Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-17,179

• City: means any city in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 12-1795
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• District: means a self-supported municipal improvement district which may be created and the property taxed in accordance with this act and which is:

  (1) Comprised of contiguous property wholly within the boundaries of the central business district of the city as such boundaries are determined by resolution adopted by the governing body of the city and none of which property is zoned for any use other than commercial or industrial;

  (2) comprised, at a minimum, of an area equivalent to four square blocks excluding any public streets and rights-of-way; and

  (3) given a descriptive name containing the words "self-supported municipal improvement district. See Kansas Statutes 12-1795

• Eligible area: means a blighted area, conservation area, enterprise zone, intermodal transportation area, major tourism area or a major commercial entertainment and tourism area, bioscience development area or a building or buildings which are 65 years of age or older and any contiguous vacant or condemned lots. See Kansas Statutes 12-1770a
• Redevelopment district: means the specific area declared to be an eligible area in which the city may develop one or more redevelopment projects. See Kansas Statutes 12-1770a