Sec. 501.102. - Creation of an Enterprise Zone Development Agency.

(a) Council hereby creates a public body corporate and politic to be known as "Enterprise Zone Development Agency." (b) Prior to applying for or receiving (via a Federal Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community Designation) a State Enterprise Zone designation, an applicant must create an Enterprise Zone Development Agency. (c) Each such Agency shall be instituted as a public instrumentality and the exercise by an Enterprise Zone Development Agency of the powers conferred by F.S. Ch. 290, shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public function. (Ord. No. 2001-1099-E, § 2)