Sec. 55.106. - Definitions.

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Chapter unless the context shall clearly require otherwise: (a) Authority means the Downtown Investment Authority ("DIA"). (b) Board means the governing body of the DIA selected as herein provided. (c) Bonds means any bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, debentures, and other financial obligation instruments. (d) Business Investment and Development Plan or BID Plan means the plan approved by Council pursuant to Ordinance 2022-372-E, and as updated from time to time, which plan includes: (i) specific and measurable goals, objectives, and performance for the successful development of Downtown; (ii) specific Projects and Programs for revitalization of Downtown and the authority to create new additional Projects and Programs in furtherance of the BID Plan goals; (iii) long-range plans designed to halt or prevent deterioration of Downtown property values; and (iv) a community redevelopment plan for the Southside Community Redevelopment Area and the Downtown Northbank Community Redevelopment Area that: (1) Meets the requirements of F.S. Ch. 163, Pt. III; (2) Conforms to the comprehensive plan for the City; (3) Meets the requirements of Chapter 55 , Part 1, Ordinance Code; and (4) Is sufficiently complete to indicate the land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, investment, development, redevelopment, improvements, and re-habilitation proposed to be carried out in the Downtown; zoning and planning changes, if any; land uses; maximum densities; building requirements; and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. (e) CEO means the chief executive officer of the Authority selected by the Board as herein provided. (f) City means the consolidated City of Jacksonville. (g) Cost when used with reference to any project, includes all costs that would be allowable properly for payment by the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. (h) Council means the City Council for the consolidated City of Jacksonville. (i) CRA Projects and CRA Programs means those projects and programs located within the boundaries of the Jacksonville Downtown Area, as described in Section 55.105 (Boundaries of Jacksonville Downtown Area), Ordinance Code, administered by the DIA in their capacity as the sole community redevelopment agency for Downtown, which projects and programs further the approved CRA Plan, utilize funding, if any, approved in the applicable CRA budget, and which shall conform to the requirements of F.S. Ch. 163, Pt III. (j) DDRB means the Downtown Development Review Board established pursuant to Chapter 656 , Part 3, Subpart H. (k) Downtown means the lands described in Section 55.105 , Ordinance Code. (l) Downtown Design Guidelines means the Design Guidelines as defined in Chapter 656 (Zoning Code), Part 3 (Schedule of District Regulations), Subpart H (Downtown Overlay Zone and Downtown District Use and Form Regulations), Sections 656.361.1 (Purpose and Intent) and 656.361.6.1.B (Guidelines), Ordinance Code, which may be amended from time to time by the DIA with the guidance of the DDRB. (m) Downtown Projects and Programs means projects and programs located within the boundaries of the Jacksonville Downtown Area, as described in Section 55.105 (Boundaries of Jacksonville Downtown Area), Ordinance Code, administered by the DIA in their capacity as the public economic development agency which projects and programs further the goals identified in the BID Plan and utilize funding, if any, approved in the Downtown Economic Development Fund budget or DIA annual budget. (n) Obligee shall include any bondholder, agents, or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the Authority property used in connection with a redevelopment project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with the City. (o) Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other person acting in a similar representative capacity. (p) Program shall mean any loan, grant, incentive, activity or initiative established by the DIA in accordance with the BID Plan in their capacity as either the community redevelopment agency or the public economic development agency for Downtown and funded by City Council appropriation. (q) Project means any development, improvement, property, utility, development or redevelopment facility, road, sidewalk, enterprise, service, or convenience, including, without limitation, buildings, parking structures, public transportation facilities, services, and parks, now existing or hereafter undertaken or established, that under the provisions of this Act the Authority or any person or public body on behalf of the Authority is authorized to construct, acquire, undertake, or furnish for its own use or for the use of any other person, firm, or corporation owning, leasing, or otherwise using the same, for any profit or nonprofit purpose or activity, and shall include, without limitation, such repairs, replacements, additions, extensions, and betterments of and to any project as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board to place or to maintain such project in proper condition for the safe, efficient, and economic operation thereof. (r) Public body means the federal government, the State of Florida or any county, municipality, board, commission, agency, authority, special district, department, or any other subdivision or public body of the State of Florida or the United States of America or any agency, authority or instrumentality, corporation, or otherwise of the United States of America (collectively, the "Federal Government"). (s) Public facility means any street, park, parking lot, playground, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility lines or pipes, and building, including access routes to any of the foregoing, designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by any public agency with or without charge, whether or not the same is revenue producing. Public facilities shall also include publicly owned restaurants, food halls, pedestrian malls, historical buildings or monuments, and cultural, educational, and recreational facilities. (t) Real property shall include lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, right, and use, legal or equitable, therein including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise. (u) Trust Fund means the Southside CRA Trust Fund or the Northbank Downtown CRA Trust Fund established in Section 111.640 , Ordinance Code. To the extent not defined in this Section, the definitions utilized in F.S. § 163.340 (Definitions), shall be applicable to all terms used in this Section. (Ord. 2012-364-E, § 2; Ord. 2014-560-E , § 11; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 14; Ord. 2019-196-E , § 3; Ord. 2020-695-E , § 5; Ord. 2023-716-E , § 1)