Title 13, Public Planning And Housing

(1) The board shall administer this part and has the following powers and duties:(1) Declare as “enterprise zones” areas for which the municipality has submitted documentation to the board, in the form of an application for designation;(2) Recommend suspension of local regulation…

(a) Depressed areas proposed to be designated as “enterprise zones” by the municipality shall meet the following criteria:(1) The area is within the jurisdiction of the municipality;(2) The boundary of the area is contiguous and includes, if feasible, vacant or underutilized land…

(a) Upon receipt of an application from the municipality, the board shall review such application and secure any additional information it deems necessary for the purpose of determining whether the area or areas described in the application qualify to be declared an enterprise zo…

(a) Communities which succeed in establishing designated enterprise zones shall be empowered to set up nonprofit enterprise zone development corporations with the agreement of affected governmental entities under existing state legislation (industrial development corporations, co…

The ordinance or resolution to implement this part shall provide for such incentives and exemptions and the manner in which such incentives and exemptions shall be offered for qualified businesses as in the discretion of the municipality are deemed to be desirable and in the best…

(a) To carry out the purposes of this part, any agency, as defined by § 4-5-102, which promulgates rules, as defined by § 4-5-102, or any administrative body of the municipality which promulgates regulations pursuant to appropriate legal authority, may, by rule or regulation, exe…

Notwithstanding the authority delegated to the board to implement this part, the authority for issuing licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, registrations, charters, or any other form of permission required by law shall remain with the agency otherwise legally authorized to…