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evidence. Written documentation of the findings and reasons why an interior inspection was not conducted must be <br />made and retained under section 469.175, subdivision 3, clause (1). Failure of a building to be disqualified under the <br />provisions of this paragraph is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition to determining that the building is <br />substandard. <br />A parcel is deemed to be occupied by a structurally substandard building for purposes of the finding under paragraph <br />(a) or by the improvements described in paragraph (e) if all of the following conditions are met: <br />(1) the parcel was occupied by a substandard building or met the requirements of paragraph (e), as the case may be, <br />within three years of the filing of the request for certification of the parcel as part of the district with the county auditor; <br />(2) the substandard building or the improvements described in paragraph (e) were demolished or removed by the <br />authority or the demolition or removal was financed by the authority or was done by a developer under a <br />development agreement with the authority; <br />(3) the authority found by resolution before the demolition or removal that the parcel was occupied by a structurally <br />substandard building or met the requirements of paragraph (e) and that after demolition and clearance the authority <br />intended to include the parcel within a district; and <br />(4) upon filing the request for certification of the tax capacity of the parcel as part of a district, the authority notifies the <br />county auditor that the original tax capacity of the parcel must be adjusted as provided by section 469.177, <br />subdivision 1, paragraph (f). <br />For purposes of this subdivision, a parcel is not occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, <br />or other similar structures unless 15 percent of the area of the parcel contains buildings, streets, utilities, paved or <br />gravel parking lots, or other similar structures. <br />For districts consisting of two or more noncontiguous areas, each area must qualify as a redevelopment district under <br />paragraph (a) to be included in the district, and the entire area of the district must satisfy paragraph (a). <br />The term of a Redevelopment District is 25 years after receipt of first increment. <br />MN Statute 469.174 Subd. 10a. Definition of a Renewal and Renovation District. <br />"Renewal and renovation district" means a type of tax increment financing district consisting of a project, or portions <br />of a project, within which the authority finds by resolution that: <br />(1)(i) parcels consisting of 70 percent of the area of the district are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or <br />gravel parking lots, or other similar structures; (ii) 20 percent of the buildings are structurally substandard; and (iii) 30 <br />percent of the other buildings require substantial renovation or clearance to remove existing conditions such as: <br />inadequate street layout, incompatible uses or land use relationships, overcrowding of buildings on the land,