Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following terms are defined as follows:

City shall mean the City of Miami, Florida.

Enterprise zone shall mean the area located in the city which has been either designated as an enterprise zone pursuant to F.S. § 290.005, and approved by the secretary of commerce pursuant to F.S. § 290.0065, or has been authorized to be an enterprise zone pursuant to F.S. § 290.0065, and approved by the secretary of commerce pursuant to F.S. § 290.0065. The area comprising enterprise zones, as defined herein, is depicted on the map, as may be amended from time to time, maintained in the city clerk's office.

Expanding business shall mean any business, located in an enterprise zone, that increases operations on a site co-located with a commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business and which creates, or causes to be created, within the city, the number of new jobs required in section 56-113 to employ full-time employees at such location.

New business shall mean any business located in an enterprise zone, that begins operations on a site clearly separate from any other commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business and which creates, or causes to be created, within the city, the number of new jobs required under section 56-113, to employ additional full-time employees at such location.

(Ord. No. 13911, § 2, 7-9-20)