A city may establish, by ordinance, a program to encourage redevelopment, provide for better utilization of commercial-industrial property, and eliminate blighting influences by revoking the eligibility of individual commercial-industrial properties to receive the credit authorized under section 273.1398, subdivision 4 . The program may revoke eligibility of a property only if: (1) the property has been vacant, as defined in subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or (3), for three or more consecutive years prior to the current assessment year; or (2) the property has been vacant as defined under subdivision 3, clause (4), for five or more consecutive years prior to the current assessment year. The program must provide: (1) standards for determining whether a property is vacant; (2) written assessment notice by the city or county to the property owner informing the owner that the property's eligibility will be revoked; (3) opportunity for the property owner to appeal the revocation at the local and county board of appeal and equalization; (4) timely notice to the county assessor of the property's eligibility revocation, or if the city has a city assessor and the city assessor has revoked the property's eligibility; and (5) any other provisions the city determines are necessary or appropriate to the operation of the program to achieve its purposes. A program established under this section may provide that a property is vacant if the property is: (1) condemned, dangerous, or having multiple building code violations; (2) condemned and illegally occupied; (3) either occupied or unoccupied, during which time the enforcement officer for the municipality has issued multiple orders to correct nuisance conditions; or (4) unoccupied and not utilized for a commercial or industrial purpose. The municipality shall give notice to the property owner stating that the property may cease to be eligible for the credit under section 273.1398, subdivision 4 , unless the property is occupied, the conditions in subdivision 3, clauses (1) to (3), are remedied, and the property is used for a commercial or industrial purpose for at least 180 days during the next 12-month period.
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