Bowling Green City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 157
ENTERPRISE ZONES
§ 157.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
(A) The Ohio Enterprise Zone Act (“the Act”), under R.C. §§ 5709.01 through 5709.66, has authorized counties, with the consent and agreement of affected municipalities and townships therein, to designate areas as enterprise zones and to execute agreements with certain enterprises for the purpose of establishing expanding, renovating or occupying facilities and hiring new employees and preserving jobs within the zones in exchange for specified local tax incentives granted by the county.
(B) The City Council, upon due consideration desire to implement the Act to designate an enterprise zone within the boundaries of Bowling Green (“the municipality”) to promote the economic welfare of the municipality.
(Ord. 5325, passed 8-19-1991)
§ 157.02 COUNCIL AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION.
(A) It is necessary for the Council to formally request from the Board of County Commissioners of Wood County, Ohio, (“the Board”) the inclusion of the municipality in an enterprise zone proposal and to include such a request in a petition to the Development Director of the State of Ohio to certify the area described as such a zone.
(B) The Board finds and determines that designation of the zone pursuant to the R.C. § 5709.63 will promote the economic welfare of the residents of the municipality by creating new jobs and retaining and preserving current jobs and employment opportunities within such areas and is in the best interest of the municipality.
(C) The Council understands that the Board of County Commissioners is required by law to administer all enterprise zones and agreements within the county and will therefore appoint a designee to be responsible for:
(1) The establishment and operation of the Tax Incentive Review Council as specified in R.C. § 5709.63(B);
(2) To ensure that the enterprise zone abatement agreements contain the information required in R.C. §§ 5709.63(A) and 5709.62(B), including a description of the project, the amount to be invested, the number of jobs created and/or retained, the annual payroll associated with these jobs, and the specific percentage and number of years of tax abatement being granted toward real and/or personal property;
(3) To forward copies of all enterprise zone abatement agreements to both the Ohio Department of Development and the Ohio Department of Taxation within 15 days after the agreement is entered into, as specified in R.C. § 5709.63(D); and
(4) To maintain a centralized record of all aspects of the zone, including copies of the agreements, a list of the members of the Tax Incentive Review Council, and a summary of the Tax Incentive Review Council’s annual review of each agreement.
(Ord. 5325, passed 8-19-1991)
§ 157.03 ENTERPRISE ZONE ESTABLISHED.
(A) The City Council hereby authorizes the county to include a portion of the municipality in the enterprise zone. The area of the enterprise zone may be expanded from time to time by ordinance, as passed by the City Council.
(B) A copy of a description of the enterprise zone is on file in the office of the Clerk of the City Council.
(Ord. 5325, passed 8-19-1991; Am. Ord. 5478, passed 11- 2-1992; Am. Ord. 5556, passed 5-3-1993; Am. Ord. 5576, passed 6-21-1993; Am. Ord. 7111, passed 5-5-2003; Am. Ord. 7424, passed 7-18-2005)
§ 157.04 COUNCIL REQUESTS ABATEMENTS.
The Council requests from the Board of County Commissioners the power and duty to negotiate enterprise zone abatement agreements as permitted in R.C. § 5709.63, and that the Council agrees to negotiate agreements and to assist the Board of County Commissioners in the administration of the enterprise zone and will approve all agreements before submitting agreements to the Board of County Commissioners for approval.
(Ord. 5325, passed 8-19-1991)
§ 157.05 TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL ESTABLISHED.
The Council hereby agrees to the establishment of a Tax Incentive Review Council or Councils pursuant to R.C. § 5709.63(B) and hereby appoints two representatives to the Council, subject to the State Development Director certifying the zone as follows: the Municipal Administrator and the city attorney for the city.
(Ord. 5325, passed 8-19-1991)