238.32 Application by local governing bodies.

(1) A local governing body may nominate an area as a development zone, if the corporation has invited the governing body to nominate the area under s. 238.315 and if the governing body does all of the following:

(a) Holds at least one public hearing on the issue of designating the area as a development zone.

(b) Adopts a resolution or ordinance authorizing it to nominate the area under this section.

(2) A local governing body may nominate the area as a development zone by submitting an application to the corporation in a form prescribed by the corporation. The application shall include all of the following:

(a) A copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the local governing body to nominate the area as a development zone.

(b) Transcripts of the public hearing under sub. (1) (a).

(c) Evidence that the area meets at least 3 of the criteria under s. 238.31 (1) (e) 4.

(d) Evidence that the area meets the applicable requirements of s. 238.335.

(e) A description of the land use patterns in the area including:

1. A detailed map of the area.

2. Information about vacant buildings or land available for development.

(f) A description of past and present economic development activities in the area under local, state, or federal programs.

(g) A description of the local governing body's goals for the economic development of the area.

(h) An assessment of the effect of making the area a development zone on full-time jobs available to the targeted population.

(i) Any other information required by the corporation.

(j) Any other information the local governing body considers relevant.

(3) Two or more local governing bodies may submit a joint application nominating an area as a development zone, subject to s. 238.335 (2), if each local governing body complies with subs. (1) and (2).

(5) The corporation may permit a local governing body to revise an application that the corporation determines is inadequate or incomplete.

History: 1987 a. 328; 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 27, 103; 2011 a. 32 s. 3421; Stats. 2011 s. 238.32.