N.Y. GMU Law § 990-C
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Criteria for municipal theme district designation
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§ 990-c. Criteria for municipal theme district designation. Any\ncounty, city, town or village may designate, pursuant to section nine\nhundred ninety-d of this article, a theme district for the purpose of\npromoting, advancing or coordinating an approved theme. A theme district\nshall consist of not less than ten acres of land and shall contain not\nless than thirty buildings. The theme district may contain less than\nthirty buildings if within five years of the designation of the theme\ndistrict such district will within a reasonable certainty contain thirty\nbuildings. Any theme district designated pursuant to section nine\nhundred ninety-d of this article shall contain a single common approved\ntheme of art, entertainment, education, culture or business.\n
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