New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter II - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES › Part 10 - Definitions And Zone Designation Application Process › Section 10.8 - Applications

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No application for designation of an area as an empire zone
				  shall be accepted unless the applicant demonstrates that it has, to the maximum
				  extent feasible, solicited and considered the views of residents of the
				  proposed zone, the views of State and local officials elected to represent such
				  residents, and the local private organizations representing such residents. The
				  chief executive officer shall ensure that the information contained in the
				  application, to the maximum extent possible, is accurate and complete. The
				  application shall be signed and submitted by the chief executive officer of the
				  county, city, town or village making the application, or by such chief
				  executive officer's designee, by the date determined by the commissioner for
				  each round, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) a copy of a local law authorizing the
				city, county (other than a county located wholly within a city), town or
				village to prepare and submit an application to the commissioner for
				designation of an area therein as an empire zone. Such local law shall also
				designate the boundaries of such area, the title of the official who shall
				serve as the local empire zone administrator and the generic composition of the
				local empire zone administrative board, whose chairman shall be an officer or
				employee of the applicant;
(b) a
				description of the physical characteristics of the proposed empire zone area,
				infrastructure, existing business base, housing conditions, training, education
				and human resource needs, characteristics of the labor force and occupational
				trends in the area, and economic problems faced by businesses and residents
				within the proposed zone;
(c) a
				copy of the zone development plan. The zone development plan shall be
				resubmitted by the local zone administrative board as economic conditions
				change within the zone, or when other factors trigger a need for a change in
				the zone development plan as determined by the local zone administrative board;
				provided however, changes in a zone development plan must be approved by the
				commissioner;
(d) a copy of the
				local law or resolution adopting such empire zone development plan by the local
				governing body of the area in which the economic development zone is to be
				located, with such local law or resolution identifying the composition of the
				local empire zone administrative board;
(e) any maps, as indicated on the application
				form, of the area comprising the proposed empire zone, showing existing
				streets, highways, waterways, natural boundaries and other physical
				features;
(f) a statement from the
				workforce investment board, established by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
				(P.L.
				105-220,
				29
				U.S.C. 2801, et seq., as amended) that
				encompasses the proposed empire zone, setting forth the assistance to be
				provided and the resources to be allocated for the training of residents in the
				area and the operation of a workforce development and job training
				program;
(g) a statement from the
				industrial development authority serving the municipality in which the zone is
				located, and from any other development finance entity supported by public
				money, setting forth the assistance to be provided and the resources to be
				allocated to business development activities in the zone;
(h) the statement and any local law or
				resolution specified in section
				10.3 of this Part;
(i) a statement of the goals and objectives,
				both short-term and long-term, for the economic revitalization of the proposed
				zone;
(j) a description of plans
				and strategies for providing and improving human resource development services
				to residents of the area comprising the proposed zone and to employees of
				businesses within such area, and the methods by which performance in
				implementing such plans and strategies will be evaluated;
(k) identification of financial commitments
				the applicant will make to the zone for activities, including but not limited
				to, marketing of the zone for business development, human resource services for
				zone residents and businesses, and services for small and minority and
				women-owned businesses;
(l)
				identification of publicly controlled and other developable lands and buildings
				within the proposed zone which are or could be made available for industrial
				and commercial development;
(m) a
				statement from the applicant and local economic development entities, including
				but not limited to the local development corporation, local development
				councils, authorities, agencies, and all other such entities concerned with the
				economic development of the municipality, ensuring the complete integration and
				cooperation of resources and services for the purposes of providing essential
				support for the zone administrator in order for the zone to realize such goals;
				and
(n) a statement demonstrating
				that there is no viable alternative area available that has existing public
				sewer or water infrastructure other than the proposed empire zone.