12-1795. Self-supported municipal improvement district; definitions.
12-1795
12-1795. Self-supported municipal improvement district; definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) "City" means any city in Kansas.
(b) "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".
(c) "Improvement" means the principal structures, works, component parts
and accessories of any of the following:
(1) Sanitary and storm sewers and lift stations.
(2) Drainage conduits, channels and levees.
(3) Street grading, paving, graveling, macadamizing, curbing, guttering and surfacing.
(4) Street lighting fixtures, connections and facilities.
(5) Underground gas, water, heating, and electrical services
and connections
located within the public right-of-way.
(6) Sidewalks and pedestrian underpasses or overpasses.
(7) Drives and driveway approaches located within the public right-of-way.
(8) Water mains and extensions.
(9) Plazas and arcades.
(10) Parking facilities.
(11) Landscaping and plantings, fountains, shelters, benches,
sculptures, commercial and noncommercial signs, lighting, decorations and
similar amenities.
(d) "Revenue producing improvement" means any facility or property proposed
to be leased in whole or in part to any person or governmental body which
aids in the commercial development of the district, furthers the purposes
of the district and does not substantially reduce the city's property tax
base. The term shall include any utility defined by K.S.A. 10-1201, and
amendments thereto.
(e) "Service" means (1) the provision of special or additional
services, such as sanitation, the security of persons and property and the
care and maintenance of public facilities, including sidewalks and other
public areas; (2) the financial support of public transportation service
and publicly owned parking facilities, including the operation and
maintenance of parking facilities; (3) the development of plans and
programs for the future development of the district; (4) the development,
promotion and support of community events and activities open to the
general public; and (5) any other service which the city is authorized to
perform and which the city does not also perform to the same extent on a
city-wide basis.
(f) "Cost" means (1) expenditures made for construction, engineering,
architectural, technical and legal services, reports, property
valuations, estimates, plans, specifications, notices, acquisition of real
and personal property, consequential damages, easements, rights-of-way,
supervision, inspection, testing, publications, printing and sale of bonds,
interest on temporary notes, and provisions
for land use planning, administrative expense and contingencies of the district;
(2) maintenance expenses of improvements as defined in subsection (c) or
(d); and (3) service as defined in subsection (e).
History: L. 1981, ch. 63, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 76, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 79, § 1; Jan. 1, 1989.