Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 25 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part XI - Office of the Secretary › Chapter 3 - Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Development Zone › Section XI-305 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Board
-the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area
				  Development Zone Review Board.
Commission
-the Atchafalaya Trace
				  Commission.
Cultural Heritage
-those qualities that
				  capture the traditions, customs, beliefs, history, folklore, ways of life, and
				  material culture of the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area.
Department
-the Department of Economic
				  Development.
Development Zone
- the Atchafalaya Trace
				  Heritage Area Development Zone, which encompasses the territory of the
				  following parishes in their entirety: St. Mary, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Landry,
				  Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafayette, West
				  Baton Rouge, Concordia, and East Baton Rouge.
Full-Time Employee
-a person employed at the
				  business for at least 32 hours per week.
Heritage-Based Cottage Industry
-a small
				  business with no more than 20 full or part-time employees or an individual that
				  is sustainably harnessing the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area's cultural
				  heritage and natural heritage resources for purposes which include
				  interpreting, accessing, developing, promoting, or reinforcing the unique
				  character and characteristics of the heritage area.
Heritage-based
				  cottage industries
shall include lodging, including bed and
				  breakfasts, camping, houseboats and recreational vehicle facilities; museums,
				  including living museums and interpretive facilities; artists and craftsmakers
				  of authentic or locally made products; authentic food packaging, production,
				  and harvesting; music production and instrument making; historic homes, house
				  museums, and historic sites; boat, canoe, kayak, and bicycle rentals; wild and
				  scenic sites; hunting, fishing, and birding guide services; tour planning and
				  cultural guide services; swamp tours, airboat tours, helicopter tours, plane
				  tours, and balloon tours; retail facilities of authentic products, and
				  agricultural tours.
Heritage-based cottage industry
shall not
				  include hotels, motels, restaurants, gaming facilities, churches, and housing.
				  A heritage-based cottage industry may be a new, existing, or expanding
				  business. In order to qualify as a heritage-based cottage industry for purposes
				  of this Part, the owner of the business must be a resident of the Heritage Area
				  Development Zone.
Natural Heritage
-one of those qualities that
				  capture the environmental features of the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area,
				  including man-made and natural resources and wildlife.
Part-Time Employee
-a person employed at the
				  business for at least 20 hours per week.
Qualifying Employee
-a full-time or part-time
				  employee whose job duties are either:
1. primarily related directly to sustainably harnessing the
				  cultural heritage or natural heritage resources of the Atchafalaya Heritage
				  Area; or
2. secondarily related by virtue of performing a support
				  function regarding the business activities related to sustainably harvesting
				  the cultural heritage or natural heritage resources of the Atchafalaya Heritage
				  Area.
Review Board
-the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage
				  Area Development Zone Review Board.
Small Business
-any person or legal entity
				  engaged in any trade, occupation, profession, commercial, mercantile, or
				  industrial activity with no more than 20 full-time or part-time
				  employees.
Sustainably Harnessing
-utilizing a resource
				  so as to not permanently deplete or damage that resource or permanently alter
				  or damage the environment in which it occurs or grows.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  25:1224.