1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; specifying manufactured 
  1.3             home parks as a permitted use in certain 
  1.4             circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             sections 394.25, by adding a subdivision; and 462.357, 
  1.6             by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law 
  1.7             in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 366. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [366.152] [PERMITTED USES.] 
  1.10     A manufactured home park, as defined in section 327.14, 
  1.11  subdivision 3, is a permitted use in a zoning district that 
  1.12  permits, as a conditional or permitted use, the construction or 
  1.13  placement of a building used or intended to be used by two or 
  1.14  more families.  A town board must not limit the density of a 
  1.15  manufactured home park permitted under this section to fewer 
  1.16  than eight manufactured homes per acre. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 394.25, is 
  1.18  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.19     Subd. 3b.  [PERMITTED USES.] A manufactured home park, as 
  1.20  defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3, is a permitted use in 
  1.21  a zoning district that permits, as a conditional or permitted 
  1.22  use, the construction or placement of a building used or 
  1.23  intended to be used by two or more families.  A county must not 
  1.24  limit the density of a manufactured home park permitted under 
  1.25  this subdivision to fewer than eight manufactured homes per acre.
  1.26     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462.357, is 
  2.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 1b.  [PERMITTED USES.] A manufactured home park, as 
  2.3   defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3, is a permitted use in 
  2.4   a zoning district that permits, as a conditional or permitted 
  2.5   use, the construction or placement of a building used or 
  2.6   intended to be used by two or more families.  A city must not 
  2.7   limit the density of a manufactured home park permitted under 
  2.8   this subdivision to fewer than eight manufactured homes per acre.