65.493 Development areas for tax increment financing -- Qualifications. (1) A county containing a city of the first class or a city of the first class may establish a development area for the purpose of creating a pilot program to utilize tax increment financing or a grant program based upon the increment in state tax revenues for the redevelopment and revitalization of these development areas within their communities. (2) A development area in a county containing a city of the first class shall be located within ten (10) miles of the central business district of the largest city within the county and shall be within one (1) mile of one (1) or more economic development assets having employers, with at least one thousand (1,000) employees, who will leverage and promote investment in the zone. (3) A development area in a county containing a city of the first class shall have adequate roads, sewers, water, rail service, and an interstate highway interchange directly available. (4) At least fifty percent (50%) of a development area in a county containing a city of the first class, excluding roads, utility easements, and other infrastructure-related improvements, shall be composed of land that is a brownfield site or other land compatible for industrial or commercial uses to permit and facilitate redevelopment and reuse of land in the development area compatible with the adjacent economic development assets. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 326, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000.