping vehicle" includes the following:
1. Vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use;
2. Structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation;
3. Portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle; and
4. Folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation and vacation uses.
Subd. 2. Unlawful Act. It is unlawful for any person to park a manufactured home, mobile home, prefabricated building, modular building or recreational camping vehicle upon public or private property for human habitation unless the structure is in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., the Minnesota State Building Code and the Unified Development Ordinance.
Subd. 3. Notice and Abatement. Upon seven days' written notice to the owner, as shown by the records in the office of the County Auditor, or the taxpayer of record as shown by the records in the office of the County Treasurer, of private premises on which the material is found, the city may remove same and charge the owner for the costs. In the event that the owner fails to pay the costs after billing, the city may collect the costs together with reasonable attorney's fees and collection costs by suing the owner in a court of competent jurisdiction, or in the alternative, certify the costs of removal as any other special assessment on the land where the nuisance occurred.
(Ord. 54, Fourth Series, passed 12-6-2016)