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02/13/06 REVISOR JSK/CG 06-5594 10.1 Subd. 2. Abandoned. "Abandoned"means that at least 75 percent of a building's 10.2 area has been substantially unoccupied for at least one year prior to the date of inclusion 10.3 in a blighted area. 10.4 Subd. 3. Blighted area. "Blighted area" is an area where the condemning authority 10.5 finds that the conditions provided in clauses(a), (b), and(c) exist: 10.6 (a)the land is or has been in urban use; 10.7 (b) at least one of the following conditions exist: 10.8 (1) 50 percent or more of the buildings in the area are structurally substandard 10.9 or abandoned or a combination thereof; 10.10 (2)30 percent or more of the parcels in the area constitute an environmentally 10.11 contaminated area; or 10.12 (3) (i)20 percent or more of the buildings in the area are structurally substandard 10.13 or abandoned or a combination thereof, and(ii)an additional 30 percent or more of the 10.14 buildings in the area are obsolete as evidenced by lack of investment based on limited 10.15 building permits for repair or improvements in the previous five years; and 10.16 (c)at least one of the following conditions is present: 10.17 (1) diversity of ownership or defective or unusual conditions of title prevent the i0.1s free alienability of land within the area; 10.19 (2) there is inadequate infrastructure in the area; 10.20 (3) the crime rate in the area is higher than in the remainder of the county or 10.21 municipality; 10.22 (4)30 percent of the tax parcels have had delinquent taxes or special assessments for 10.23 a period of two years or more prior to inclusion in the area; or 10.24 (5)negative market conditions exist in the area. 10.25 Subd. 4. Environmentally contaminated area. "Environmentally contaminated 10.26 area" means: 10.27 (1) any parcel that would be eligible for contamination cleanup grants from: (i)the 10.28 Department of Employment and Economic Development's contamination cleanup grant 10.29 account under section 1161552 subdivision 3 or 116J.554,subdivision 2, clause (2); or 10.30 (ii)the Metropolitan Council's tax base revitalization account under section 473.252;or 10.31 (2) an area that qualifies as a soils condition district under section 469.174, 10.32 subdivision 19. 10.33 Subd. 5. Inadequate infrastructure. "Inadequate infrastructure"means any 10.34 publicly owned physical infrastructure including sanitary sewer systems,water systems, 10.35 streets wastewater treatment and pretreatment systems storm water management systems, 10.36 natural gas systems and electric utility systems which are inadequate to serve either Sec. 14. 10