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gether, and the adjacent land sold MADE AVAILABLE at the
proper time for private development according to that plan; and that
the acquisition of private property for such public facility area de-
velopment projects is necessary and is hereby declared to be for a
public purpose.

26A-3. Definitions.

(a)  The following terms wherever used or referred to in this
chapter shall have the following meanings, unless a different mean-
ing is clearly indicated in the context:

(b)  "Public Facility" shall mean any parcel of land of one acre
or more, with or without buildings or other capital improvements,
devoted to public use, including roads, highway interchanges, rapid
transit lines and stations, parking garages, schools, colleges, hos-
pitals, health centers, government office buildings, fire and police
stations, parks, recreation centers, golf courses, sanitary land fills,
and any other significant facility whose construction is an established
public purpose.

(c)  "Public Facility Area" shall mean a public facility site plus
that limited land area adjacent to an existing or proposed major
public facility where at least one of the following conditions exists:

(1)  The nature of the public facility is or will be such that adja-
cent private development may reasonably be expected to have a
definite impact on the use and usefulness of the facility and its
potential contribution to the attractiveness of the environment.

(2)  There is an approved master plan of land use, transportation,
and public facilities which identifies certain strategic and limited
areas, the development of which for the use shown on the master
plan is critical DESIRABLE to the implementation of the basic
concepts of that master plan.

(3) The owner of the parcel needed for the proposed public facil-
ity is unwilling to sell only that part of his land needed for the public
facility alone, and will force condemnation proceedings unless all of
the parcel is purchased.

(4) One public agency wishes PROPOSES to transfer a parcel of
land to a second public agency which needs most but not all of the
parcel for ONE OR MORE specific public facilities.

(d)  "Public Facility Area Plan" shall mean a site development
plan, as it exists from time to time, specifying generally or in exact
detail, as may be judged appropriate in specific instances by the
County Council, the location and types of land uses, activities, and
improvements directed or permitted to take place both on the site
occupied by the public facility and on the adjacent land acquired
within the public facility area.

(e) "Public Facility Area Development Project" shall mean the

acquisition of land in a public facility area, the preparation of a

public facility area plan, the removal of existing improvements as

necessary, the construction of new improvements as necessary in the

disposition, and the disposition of the acquired land for development
according to the public facility area plan. AND INCLUDE ALL OF
THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES, CONDUCTED IN THE SE-
QUENCE GIVEN: