Sec. 780.205. - Applications.

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation which desires an enterprise zone ad valorem tax exemption shall, in the year the exemption is desired to take effect, file a written application with the Enterprise Zone Office of the Planning and Development Department on or before April 1 of the year in which the new or additional real or personal property acquired to establish a new business or facilitate a business expansion is first subject to assessment. The application shall request the adoption of an ordinance granting the applicant an exemption pursuant to this Chapter and shall include the following information: (1) The name and location of the new business or the expansion of an existing business; (2) A description of the improvements to real property for which an exemption is requested and the date of commencement of construction of such improvements; (3) A description of the tangible personal property for which an exemption is requested and the dates when such property was or is to be purchased; (4) Proof, to the satisfaction of the Council, that the applicant is a new business or an expansion of an existing business, as defined in Section 780.203 ; and (5) A statement that the applicant will make a good faith effort to do business with supplies in the City of Jacksonville. (6) Other information deemed necessary by the Enterprise Zone office. (b) The application shall be forwarded to the Property Appraiser for review. (Ord. 93-1989-1145, § 1; Ord. 94-489-259, § 2)