(1) The Economic and Community Development Department shall review each application for designation of an enterprise zone, and shall secure any additional information that the department considers necessary for the purpose of determining whether the area described in the application qualifies for designation as an enterprise zone.
(2) The department shall complete review of the application within 60 days of the last date designated for receipt of an application. After review of the applications, the department shall forward those qualified applications to the Director of the Economic and Community Development Department. The director shall determine which applications have the greatest potential for accomplishing the purposes of ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250.
(3) As authorized under ORS 285C.080 or 285C.250, the director may approve the designation of one or more enterprise zones. The determination by the director as to the areas designated enterprise zones shall be final.
(4) If an application for enterprise zone designation is denied, the governing body of the cities, counties or ports submitting the application shall be informed of that fact together with the reasons for the denial. Cities, counties or ports may reapply to the department for designation of an area as an enterprise zone. [Formerly 285B.659; 2005 c.704 §7]
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