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. . ORIGiNAL (d) The designation of such a zone by ordinance shall constitute an affirmative finding by the city council that the improvements sought to be constructed or repairs to be made within the zone are feasible and practical and would be of benefit to the land to be included within a zone and to the city. (e) In determining whether an area qualifies as a reinvestment zone for the property tax abatement program, the city council shall use anyone or more of the following criteria as guidelines: (1) The area substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the city; retards the provision of housing accommodations, or consti tutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use by reasons of the presence of substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate sidewalks or street layout; faulty lot layout in relation to size, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions; deterioration of site or other improvements; tax or special assessment delinquency exceeds the fair value of the land; defective or unusual conditions of title; the existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other cause; or any combination of these factors or conditions. (2) The area is predominantly open and, because of obsolete platting or deterioration of structures or site improvements or other factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the city. (3) The area has been designated a local or state-federal enterprise zone under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act. (4) The area is located wholly within an eligible blighted area, as identified from time to time by city council. (5) There has been a demonstration of community interest and there is evidence that substantial number of owners of taxable real property in the reinvestment zone will participate in such a program. (6) Be reasonably likely as a result of the designation to contribute to the retention or expansion of primary employment or to attract major investment in the zone that would be a benefit to the property and that would contribute to the economic development of the city. (f) The goals and objectives expressed above and the standards and restrictions expressed in Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code, as amended, are not exhausti ve and shall be supplemented by such further and additional goals, obj ecti ves, rules, standards and restrictions as the city council may from time to time impose. 2