REDEVELOPMENT COM'N OF GREENSBORO v. Johnson

*632HORTON, Judge.

According to Chapter 160A, Article 22 of the General Statutes, a planning commission, through a properly approved redevelopment plan, may acquire by condemnation properties located in a “blighted area” or a “rehabilitation, conservation, and reconditioning area.” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-503(2) and (21) (1994); and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-513 (1994). A “rehabilitation, conservation, and reconditioning area” is an area in danger of becoming a “blighted area” or “nonresidential redevelopment area” in the absence of municipal action. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-503(21). A “blighted area”…