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(1) the parcel was occupied by a substandard building or met the requirements of paragraph (e), as the case may be, within three years of the filing of the request for certification of the parcel as part of the district with the county auditor; (2) the substandard building or the improvements described in paragraph (e) were demolished or removed by the authority or the demolition or removal was financed by the authority or was done by a developer under a development agreement with the authority; (3) the authority found by resolution before the demolition or removal that the parcel was occupied by a structurally substandard building or met the requirement ofparagraph (e) and that after demolition and clearance the authority intended to include the parcel within a district; and (4) upon filing the request for certification of the tax capacity of the parcel as part ofa district, the authority notifies the county auditor that the original tax capacity of the parcel must be adjusted as provided by,¢ 469.177, subdivision 1, paragraph (f,). (e,) For purposes of this subdivision, a parcel is not occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots or other similar structures unless 15 percent of the area of the parcel contains buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots or other similar structures. (i7 For districts consisting of two or more noncontiguous areas, each area must qualify as a redevelopment district under paragraph (a) to he included in the district, and the entire area of the district must satisfy paragraph (a). In meeting the statutory criteria the City relies on the following facts and findings: • The District is a redevelopment district consisting of one parcel. • An inventory shows that parcels consisting of more than 70 percent of the area in the District are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots or other similar structures. • An inspection of the buildings located within the District finds that more than 50 percent of the buildings are structurally substandard as defined in the TIF Act. (See Appendix F). Pursuant to MS., Section 469.176, Subd. 7, the District does not contain any parcel or part of a parcel that qualified under the provisions of M.S., Sections 273.111 or 273.112 or Chapter 473Hfor taxes payable in any of the five calendar years before the filing of the request for certification of the District. (AS MODIFIED APRIL 10, 2013) Section (b) in the original plan, and listed above, is modified with the new language effective for certification requests made after June 30, 2008 to read as follows: (b) For purposes of determining whether a building is structurally substandard, whether parcels are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures, or whether noncontiguous areas qualify, the provisions of subdivision 10, paragraphs (b) through (n apply. The City, in determining the need to modify the boundaries of a tax increment financing district in accordance with M.S., Sections 469.174 to 469.1799, as amended, inclusive, find that the modified area to be included in the District, meet the qualifications ofa redevelopment district pursuant to M.S., City of Little Canada Tax Increment Financing Plan for Tax 'nerement Financing District No. 6 -1 2 -4