1999 Minnesota Statutes

     116J.562 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope of application.  For purposes of 
 sections 116J.561 to 116J.565, the terms in subdivisions 2 to 5 
 have the meanings given. 

    Subd. 2.    Redevelopment costs or costs.  
 "Redevelopment costs" or "costs" means the costs of land 
 acquisition, stabilizing unstable soils when infill is required, 
 demolition, infrastructure improvement, and ponding, or other 
 environmental infrastructure. 

    Subd. 3.    Development authority.  "Development 
 authority" includes a statutory or home rule charter city, 
 county, housing and redevelopment authority, economic 
 development authority, and port authority. 

    Subd. 4.    Metropolitan area.  "Metropolitan area" 
 means the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 
 473.121, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 5.    Municipality.  "Municipality" means the 
 statutory or home rule charter city, town, or, in the case of 
 unorganized territory, county in which the redevelopment is 
 located. 

    Subd. 6.    Public benefits.  "Public benefits" include 
 job creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, 
 efficient use of public transportation, efficient use of 
 existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing, 
 multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding 
 rather than single-use development, crime reduction, blight 
 reduction, community stabilization, and property tax base 
 maintenance or improvement. 

    HIST: 1998 c 404 s 42; 1999 c 203 s 5