1998 Minnesota Statutes

     469.202 Designation of targeted neighborhoods. 

    Subdivision 1.    City authority.  A city may by 
 resolution designate targeted neighborhoods within its borders 
 after adopting detailed findings that the designated 
 neighborhoods meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2 
 or 3. 

    Subd. 2.    Eligibility requirements for targeted 
 neighborhoods.  An area within a city is eligible for 
 designation as a targeted neighborhood if the area meets two of 
 the following three criteria: 

    (a) The area had an unemployment rate that was twice the 
 unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard 
 metropolitan statistical area as determined by the 1980 federal 
 decennial census. 

    (b) The median household income in the area was no more 
 than half the median household income for the Minneapolis and 
 Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined 
 by the 1980 federal decennial census. 

    (c) The area is characterized by residential dwelling units 
 in need of substantial rehabilitation.  An area qualifies under 
 this paragraph if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling 
 units are in substandard condition as determined by the city, or 
 if 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units in the 
 area were built before 1940 as determined by the 1980 federal 
 decennial census. 

    Subd. 3.    Additional area eligible for inclusion in 
 targeted neighborhood.  (a) A city may add to the area 
 designated as a targeted neighborhood under subdivision 2 
 additional area extending up to four contiguous city blocks in 
 all directions from the designated targeted neighborhood.  For 
 the purpose of this subdivision, "city block" has the meaning 
 determined by the city; or 

    (b) The city may enlarge the targeted neighborhood to 
 include portions of a census tract that is contiguous to a 
 targeted neighborhood, provided that the city council first 
 determines the additional area satisfies two of the three 
 criteria in subdivision 2.  

    HIST: 1989 c 328 art 6 s 13