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 m
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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 boundaries of a redevelopment area created after July 1, 2017, and of each area of land added to a redevelopment area by an amendment adopted pursuant to NRS 279.608 after July 1, 2017, must:
(a) Follow visible ground features or extensions of visible ground features, except where the boundary coincides with the official boundary of the State or a county or city; and
(b) Except to the extent of physical or political boundaries, be regular in shape.
6. A redevelopment area must include all taxable property within the area except for property which is taxable pursuant to NRS 361.157 or which must be excluded pursuant to subsection 7.
7. 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.
8. As used in this section:
(a) “Improved land” means:
(1) Land that contains structures which:
(I) Are used for residential, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes; and
(II) Have been connected to water facilities, sewer facilities or roads, or any combination thereof;
(2) Any areas related to the structures described in subparagraph (1), including, without limitation, landscaping areas, parking areas, parks and streets; and
(3) If the subject of the redevelopment is an eligible railroad or facilities related to an eligible railroad:
(I) Land on which the eligible railroad is located; and
(II) 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.
(b) “Visible ground feature” includes, without limitation, a street, road, highway, river, stream, shoreline, drainage ditch, railroad right-of-way or any other physical feature which is clearly visible from the ground.