NRS279.519. Areas acceptable for designation as redevelopment areas; percentage of redevelopment area required to be improved land; limitation on inclusion of taxable property in area in subsequently created redevelopment area.

      1.  A redevelopment area need not be restricted to buildings, improvements or lands which are detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety or welfare, but may consist of an area in which such conditions predominate and injuriously affect the entire area. A redevelopment area may include, in addition to blighted areas, lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, but whose inclusion is found necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part.

      2.  At least 75 percent of the area included within a redevelopment area must be improved land and may include, without limitation:

      (a) Public land upon which public buildings have been erected or improvements have been constructed.

      (b) Land on which an abandoned mine, landfill or other similar use is located and which is surrounded by or directly abuts the improved land.

      3.  The area included within a redevelopment area may be contiguous or noncontiguous.

      4.  If the subject of the redevelopment is an eligible railroad or facilities related to an eligible railroad, the area included within a redevelopment area may consist of contiguous or noncontiguous vacant land that:

      (a) Is located near the eligible railroad; and

      (b) May accommodate commercial or industrial facilities that may use the eligible railroad.

      5.  The taxable property in a redevelopment area must not be included in any subsequently created redevelopment area until at least 50 years after the effective date of creation of the first redevelopment area in which the property was included.

      6.  As used in this section, “improved land” means:

      (a) Land that contains structures which:

             (1) Are used for residential, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes; and

             (2) Have been connected to water facilities, sewer facilities or roads, or any combination thereof;

      (b) Any areas related to the structures described in paragraph (a), including, without limitation, landscaping areas, parking areas, parks and streets; and

      (c) If the subject of the redevelopment is an eligible railroad or facilities related to an eligible railroad:

             (1) Land on which the eligible railroad is located; and

             (2) Any areas related to the eligible railroad, including, without limitation, land on which is located railroad tracks, a railroad right-of-way or a facility related to the eligible railroad.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 2067; A 1987, 1683; 1999, 1090; 2005, 2216)