Sec. 14. (a) Whenever a commission determines that the redevelopment and economic development of an area situated within the commission’s jurisdiction may require the establishment of a district, the commission shall cause to be assembled data sufficient to make the determinations required under section 15 of this chapter, including the following:

(1) Maps and plats showing the boundaries of the proposed district.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-26-14

  • commission: refers to a redevelopment commission established under IC 36-7-14. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-6
  • district: refers to an economic development project district established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-8
  • fund: refers to the sales tax increment financing fund established in section 23 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-9
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) A complete list of street names and the range of street numbers of each street situated in the proposed district.

(3) A plan for the redevelopment and economic development of the proposed district. The plan must describe the local public improvements necessary or appropriate for the redevelopment or economic development.

     (b) For a city described in section 1(2) or 1(3) of this chapter, the proposed district must contain a commercial retail facility with at least five hundred thousand (500,000) square feet, and any distributions from the fund must be used in the area described in subsection (a) or in areas that directly benefit the area described in subsection (a).

     (c) For a city described in section 1(4) of this chapter, the proposed district may not contain any territory outside the boundaries of a redevelopment project area established within the central business district of the city before 1985.

As added by P.L.35-1990, SEC.63. Amended by P.L.185-2001, SEC.7 and P.L.291-2001, SEC.201; P.L.185-2005, SEC.51.

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