No person, firm or corporation shall establish, maintain, conduct or operate a manufactured home park or recreational camping area within this state without first obtaining an annual license from the state Department of Health. Any person wishing to obtain a license shall submit an application, pay the required fee specified in this section, and receive approval for operation, including plan review approval. Application shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall require the applicant to state the full name and address of the owner of the manufactured home park or recreational camping area, the name under which the business is to be conducted, and any other information as may be required by the commissioner to complete the application for license. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate either a manufactured home park or a recreational camping area on the same site in connection with the other, need only obtain one license. The license shall state the number of manufactured home sites and recreational camping sites allowed according to state commissioner of health approval. The number of licensed sites shall not be increased unless the plans for expansion are submitted and the expansion is approved by the Department of Health. The license shall be conspicuously displayed in the office of the manufactured home park or camping area. The license is not transferable to another person or place.
Initial and renewal licenses for all manufactured home parks and recreational camping areas shall be issued annually and shall have an expiration date included on the license. Any person who operates a manufactured home park or recreational camping area after the expiration date of a license or without having submitted an application and paid the fee shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this chapter and shall be subject to enforcement action, as provided in the Health Enforcement Consolidation Act, sections 144.989 to 144.993. In addition, a penalty of $120 shall be added to the total of the license fee for any manufactured home park or recreational camping area operating without a license for a period of up to 30 days. A late fee of $360 shall be added to the license fee for any manufactured home park or recreational camping area operating more than 30 days without a license.
In addition to the base fee, manufactured home parks and recreational camping areas shall pay $5 for each licensed site. This paragraph does not apply to special event recreational camping areas. Operators of a manufactured home park or a recreational camping area also licensed under section 157.16 for the same location shall pay only one base fee, whichever is the highest of the base fees found in this section or section 157.16.
Minn. Stat. § 327.15
1951 c 428 s 2; 1965 c 668 s 4; 1969 c 427 s 9; 1974 c 471 s 18; 1975 c 310 s 33; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1981 c 365 s 9; 2009 c 79 art 10s 40; 2009 c 109s 14; 1Sp2010 c 1 art 21 s 3