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((p7) (New_business. <br />((1)) Wbusines; <br />{in–this cour <br />manu ac ut—ring pCarl, � <br />F <br />(2) A business establishing twenty-five (25) or more jobs to employ twenty-five (25) or more <br />full-time employees in this county, the sales factor of which, as defined in F.S. § 220.15(5), <br />for the facility with respect to which it requests an exemption is less than 0.50 for each year <br />the exemption is claimed; or <br />(3) An office space in this county owned and used by a corporation newly domiciled in this <br />state; provided such office space houses fifty (50) or. more full-time employees of such <br />corporation; provided that such Business or office first begins operation on a site clearly <br />separate from any other commercial or industrial operation owned by the. same business; or <br />(4) Any business located in a brownfield area that first begins operation on a site clearly <br />separate from any other commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business. <br />(q) Real property shall have the meaning set forth in F.S. § 192.001(12). <br />(r) Sales factor. The sales factor is a fraction the numerator of which is the total sales of the applicant <br />in this state during the taxable year or period and the denominator of which is the total sales of <br />the Applicant everywhere during the taxable year or period, as defined in F. S. § 220.15(5). <br />(s) Tangible personal property shall have the meaning set forth in F. S. § 192.001(11)(d). <br />(t) Violation of law. A violation of any federal, state or local law which, in the sole discretion of the <br />board, is sufficiently serious that it would not be in the best interests of the citizens of the county <br />that the violator be granted or continue to receive the benefits of an exemption. <br />(Ord. No. 2010-014, §§ 1, 2, 6-22-10; Ord. No. 2016-002, § 3, 3-2-16) <br />Section 1100.05. - Establishment of economic development ad valorem tax exemption. <br />(a) Subject to the remaining provisions of this title, there is hereby established an economic development <br />ad valorem tax exemption for certain ad valorem taxes levied by the county. The exemption is a local <br />option tax incentive for a qualifying new business or expansion of an existing business which may be <br />granted or refused at the sole discretion of the board. <br />(b) At the sole discretion of the board, the exemption may be granted for (i) up to one hundred (100) <br />percent of the assessed value of all improvements to real property made by or for the use of a new <br />business and of all tangible personal property of such new business, and (ii) up to one hundred (100) <br />percent of the assessed value of all added improvements to real property made to facilitate the <br />expansion of an existing business and of the net increase in all tangible personal property acquired to <br />facilitate such expansion of an existing business, provided that the improvements to real property are <br />made; or the tangible personal property is added or increased, on or after the day the exemption <br />ordinance is adopted. <br />(c) The term of the exemption shall be up to ten (10) years, as set forth in the exemption ordinance; <br />provided, however, that the continuation of the exemption from year to year shall be contingent upon <br />the applicant's continued compliance with the exemption requirements. <br />(d) The exemption shall not apply to improvements to real property or to tangible personal property which <br />were included on the tax rolls prior to the effective date of the exemption ordinance. <br />(e) Property acquired to replace existing property shall not be considered to facilitate an expansion of an <br />existing business. <br />10 <br />