{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-17-123","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 12-17,123","heading":"Same; application for designation as downtown redevelopment area; approval or denial by secretary of commerce, criteria.","body":"(a) The governing body of a city or of an unincorporated area of a county proposing to establish a downtown redevelopment area shall make a written application to the secretary of the department of commerce for the designation of a downtown redevelopment area. Applications shall be made in a format approved by the secretary.\n(b) After a review of the application and after an examination of the facts alleged, the secretary may approve the application based upon one or more of the following criteria:\n(1) The city or unincorporated area of a county in which the redevelopment area is proposed has a population of less than 50,000 or the proposed redevelopment area qualifies as a distressed community;\n(2) the proposed redevelopment area is located in a well-defined, core commercial district of the city or the unincorporated area of the county;\n(3) if the structures located within the proposed redevelopment area have a vacancy rate that exceeds 15%; or\n(4) the average appraised valuation of the properties located within the proposed redevelopment area has not increased by more than 15% in the past 10 years.\n(c) In the event the secretary denies an application to designate a downtown redevelopment area, the secretary shall, within 90 days of the denial, issue a written statement of the controlling facts relied upon to the governing body of the city or of the unincorporated area of the county that requested the designation.","path":["Chapter 12.—CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES","Article 17.—BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND GROUNDS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch12/012_017_0123.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:19Z","sha256":"6a0dadbe4089f313b7290eaa41a4c3f4168d29bfd3e8029ee2a6f0efc1178644","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-17-122","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-17-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}