Sec.32-76-3. Entertainment district designation application

The application to have an entertainment district designated shall be made on application forms provided by the commissioner and available at the department upon request. The application may require the following information:

(1) A certified copy of the ordinance designating the entertainment district, and a certified copy of the minutes of the governing body of the municipality authorizing the chief executive officer of the municipality to apply to the commissioner for approval of the district so designated, pursuant to section 32-76 of the general statutes as they may be amended from time to time;

(2) Mylar maps delineating the specific boundaries of the proposed entertainment district. The scale of the maps shall meet standards as established by the commissioner;

(3) Certification from the chief executive officer that the proposal is in conformance with the plan of development for the municipality;

(4) Information detailing the local activities and programs that will encourage development for purposes of this act;

(5) An inventory of the existing land uses in the proposed entertainment district;

(6) An administrative plan for operation of the program by the municipality;

(7) A professionally prepared market study that evaluates the effect of the proposal on the economic development of the municipality, the region and the state, taking into consideration market potential, specific development plans and private commitments to the area;

(8) The goals, objectives and timetables of the entertainment district designation including, but not limited to, increasing private investment, expanding the tax base, providing job training and job creation for residents of entertainment districts and reducing property abandonment and housing blight in entertainment districts; and

(9) A description of other factors that will contribute to the success of the development of the entertainment district.

(Effective November 4, 1998)