§ 49-42. Specific definitions.

When used in this article, the following terms have the meanings below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1)

"Average wage" is the annual rate paid to private-sector employees within Collier County, from highest to lowest divided by number of persons employed full-time, as reported by private-sector employers in the State of Florida who are covered by federal and state unemployment compensation laws (UC), and reported annually based on figures released by the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation.

(2)

"Eastern Collier County" is that area of unincorporated Collier County that includes those parcels of land immediately adjacent to, and east of, Collier Boulevard, except for those parcels designated as part of the Immokalee Rural Federal Enterprise Community.

(3)

"High impact" is that designation given to qualifying economic development projects located outside of Eastern Collier County and the Immokalee Rural Federal Enterprise Community.

(3.1)

" Jobs " are limited to individual permanent legal residents of the United States who are employed in each new created position of employment at a primary location in Collier County, and as applicable maintained, as a result of the program.

(4)

"Rural Federal Enterprise Community" is that jurisdiction so designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a multi-jurisdictional entity including Immokalee (census tracts 112.04, 112.05, 113, 114), parts of Hendry County and the Seminole Indian Reservation; the Enterprise Community boundaries in Collier County follow the Immokalee Enterprise Zone boundaries, a designation by the State of Florida, pursuant to F.S. §§ 290.001—290.016.

(5)

"Targeted industry" is one that is aggressively pursued for relocation to, or expansion within, the local jurisdiction by the Economic Development Council of Collier County. It may include, but is not limited to the following industries: Aviation, information, technology, biomedical, manufacturing, corporate headquarters, research and development, wholesale trade and distribution, and companies locating or expanding within the Immokalee Rural Federal Enterprise Community.

(Ord. No. 03-62, § 1, 11-18-03; Ord. No. 2006-36, § 3)