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CROW RIVER NEWS
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DON R. LARSON, being duly sworn, on oath says: that he now is and during all the
time herein stated has been DON R. LARSON, the publisher and printer of the
newspaper known as the Crow River News, and has full knowledge of the facts
herein stated.
That for more than one year immediately prior to the publication therein of the
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Ordinance No. 160-Mobile Home Parks
hereto attached, said newspaper was printed and published in the English
language from its known office of publication within the County of Hennepin and
County of Wright, State of Minnesota, on Wednesday and Saturday of each week in
column and sheet form equivalent in space to 450 running inches of single
column 21/2 inches wide; has been issued from a known office established in said
place of publication equipped with skilled workmen and the necessary material for
preparing and printing the same: THE CROW RIVER NEWS has had in its
makeup not less than twenty-five percent of its news column devoted to local news
of interest to said community it purports to serve, the press work of which has
been done in its known place of publication; has contained general news, com-
ments and miscellany; has not duplicated any other publication; has not been
entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated
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delivered to paying subscribers; has been entered as second class mail matter in
local post office of its said place of publication; that there has been on file in the
office of the County Auditor of said county the affidavit of a person having first
hand knowledge of the facts constituting its qualifications as a newspaper for
publication of legal notices; and that its publishers have complied with all
demands of said County Auditor for proofs of its said qualification. A copy of each
issue has been filed with the State Historical Society, St. Paul.
That the printed Notice City of Medina
Ordinance No. 160--Mobile Home Parks
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NOTICE
CITY OF MEDINA
ORDINANCE NO. 160
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THE
OCCUPANCY THEREOF IN THE
CITY OF MEDINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MEDINA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Medina Ordinances
No's. 132, 137, and Section 915
regulating Mobile Home Parks and the
occupancy thereof, and all amend-
ments thereto, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS.
Subd. 1. Mobile Home, Trailer, or
Unit: Means a factory built structure or
structures, used for occupancy and
equipped with the necessary service
connections and made so as to be
readily moveable as a unit or units on
its own running gear or designed to be a
relocatable structure or structures
without a permanent foundation. It
may be mounted on wheels and used as
a conveyance on highways, propelled
by its own power or drawn by other
motive power.
Subd. 2. Singlewide Unit. Means one
self contained mobile home designed to
be a complete dwelling unit with
dimensions no greater than 14 ft. wide
and 70 ft. long.
Subd. 3. Doublewide Unit or Multiple
Unit. Means two or more segments of
one mobile home designed to be
transported separately and attached to
each other at the Mobile Home Park to
form one multiple home, with
dimensions no greater than 28 ft. wide
and 70 ft. long.
Subd. 4. Mobile Home Park. Means
any park, court, lot, parcel or tract of
land, designed, improved, maintained
or intended for the purpose of supplying
a location for mobile home units or
upon which any mobile homes are
parked. It shall include all buildings
used or intended for use as part of the
equipment thereof, whether a charge is
made for the use of the Mobile Home
Park or not. "Mobile Home Park" shall
not include mobile home sales lots on
which unoccupied mobile homes are
parked for purposes of inspection and
sale.
Subd. 5. Lot. Means a section of
ground in a Mobile Home Park of not
less than 7500 sq. ft. of otherwise
unoccupied space designated as the
locaticn of one singlewide mobile home
unit, and all other recessary im-
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Subd. 6. Special Width Lot. Means a
section of ground in a Mobile Home
Park of not less than 11,250 sq. ft. of
unoccupied space designated as the
location for one doublewide unit.
Section 2. LOCATION OF MOBILE
HOMES AND MOBILE HOME
PARKS.
Subd. 1. Parking and Placement
Prohibited. It shall be unlawful within
the limits of the City of Medina for any
person to park any mobile home on any
street, alley or highway, or other public
place, or on any tract of land owned by
any person, occupied or unoccupied,
except as provided in this Ordinance.
Subd. 2. Emergency Parking Per-
mitted. Emergency or temporary
stopping or parking is permitted on any
street, alley or highway for not longer
than three (3) hours subject to any
other and further prohibitions,
regulations, or limitations imposed by
the traffic and parking regulations or
ordinances for that street, alley or
highway.
Subd. 3. • lacement Outside a Mobile
Home Park Prohibited; Exceptions. No
person shall park or occupy any Mobile
Home on either the premises of any
occupied dwelling or on any lot which is
not a part of the premises of any oc-
cupied dwelling which is situated
outside of an approved Mobile Home
Park; except the parking of no more
than one unoccupied trailer in an ac-
cessory private garage building, side
yard, or rear yard is permitted
provided no living or sleeping quarters
shall be maintained nor any business
practiced in said mobile home while
such mobile home is so parked or
stored.
Subd. 4. Temporary Placement.
Temporary special permits may be
issued by the City Council for use of a
trailer as an office or residence by
persons directly connected with new
construction in the City, providing that
such person has obtained a building
permit for said construction and is
proceeding with said work. Such
temporary special permits shall be
limited to periods of not more than 10
days following completion of the
project or for 6 months, whichever is
less.
Subd. 5. Special Use Permit
Required. No person shall construct,
locate, operate or maintain a Mobile
Home Park within the City of Medina
without first obtaining a Special Use
Permit, and all such other permits and
licenses as shall be required and
described herein.
Subd. 6. Zoning and Sewerage
Requirements. No person shall con-
struct, locate, operate, or maintain a
Mobile Home Park in the City of
Medina unless the proposed area is
served by a public, municipal sanitary
sewer, and the property is zoned for
multiple residential occupancy.
Section 3. APPLICATION FOR A
MOBILE HOME PARK SPECIAL USE
PERMIT.
Subd. 1. Information Required.
Application for a Special Use Permit
for a Mobile Home Park shall be made
to the Zoning Administrator, and shall
contain the following information:
a. Name and address of applicant.
b. Location, legal description, and
boundary survey of the property
proposed for the Mobile Home Park.
c. Proof of ownership of all land
within the boundaries of the proposed
park.
d. Existing zoning classification of
the subject property, and for all
property within 500 ft. of the proposed
park, and present uses of such land.
e. Name and address of all property
owners within 1,000 ft. of the proposed
park. -
f. A Soils Map for the area proposed
for the Mobile Home Park, prepared by
the Hennepin County Soil Conservation
District.
Subd. 2. Plans Required. Six (6)
copies of complete engineering plans
and specifications of the proposed park,
showing at least the following, and
drawn to the design standards set forth
in Section 6:
a. The area and dimensions of the
tract of land.
b. Location of abutting existing
streets and highways, and any future
proposed right-of-way.
c. The existing topography and the
proposed or finished topography, both
at intervals of two feet, together with
the corresponding hydrological data.
d. Proposed disposition of surface
drainage, including any necessary
storm sewers.
e. The number, location, and
dimensions of all proposed Mobile
Home lots, together with the location of
all setback lines, sidewalks, patios, and
on -site parking areas.
f. Location of all service and em-
ergency shelter buildings, laundry
drying areas, overload parking and
storage areas, and guest parking areas.
g. Plans and specifications for all
buildings to be constructed within the
Mobile Home Park.
h. The location and size of all
recreational areas and the type and
quantity of recreational equipment
proposed.
i. Plans and specifications for all
proposed roadways, parking areas, and
walkways.
j. Plans and specifications for th.:
water supply, refuse and sewage
disposal facilities, electrical service,
gas lines and -or fuel supply and
storage, TV cables, and any other
utilities, and the location of all utility
easements and the location of all fire
hydrants.
k. Plans and specifications for land-
scaping and fencing.
1. Plans, specifications, and location
of the lighting system.
m. Location and design of any signs.
n. Location of mobile ;some display
lots, if any, accompanied by an ap
plication for a special use permit for
surh lots ar required in See`ion 6, Subd.
o. Any other information requested
by the Zoning Administrator, Planning
Commission or City Council.
Subd. 3. Filing Fees. The applicant
shall pay a fee in the amount of $500.00
at the time the application is filed. If
and when a permit is granted
hereunder, the applicant shall pay an
additional amount equal to $5.00 per
mobile home lot. This fee is imposed for
the purpose of defraying expenses
incurred by the City in the ad-
ministration of this ordinance and such
fee shall not be construed to be a
license.
Subd. 4. Incurred Costs. The ap-
plicant shall pay, in addition to the
filing fees, all reasonable costs in-
curred in excess of said filing fees, by
the City for review and inspection,
including preparation and review of
plans, specifications, plats and other
data by the City Planner, City
Engineer, City Attorney, and the costs
of any other legal, professional, or staff
services of a similar nature, upon
receipt of a statement therefor from the
City Clerk. Nonpayment of the amount
specified in said statement for a period
of 14 days from the mailing date thereof
shall result in the automatic tabling of
the application. This cost plus the filing
fees shall not exceed $2,500.00 without
the approval of the applicant.
Subd. 5. Investigation. The Planning
Commission shall require such in-
vestigation of the applicant, the plans,
the site, and any other related matters
as it may deem necessary and proper.
For the purpose of this investigation,
the Planning Commission may use the
services of regular City staff and of-
ficers, or may employ the services of
such outside consultants and experts as
it deems necessary. The Planning
Commission shall receive written
reports and recommendations from the
staff and -or experts, evaluating the
proposal with respect to the
requirements of Section 6 of this or-
dinance, and all other applicable
provisions.
Subd. 6. Medina Fire Marshall. Plans
shall also be submitted to the Medina
Fire Marshall or the Fire Chief of the
district in which the park is to be
located. The Fire Marshall shall
evaluate the design of the park and the
road layout from the standpoint of
emergency access, approve the type
and location of all fire hydrants for
adequate fire protection, and advise the
Planning Commission on fire protection
problems.
Subd. ?.plan Review or Approval By
Other Governmental Units. The ap-
plicant shall submit to the City such
additional sets of plans as shall be
required to supply plans to such other
Governmental Units as may be affected
by the proposal. Such units may include
but are not limited to the following:
Minnesota Department of Health,
Metropolitan Council, the Metro Waste
Commission, Hennepin County High-
way Department, and neighboring
municipalities. The City shall request
the comments or approvals, as needed,
from these agencies in writing and it
shall be the duty of the applicant to
provide to such Governmental Units
the information necessary to process
Plan Review.
Subd. 8. Partial Development. In the
event that the applicant proposes
developing the park in several stages,
the following additional requirements
are imposed:
a. Information Required. The plans
for the later stages must show the in-
formation required by Section 3, Subd.
1, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f),
together with Section 3, Subd. 2, (a) and
(b); together with existing topography
at 2 ft. intervals; together with
preliminary street, lot, and sewer
layouts. Such information shall be
shown for all proposed stages. If the
plans at time of initial development, do
not show the above information, then
each request for an addition to the
initial stage shall be treated as a new
proposal and subject to the entire
Special Use review procedure.
b. Minimum Development. The
initial stage of development shall be for
no less than 50 lots. Subsequent stages
must be for no less than 25 lots.
c. Service Facilities Required. The
plans must show that all necessary and
required service buildings and facilities
are included, and that the other
requirements of this ordinance are met
in the initial stage of installation, and
all subsequent stages.
d. Independent Approvals Required.
Approval for prior stages of develop-
ment of the park do not mandate ap-
proval for subsequent stages.
e. Subsequent Development. Plans
submitted for all development after
initial stage must meet all standards
and requirements of the Ordinance.
Subd. 9. Fees, Partial Development.
Filing fees for partial development,
shall be as cited in Subd. 4 of this
Section for the initial stage, with the per
lot fee of $5.00, applying only to the lots
proposed for the initial stage. Sub-
sequent applications for additions shall
be accompanied by a $200.00 filing fee,
and the per lot fee shall pertain to the
new lots proposed.
SECTION 4. NOTIFICATION, PUBLIC
HEARING AND ACTION.
Subd. 1. Initial Hearing. Upon receipt
of an application, the Zoning Ad-
ministrator shall determine whether
the plans submitted meet the
requirements of Section 3 of this or-
dinance. If the application does not
meet said requirements, the applicant
shall be so notified. If the application
meets the said requirements, the
Zoning Administrator shall present
said application to the Planning
Commission at the Initial Hearing,
together with such staff reports as are
necessary for a preliminary evaluation
of the application.
a. Fublic Hearing. No permit for a
Mobile Home Park shall be issued until
a public hearing has been held by the
Planning Commission. Notice of this
hearing shall be published in the official
newspaper of the City at least once,
which publication shall be at least 10
days prior to the public hearing. In
addition, the City shall notify by U.S.
mail all property owners within 1000
feet of the proposed park. However,
failure on the part of any property
owner to receive such notification shall
not invalidate the proceedings.
b. Responsibility of Applicant. The
applicant shall be present at the Public
Hearing and he or his agent (s) shall be
prepared to answer questions.
Subd. 2. Land Use Standards for
Special Use Permit. No Special Use
Permit shall be recommended by the
Planning Commission or granted by the
City Council unless the applicant
demonstrates location is consistent
with sound land use planning and
zoning principles as follows:
a. Injury to Surrounding Lands. The
Mobile Home Park will not be injurious
to the use and enjoynient of other
property in the vicinity for the purposes
already permitted, nor substantially
diminish and impair the property
values within the vicinity;
b. Orderly Development Impeded.
The Mobile Home Park will not impede
the normal and orderly development
and improvement of surrounding
property for uses predominant in the
area or permitted under applicable
ordinances;
c. Health, Safety and Welfare. That
adequate measures have been or will be
taken to protect the health, safety and
welfare of all occupants of the proposed
Mobile Home Park and all persons
occupying the vicinity of the Mobile
Home Park.
d. Nuisance. That adequate
measures have been or will be taken to
prevent or control offensive odor,
fumes, dust, noise, and vibration, to the
end that no nuisance will be created
thereby.
e. Other Applicable Regulations.
That the Mobile Horne Park meets all
other requirements of the Zoning
District in which it is located.
Subd. 3. Design and Construction
Standards for Special Use Permits. No
Special Use Permit shall be recom-
mended by the Planning Commission
nor granted by the City Council unless
the applicant demonstrates that the
establishment of the Mobile Home Park
at the proposed Location is consistent
with sound design and construction
principles as follows:
a. Utilities Provided. That adequate
sewer, water, roadways, service
facilities, lighting, drainage, parking
areas, and all other necessary utility
requirements have been or are being
provided.
b. Other Design Standards. That all
the design standards of this ordinance
have been met.
c. Construction Standards. That the
construction standards of all applicable
ordinances and statutes have been met.
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Subd. 4 Other Considerations. The
Planning Commission, in conducting
the Public Hearing, shall also consider
the following:
a. Staff Reports. The staff and -or
professional reports and recom-
mendations following the investigation
of the application.
b Reports of Other Governmental
Units. The reports of other Govern-
mental Units having regulatory or
advisory review powers over any
factors involved in the establishment of
a Mobile Home Park at the proposed
location shall be considered. In the case
where connection is sought to any
sewage facility operated or owned by
any governmental agency other than
the City of Medina, no Special Use
Permit may be issued until and unless
written approval to connect to the
sewage facility has been obtained and
submitted as part of the application.
c. Fire Safety Report. Report of the
Medina Fire Marshall or Fire Chief for
the district shall be considered.
Subd. 5 Planning Commission and
City Council Action. Following the
Public Hearing, the Planning Com-
mission shall, within 60 days, submit its
report and recommendations to the
City Council. Upon receiving the report
and recommendation of the Planning
Commission, the City Council shall act
to grant or deny the application for a
Special Use Permit. Such Special Use
Permits shall be granted by a majority
vote of all City Council members and
may be denied by a simple majority of
members present and voting.
Subd. 6. Action and Approval of
Partial Development or Additions. In
cases of partial development, the action
and approval procedure for the initial
stage shall be as stated in Section 4
hereof. Later requests for the
development of subsequent stages of an
established Mobile Home Park, which
stages previously met the requirements
of Section 3, Subd. 9 (a) hereof, shall
receive Planning Commission and City
Council action as set forth in Section 4,
Subd. 5 hereof. No Public Hearing shall
be required for such subsequent stages
but may be held at the discretion of the
Planning Commission or the City
Council.
SECTION 5. BUILDING PERMITS
AND FEES.
Subd. 1 Application. Upon receipt of
the Special Use Permit, the applicant
shall apply for a building permit,
provided that the applicant has applied
for and received approval for all other
such procedures, permits, or action as
may be required in each case:
rezoning of property, platting,
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variances, land alteration permits,
Special Use Permit for display lots, and
such other approvals which are
required by statute or ordinance.
Subd. 2. Detailed Plans Required.
Each application for a building permit
must be accompanied by detailed
building plans for all structures and
cons..i a%a:aio i, stamped and dated by a
registered architect or engineer. The
plans must be approved by the Min-
nesota Department of Health, and shall
meet the requirements of the Min-
nesota State Building Code, and all
applicable provisions of the Zoning
Code of the City of Medina, except as
provided herein.
Subd. 3 Building Permit, Sewer
Permit and Other Fees. The Building
Permit fees for the Mobile Home Park
shall be determined by the rate table in
the Minnesota State Building Code,
based upon valuation. The valuation
shall be determined by the City
Engineer's appraisal of total con-
struction costs for the project. The
permit fees for such other charges as
are required by law, such as SAC
charges, and sewer and water unit
charges in districts subject to these
charges, shall be paid before a building
permit is issued. All permit fees for any
sewer and water units shall be com-
puted on a per lot basis for all lots
proposed, in addition to those required
for park service facilities. Permit fees
for all lots in the Mobile Home Park or
all lots to be developed in any one stage
of building are due and payable at the
time of application for Building Permit.
Subd. 4 Certificate of Occupancy
Fees. No Mobile Home shall be oc-
cupied for dwelling purposes until a
Certificate of Occupancy has been
issued pursuant to Section 7 of this
ordinance. The fee for the inspections
required for a Certificate of Occupancy
shall be $40.00.
Subd. 5. Approval. Approval of any
Building Permit shall be limited to the
number of mobile home lots shown on
the approved plan, and any departure
from the original plan at any later date
must be recommended by the Planning
Commission and approved by the City
Council.
Subd. 6. Bond. At the time of ap-
plication for Building Permit, the
applicant shall also file a bond or cash
deposit in an amount equal to 150
percent of the cost of improvements for
landscaping, concrete curbs and gut-
ters, streets, street lighting, emergency
shelter, and any other facilities
specified by the City Council, for the
total park development or any section
thereof that is planned to be developed
under each application. The amount of
bond shall be determined by City
p Council upon recommendation of City
Engineer and form of bond shall be
determined by City Council upon
recommendation of City Attorney.
SECTION 6. DESIGN STANDARDS
FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS.
Subd. 1 Development Standards. All
Mobile Home Parks shall conform to
the following minimum standards for
development of the park.
a. Minimum Size. Every Mobile
Home Park shall have a minimum of 10
acres and a minimum width of 500 ft.
and shall have a maximum area of no
more than 60 acres. No Mobile Home
Park shall be contiguous to any other
Mobile Home Park.
b. Surface Drainage. Every Mobile
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Home Park shall be located on a well
drained area and the premises shall be
properly graded and equipped with
storm sewers if necessary so as to
prevent the accumulation of storm or
other waters on the lots. However,
runoff to adjacent properties shall not
be increased. Where there is water
ponding on the site, provisions shall be
taken to retain the natural ponding
features of the land and provide for the
same amount of water storage in some
manner at the site.
c. Parks and Recreation. A
minimum of 15 percent of the total
Mobile Home Park area shall be
devoted to park and recreation ac-
cording to the following standards: One
tot lot for every 15 lots or less on one
side of a street, furnished with
playground equipment; one or more
general park areas with tennis courts,
shuffleboard, badminton or horseshoe
courts, or other similar features and
games for the entire park. Any cooking
shelters, barbecue pits, or outdoor
fireplaces planned for the park shall be
located in the general park areas and
be so located and constructed as to
minimize fire hazards and smoke. All
areas required for park setback areas
shall not be utilized nor computed as
park and recreation areas.
d. Setbacks and Buffer Zones. There
shall be a minimum setback of 80 ft.
between the park outside boundary line
and any use within the Mobile Home
Park; such setback area shall be
landscaped and screened by a fence
and -or screen plantings of sufficient
size and density to permit complete
privacy for the residents of both the
Mobile Home Park and adjacent
properties. In cases where the park
abuts industrial or commercial zoned
property or a major highway, the City
may require a 6 ft. high masonry wall
circumscribing the entire boundaries
within the above mentioned setback
except for main entrance to park, to
permit greater privacy, security, and
safety for the residents of the park.
e. Landscaping. Every Mobile Home
Park shall be landscaped and main-
tained with cultured sod on the entire
park except for areas used for streets,
sidewalks, patios, Mobile Home
Parking areas, or vehicle parking
areas.
Subd. 2. Lot Standards. All lots in the
Mobile Home Park are subject to the
following regulations.
a. Size, Single Lot. Each lot in a
Mobile Home Park intended as the
location for one singlewide unit shall
contain, not less than, 7500 sq. ft. of
unoccupied space and shall have a
minimum width of 60 ft. except corner
lots which shall have a minimum width
of 70 ft. and shall have a minimum
depth of 125 ft. measured from the curb
face to the rear lot line.
b. Size, Double Lot. Each Special
Width Lot in a Mobile Home Park in-
tended as the location for one
doublewidth unit shall contain not less
than 11,250 sq. ft. of unoccupied space
anu shall ha; "i .. y ti:..._ . width of 94r
ft. and a minimum depth of 125 ft.
Applicant may designate lots for
doublewidth units in the original plans
or may recombine single lots to achieve
the necessary width, to the satisfaction
of the Building Inspector. No
doublewide unit may be installed on
any but a special width lot.
c. Front Setback. Front setback of
the Mobile Home shall be no less than 30
ft. from curb face. On corner lots the
setback shall be observed on both
frontages.
d.Rear Setbacks. Rear setback of the
Mobile Home shall be not less than 20 ft.
from the rear lot line.
e. Side Yard. The side yard setback
shall be no less than 15 ft. from the lot
line.
f. Minimum Distance. There shall be
no less than 30 ft. between Mobile
Homes in all directions.
g. Area Occupied. No more than 25
percent of each lot may be occupied by
a dwelling or structure.
Subd. 3 Street Standards and Parking
Requirements.
a. Access to Public Thoroughfare
Required. All Mobile Home Parks
must have adequate and direct access
to a public thoroughfare. No access
roads will be permitted through
residential subdivisions.
b. Paving Required. All streets,
parking spaces, and overload parking
areas within the Park and any access
road to the Park shall be paved with
bituminous or concrete surfacing
material to 5 ton specifications or
specifications recommended by the
City Engineer and approved by the City
Council.
c. Street Access Required. Each lot
shall abut on and have access to a street
within the Mobile Home Park.
d. Minimum Street Width Required.
Each street in the Mobile Home Park
shall have a minimum of 40 ft. of width
and street layout and design shall
conform to the other provisions of the
subdivision street standards to the City
of Medina, adopted November, 1962.
e. Street Construction Required. All
streets shall have concrete curb and
gutters, where necessary, so as to
provide drainage away from any and
all Mobile Home lots and park
facilities.
f. Off -Street Parking Required and
Regulated. Two off-street parking
spaces providing a minimum of 440 sq.
ft. of parking area shall be provided for
each Mobile Home lot. No off-street
parking shall be closer than 5 ft. to the
Mobile Home nor closer than 5 ft. to any
int fine
g. Sidewalks Required. Sidewalks of
at least thirty-six (36) inches in width
and 4 inches in thickness shall be
constructed on both sides of all streets,
parallel with streets, and on the unit
side of the curb.
h. Guest Parking Required. Each
Mobile Home Park shall maintain a
paved, off-street parking lot for guests
of occupants in the amount of one space
for each two Mobile Home lots, and
located within 300 ft. of the lot to be
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served.
i. Overload Parking Required. Each
Mobile Home Park shall have not less
than 7500 sq. ft. of area for overload
parking and dead storage, for every 50
mobile home lots or major fraction
thereof. This area shall be completely
enclosed with a security fence and
screened from view by dense shrub-
bery.
Subd. 4. Additional Lot Regulations.
a. Concrete Patio Required. Each lot
shall have a concrete patio adjacent to
each home in addition to the off-street
parking area. Each patio shall be not
less than 300 sq. ft. and a minimum of 4
inches thick.
b. Adjoining Sidewalk Required.
Each patio shall be connected to the
front sidewalk by a concrete sidewalk
of a minimum of 24 inches in width and
3 inches in thickness.
c. Shade Tree Required. Each lot
shall have at least one shade tree with a
minimum trunk diameter of 2 - 22
inches at the time of planting and shall
be planted and permanently main-
tained on each Mobile Home Lot.
d. Anchors Required. Each Mobile
Home Lot shall be provided with an-
chors and tie -downs, such as cast in
place concrete foundations or runways,
screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or
other devices providing for stability of
the Mobile Home.
e. Anchor Locations. Anchors and
tie -downs shall be placed at each corner
of the Mobile Home site, and midway on
the longest sides of each Mobile Home
site, and each anchor or tie -down shall
be able to sustain a minimum tensile
strength of 2800 pounds.
f. Individual Site Preparation. Every
Mobile Home lot shall have a base of at
least 4 inches of compacted gravel or
aggregate on the site where the home is
to be parked, in addition to whatever
foundation structures are necessary to
secure the mobile home anchors and
tie -downs.
Subd. 5. Emergency Shelters.
a. Shelter Required. Every Mobile
Home Park shall provide one or more
tornado and wind storm emergency
shelters capable of seating comfortably
and collectively all of the occupants of
the park. Each shelter shall be con-
structed so as to be dry, well ventilated,
to have more than one exit, to be en-
tirely below ground level, and to be
capable of withstanding the impact of a
mobile home propelled by winds of
tornado force.
b. Storm Warning Device Required.
Every Mobile Home Park shall have a
warning device for providing tornado
or serious wind storm warning to its t
residents.
c. Emergency Electrical Generator
Required. Every Mobile Home Park
shall have an emergency electrical
power generator in case of power
failure to provide power for the storm
warning device, the inside and outside
lights of the emergency smelter, and
sufficient street lights for residents to
find their way to the shelter at night.
Subd. 6 Service Building and Service
Facilities. Each Mobile Home Park
shall have one or more service
buildings to provide space for the park
office, laundry facilities, sanitation
facilities, and indoor community
meeting and recreational space.
a. Manager's Office Required. Every
Mobile Home Park shall have a central
office for the Manager or Caretaker of
the Park.
b. Laundry Facilities Required.
Laundry facilities shall be provided at
the following ratio —one clothes washer
for every 8 lots, and one clothes dryer
for every 16 lots in the park, or section
thereof to be served by the laundry
building. The park shall also provide
space adjacent to the laundry for the
exterior drying of clothes.
c. Indoor Recreation Room Required.
In door recreational or community
meeting space shall be provided..at the
minimum ratio of 25 sq. ft. of space for
every lot in the Mobile Home Park, or
section thereof served by the building.
Space provided for such requirements
as emergency shelters, laundry
facilities, and other public service
facilities shall not be deemed to meet
the requirements of this section.
d. Central Kitchen. The Mobile
Home Park may provide a central
kitchen in the service building for use
by park residents for group gatherings.
e. Lavatory Facilities Required. The
Mobile Home Park shall provide
complete lavatory facilities for park
residents if the park is designed to
accommodate trailers without full
baths.
f. Service Building Parking
Required. In addition to the off-street
parking spaces required elsewhere in
this ordinance, there shall be provided
parking spaces for the service
building(s) in the following ratio:
(1) One parking space for every 200
sq. ft. of building space planned for use
by park residents, or
(2) One parking space for every 5 lots
in the park, located conveniently to
such service buildings, whichever
yields the greater number of spaces.
g. Setbacks Required. Setbacks from
internal streets for all service buildings
shall conform to the City's residential
setback requirements.
Subd. 7 Mobile Home Display Lots
Permitted; Sales Lots Prohibited. The
establishment of a commercial sales lot
for selling mobile homes is prohibited.
A mobile home display may be
established within the Mobile Home
Park by Special Use Permit at the time
the park is approved, or later by
recommendation of the Planning
Commission and approval of the City
Council, based upon the same criteria
as set forth in Section 4, Subd. 2 of this
Ordinance. Such approval shall
regulate the size, number and location
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1.1 display lots. No Mobile Home
iy may exceed one mobile home
►obile home lot. The display lots
_.,au be landscaped by an approved
design and maintained. No Mobile
Home Park shall have more than 6
display lots. The Special Use Permit for
establishing the display lots shall be an
annual contractual agreement which
shall expire on January 1st of each
succeeding year.
Subd. 8. Water Supply and Sewage
Disposal Systems.
a. Central Water System Required.
All Mobile Home Parks must have a
' central water system serviced either by
a municipal water system, or a central
deep well of adequate capacity as
approved by the City Engineer and the
Minnesota Department of Health.
b. Public Municipal Sanitary Sewer
Required. All Mobile Home Parks shall
have a sanitary sewer system con-
nected to either a public municipal
sewer system, or an appropriate public
regional sewer system. The design and
specifications of the sewer system shall
meet the approval of the City Engineer
and the Minnesota Department of
Health.
c. Underground Utilities Required.
All sewer and water system lines shall
be underground.
Subd. 9. Utilities, Fuel Supply,
Storage, and Lighting.
a. Underground Utilities Required.
All utility lines for electricity,
telephone, TV cable, gas or fuel oil
must be underground. There shall be no
overhead wires or supporting poles
except poles for street lights or other
lighting purposes.
b. Fuel Storage Regulated. All fuel
supply and storage systems shall be
installed and maintained in accordance
with applicable state codes and
regulations governing such systems.
c. General Illumination Required.
The Mobile Home Park shall provide
overhead lights to adequately
illuminate the streets and sidewalks of
the park and all service building
parking areas and entrances. Such
lighting will be shielded to prevent any
light to be directed at traffic, nearby
mobile homes, or neighboring
residential property in such brilliance
as to constitute a danger or a nuisance.
Subd. 10. Refuse, Receptacle
Required. The Mobile Home Park shall
provide at least one individual sunken
garbage receptacle for each lot, or
suitable receptacles at a central
collection point, no further than 200 ft.
from any unit, with suitable screening.
Section 7. CERTIFICATE OF OC-
CUPANCY REQUIRED.
Subd. 1. Certificate of Occupancy
Required for Mobile Home Park. No
Mobile Home shall be occupied for
residency in any Mobile Home Park in
the City of Medina until Certificates of
Occupancy have been issued as
follows:
a. Certificate of Occupancy Required
for Mobile Home Park. Upon com-
pletion of all construction and im-
provements required under all ap-
plicable ordinances, for the entire
Mobile Home Park or portion to be
completed in any one stage of con-
struction, such completion shall be
certified by the City Engineer and
approved by the Zoning Administrator
and the Building Inspector. Upon fin-
ding that said construction and im-
provements have been completed in
accordance with applicable ordinance
requirements and the Special Use
Permit issued, the City Council shall
approve the issuance of a Certificate of
Occupancy for the Mobile Home Park
by the Building Inspector.
Subd. 2. Certificate of Occupancy
Required for Mobile Homes. A Cer-
tificate of Occupancy for each in-
dividual mobile home shall be issued by
the Building Inspector upon his finding
that:
a. Placement Is Complete. The
Mobile Home Park operator has cer-
tified in writing that the mobile home is
installed in place and that the anchors
and tie -downs provided for the Mobile
Home are correctly installed;
b. Utilities Connected. All necessary
service and utility connections have
been properly installed and are in
operating condition;
c. Fit for Human Habitation. The
Mobile Home has been properly in-
stalled, is in good repair, is in a
sanitary condition, is structurally
sound, and is fit for human habitation.
Section 8. ANNUAL INSPECTION
FEES.
Subd. 1. The Mobile Home Park
owner shall pay an annual fee to the
City to cover the aggregate cost of such
inspections as may be required by this
ordinance.
a. Building Inspector. All Mobile
Home Parks shall be inspected quar-
terly by the City Building Inspector to
ascertain that all provisions of this
ordinance, all other applicable City
ordinances, and the provisions of any
Special Use Permit are being observed.
The fee for such quarterly inspections
shall be $200.00 per year.
b. Fire Marshall. All Mobile Home
Parks shall be inspected no less than
annually, and more frequently if
deemed necessary, by the Medina Fire
Marshall, to ascertain that no fire
hazards are present, to ascertain that
fire hydrants and fire extinguishing
equipment are in working order, and to
ascertain that all provisions of this
ordinance and other applicable codes
and ordinances pertaining to fire
protection and prevention are being
observed. The fee for such inspection
shall be $30.00 per inspection.
c. Water System Inspection. All
Mobile Home Parks shall have the
Water System inspected once a month
by a designated City Inspector, to in-
sure that all hydrants and other water
facilities are in proper working order.
The fee for such inspections shall be
$240.00 per year.
Subd. 2. All fees hereunder are due
and payable in advance on January 1st
of each year following the issuance of a
Certificate of Occupancy for the Mobile
Home Park as provided in Section 7 of
this ordinance.
SECTION 9. OPERATION
REQUIREMENTS.
Subd. 1. General Operation and
Maintenance.
a. Manager. Every Mobile Home
Park shall have an adult manager or
caretaker on duty in or about the
Mobile Home Park at all times, to keep
the park, its facilities, and equipment in
a clean, orderly and sanitary condition,
and to be available in case of
emergencies. The manager or
caretaker shall be answerable with said
owner for the violations of any
provisions of this ordinance.
b. Office. Each Mobile Home Park
shall maintain a central office for the
use of the owner or manager, distinctly
marked OFFICE and such marking
shall be illuminated during all hours of
darkness.
c. Map. A map of the Mobile Home
Park, with all lots clearly numbered,
shall be displayed at the Mobile Home
Park office. The lots themselves shall
also be numbered in a manner visible
from the frontage street. The Mobile
Home Park shall be open at reasonable
times to the visiting public, and
directory shall be readily available to
visitors.
d. Lighting. The Mobile Home Park
grounds shall be lighted as approved by
the City during all hours of darkness.
e. Public Address Prohibited. No
public address or loud speaker system
shall be permitted.
f. Rules. Each Mobile Home Park
shall adopt a set of rules and
regulations for orderly operation of the
Park in conformance with this or-
dinance, and these rules shall be
clearly posted in the park office and
made available to the residents of the
park.
g. Pets. No domestic animals or
house pets of park occupants shall be
allowed to run at large, or commit any
nuisances within the limits of the Park.
h. Clothes Drying. No exterior clothes
drying shall be permitted upon any lot
or any other area of the Mobile Home
Park except in an area specifically
provided.
i. Transient Occupancy. The use of
any lot or other area within a Mobile
Home Park for tent sites, camper
trailers, pickup campers, or any other
transient occupancy use is prohibited.
Subd. 2. Lot Regulations.
a. Placement Restricted. No more
than one Mobile Home shall be parked
upon any lot.
b. Occupancy Regulated. No Mobile
Home may be inhabited by a greater
number of occupants than that for
which it was designed.
c. Skirts Required, The base of all
Mobile Homes shall be enclosed with
skirting, such skirting to be installed
within 10 days from the date of in-
stallation of the unit. Such enclosure
must be accessible for inspection and
no obstruction shall be permitted that
impedes the inspection of the Mobile
Home, plumbing, electrical facilities,
and related equipment. No storage
shall be permitted beneath the mobile
home.
d. Use Restrictions. All Mobile Home
Lots shall be used for residential
purposes only, or for the display and
sale of mobile homes for residential
purposes for said park, pursuant to a
Special Use Permit as provided in
Section 6, Subd. 7 hereof.
Subd. 3. Lot Display Regulations. No
Mobile Home owner nor prospective
mobile homeowner shall be required to
purchase a mobile home from the
owner or operator of the Mobile Home
Park in which said owner desires to
locate, or from someone designated by
said owner of the Mobile Home Park.
This provision, however, shall not
prevent the owner of the Mobile Home
Park from establishing certain
minimal standards and conditions of
quality and design as to mobile homes
permitted in a Mobile Home Park
owned by him.
Subd. 4. Street Maintenance and
Regulations.
a. Snow Removal. The Mobile Home
Park operator shall remove snow from
all streets, guest parking areas and
sidewalk areas within the park after
each snowfall, and these areas shall be
kept sanded and -or free of ice and snow.
b. Maintenance and Repair. All
streets within the park shall be kept in
good repair, and kept clean and free of
litter.
c. Speed Limit. A speed limit of 15
m.p.h. shall be maintained within the
park limits and signs shall be posted
accordingly. The operator may use
raised bumps or ridges across the road
surfaces to assure compliance with the
posted limits.
Subd. 5. Storage and Parking.
a. On Site Parking Restricted. No
more than two vehicles may be parked
on any mobile home lot.
b. On Site Storage Prohibited. All
boats, boat trailers, hauling trailers,
and all other equipment not stored
within the mobile home nor the utility
enclosure that may have been provided
shall be stored in the overload parking
area, and not upon the lots occupied by
the mobile homes, nor upon the streets
within the Mobile Home Park, nor upon
any other City streets.
Subd. 6. Registration Required. It
shall be the duty of the owner or
manager of the Mobile Home Park to
maintain a register containing a record
of all mobile home owners and oc-
cupants residing within the park. The
register shall contain the following
information:
(1) Name and address of each Mobile
Home occupant.
(2) Name and address of the owner of
each Mobile Home motor vehicle by
which it is towed.
(3) The make, model, year, and
license number or serial number of
each mobile home or motor vehicle.
(4) The date of arrival and departure
of each mobile home.
b. Records Required. The Mobile
Home Park management shall keep the
register available for inspection at all
times by law enforcement officers,
public health officials, and other of-
ificials whose duty necessitates
acquisition of the information con-
tained in the register. The register
record for each registered occupant
shall not be destroyed for a period of
three years following the date of
departure of the occupant from the
park.
c. Registration of Mobile Homes
Required. All mobile homes occupied
or stored or displayed in the Mobile
Home Park shall be registered with the
Motor Vehicle Division, State of Min-
nesota, and shall display license plates
IF for the current year.
Subd. 7. Fire and Police Protection.
a. Fire Alarm System Required.
Every mobile home occupied in a
Mobile Home Park shall have a UL
approved automatic fire alarm system
installed and in operating condition.
b. Fire Extinguisher Required.
Every mobile home occupied in a
Mobile Home Park shall be equipped
with a fire extinguisher in usable
condition and approved by the Medina
Fire Marshall. The occupant of the
mobile home shall be responsible for
providing such extinguisher for his
mobile home.
c. Fire Extinguisher Required in
Servince Buildings. Portable fire ex-
tinguishers rated for classes B and C
fires, with a capacity of 10 pounds dry
powder, shall be kept visible in service
buildings and at other locations as
approved or required by the Medina
Fire Marshall, for convenient access by
all of the occupants of the Mobile Home
Park. Such fire extinguishers shall be
maintained in good operating condition.
d. Open Burning Prohibited. No fire
shall be kindled or maintained except in
a stove, fireplace, barbecue pit, in-
cinerator, or other equipment intended
for such purpose. No such fire shall be
left unattended. No fuel shall be used
and no material burned which emits
dense smoke or objectionable odors.
Open burning is prohibited.
e. Storage of Flammable Liquids
Prohibited. Storage of flammable
liquids or materials or gases within or
under a mobile home is expressly
forbidden.
f. Litter and Rubbish Storage
Prohibited. All areas of the Mobile
Home Park shall be kept free of litter,
rubbish, and other flammable
material.
g. Open to Police, Fire and
Emergency Vehicles. The Mobile Home
Park shall be open to fire, police and
other emergency vehicles and per-
sonnel at all times, and the City Police
Department and area Fire Depart-
ments shall be provided with a current
directory showing the names and lot
numbers of the occupants.
Subd. 8. Storage Protection.
a. Storm Warning Device Required.
The storm warning device required for
the Mobile Home Park shall be kept in
good operating condition and tested
once a week at a designated time in a
manner approved by the City.
b. Weather Alerts Required. The
Mobile Home Park manager shall be
responsible for obtaining weather
warning information from the ap-
propriate media, and for alerting
residents to the hazards of a storm via
the warning device when any storm
with damaging winds is imminent.
c. Emergency Shelter Maintained.
The emergency shelter area or building
shall be kept open 24 hours a day.
Entrances shall be illuminated during
all hours of darkness. The manager
shall keep the shelter area clean and
sanitary, and stocked with emergency
supplies and first aid equipment.
d. Generator Required. The
emergency electrical power generator
shall be tested once a week at the same
time as the storm warning device, to
assure good working order.
Subd. 9. Refuse Handling.
a. Management Responsible. The
Mobile Home Park shall provide for the
collection and disposal of all refuse and
garbage generated within the Mobile
Home Park. The park may contract
with private garbage haulers or
provide the service itself. All refuse
handling must adhere to the following
standards:
(1) Nuisance Prohibited. The
storage, collection, and disposal of
refuse in the Mobile Home Park shall
be so conducted so as to create no
health hazards, rodent harborage,
insect breeding, accident or fire
hazards, or air pollution.
(2) Garbage Collection Required.
Garbage and refuse shall be collected
and disposed of as frequently as may be
necessary to insure that garbage
receptacles shall not overflow.
Subd. 10. Sewer and Water.
a. Maintenance Required. All sewer
and water systems within the Mobile
Home Park shall be kept in good
operating condition in conformance
with regulations of the Minnesota
Department of Health, and the City of
Medina. Any maintenance of water and
sewer systems within the Park shall be
at the owner's expense, but shall be
under the supervision of an official
designated by the City, who shall have
authority to initiate necessary repairs.
b. Water Pressure Maintained. If the
City deems it necessary, auxilliary
pumps to boost water pressure shall be
installed at the expense of the park
owner to maintain needed pressure for
fire protection.
c. Service Charges. For sewer ser-
vice, and water service when available,
the City will charge the service rates
established in the appropriate district.
All charges will be computed on a per
unit basis, and charged to the Mobile
Home Park.
Section 10. ADMINISTRATION.
Subd. 1. Enforcement by the Building
Inspector. Except as otherwise
provided herein, this ordinance shall be
administered and enforced by the
Building Inspector, who is hereby
designated as enforcing officer. The
Building Inspector may institute in the
name of the City of Medina any ap-
propriate actions or proceedings
against a violator as provided by law.
Subd. 2. License Required. Before
any person shall operate and maintain
a Mobile Home Park in the City of
Medina, said person shall first obtain a
license to do so as hereinafter provided.
An application for a license shall be
filed with the City Clerk on forms
furnished by the municipality. The fee
for each license shall be $150.00 per
year. The Clerk shall submit said
license application to the City Council
for its approval. Licenses shall expire
on January 1st following the date of
issuance unless sooner revoked or
forfeited.
Subd. 3. License Standards. The City
Council shall have the power to deny or
revoke the Mobile Home Park license of
any person who fails to conform to the
requirements of this ordinance or df
any other municipal or state law that is
applicable.
Subd. 4. Variance. The City Council
shall have the right to vary or modify
the strict application of any of the
regulations or provisions contained in
this ordinance in cases in which the
strict application thereof would create
unnecessary hardship to the owner of
the property, provided that all of the
following conditions have been met:
a. Uniqueness. The conditions upon
which the application for a variance is
based are unique to the parcel of land
for which the variance is sought, and
are not generally applicable to other
property within the same zoning
classification.
b. Injury to Surrounding Land. The
granting of the variance will not be
detrimental to the public welfare or
injurious to other land or im-
provements in the neighborhood in
which the parcel of land is located, nor
be injurious to any occupant of the
Mobile Home Park.
c. Conditions and Restrictions. 'lne
City Council may impose such con-
ditions and restrictions on the granting
of a variance so as to insure compliance
with both the letter and the intent of this
ordinance and so as to insure the
protection of affected properties.
Section 11. EXISTING MOBILE HOME
PARKS.
Mobile Home Parks in existence, or
for which Special Use Permits have
already been issued as of the effective
date of this ordinance, may continue to
operate for a period not to exceed three
(3) years from the effective date of this
ordinance, at which time all of the
provisions contained herein shall be
met, except lot size and border setback
requirements, which may be permitted
as a variance in the event that com-
pliance would work an undue hardship
upon the owner thereof.
Section 12. PENALTY.
Any person who shall violate any
provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed $300.00 or by im-
prisonment not to exceed 90 days or
both.
Section 13. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this ordinance
shall be declared void or of no effect,
for any reason whatsoever, such
decision shall not affect the validity of
any other provision of this ordinance.
Section 14. OTHER ORDINANCES.
It is the intention of the City Council
and it is declared to be the purpose of
this ordinance that if any provision of
this ordinance conflicts with the
provisions of any other ordinance, then
the provision of the ordinance which
provides the greater restriction shall be
in force and effect.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be
effective upon adoption and
publication. Adopted this 16th day of
March, 1976.
Wayne Neddermeyer, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donna Roehl, Clerk
Published in the Crow River News
MAY 12, 1976