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Zoning Bulletin March 25, 2018 I Volume 12 I Issue 6 <br />the appellate court concluded that, "[f]or the same reasons that federal <br />law does not expressly preempt the [C]ity from enforcing its zoning <br />and property maintenance codes within Rambush Estates, the MHBC <br />does not expressly preempt the [C]ity's zoning and property mainte- <br />nance codes from being enforced within Rambush Estates." Moreover, <br />the appellate court found that a provision in the code -compliance sec- <br />tion of the MHBC expressly authorized local code enforcement that is <br />outside the context of construction and safety. Specifically, that provi- <br />sion provides: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to inhibit the <br />application of zoning, subdivision, architectural, or [a]esthetic require- <br />ments . . . ." )(See Minn. Stat. § 327.32, subd. 5.) <br />The appellate court further found that, contrary to the district court's <br />holding, Minnesota statutes did not field preempt the City's zoning <br />code enforcement in manufactured home parks. Rather, noted the ap- <br />pellate court, Minnesota statutes explicitly protect city authority within <br />manufactured home parks: Minn. Stat. § 327.32, subd. 5, specifies that <br />a city is permitted to apply "zoning, subdivision, architectural, or [a]es- <br />thetic requirements" within a manufactured home park, and Minn. Stat. <br />§ 327.26, subd. 2 (2016), explicitly permits cities to enforce ordinances <br />relating to the safety and protection of people within a manufactured <br />home park. Thus, the court concluded that since state law explicitly <br />authorizes municipalities to regulate within manufactured home parks, <br />state law has not fully occupied the field of manufactured -home -park <br />regulation, and the district court erred in holding the contrary and <br />concluding that the City could not enforce its zoning and property <br />maintenance codes within Rambush Estates. <br />Case Note: <br />Eich had also brought as -applied due -process claims. However, the court <br />found that those claims were "moot with respect to injunctive relief." <br />Zoning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />CALIFORNIA <br />In an effort to meet the "current housing crisis," California State <br />Senator Scott Wiener has introduced the Transit Zoning Bill, SB 827. <br />The bill "would allow new housing near major transit hubs to be built <br />up to eight stories tall, overriding local zoning restrictions." The bill <br />would "set statewide standards for height, density and eliminate any <br />© 2018 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />