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MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 495
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AMENDING THE DESIGNATED AREA OF
PADUCAH OF ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND THE RECOGNITION OF AN
EXPANDED NEED FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, it is general knowledge that no all areas
of the City of Paducah share the same advantages of economic
growth and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, Paducah's inner city is a contiguous area
and is an area of pervasive poverty, unemployment and
economic distress in that:
A. The average rate of unemployment in the
designated area for the most recent 18 month
period for which data is available was at
least 1 1/2 times the average national rate
of unemployment for said 18 month period; and
B. At least 70% of the residents living in this
area have incomes below 800 of the median
income of the residents of the City of
Paducah.
WHEREAS, such findings resulted in the establish-
ment of an Enterprise Zone in Paducah on November 14, 1986;
and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the public inter-
est that the Paducah City Commission further amends its
amendment of October 13, 1987, and increases the designated
area of impact.
SECTION 1.
That the following described area is
hereby designated to be an economically depressed area:
Beginning at a point at North Ellis Street ex-
tended and the thread of the Ohio River, that same
point being the northwest corner of the Paducah
City boundary; thence in an easterly direction
along the thread of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers
to a point on the centerline of the extension of
the right-of-way of Tully Street; thence in a
southerly direction along Tully Street to the
earthen levee floodwall; thence in an easterly
direction along the earthen levee to the Paducah
and Louisville Railway; thence in a northwesterly
direction along the railway to a point on Island
Creek; thence in a southerly and westerly direc-
tion with the Paducah Corporate Limits to the
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SECTION 2. The Community Development Director of
the City of Paducah, the Mayor of the City of Paducah, and
all other officials of the City of Paducah are hereby autho-
rized and directed to execute any and all papers necessary
to file an amended application to the Enterprise Zone Author-
ity of Kentucky to have said area declared to be an Enter-
prise Zone and receive the benefits of such designations as
set forth in KRS 154.650 through 154.705.
SECTION 3. This Order shall be effective upon
adoption according to law.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners January 24, 1989
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, January 24, 1989
ATTEST:
LENITA SMITH
Lenita Smith, City Clerk
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Paducah and Louisville Railway; thence in a
northerly direction along the railroad to a point
of intersection with the right-of-way of Division
Street; thence westerly along Division Street to
the Old Mayfield Road; thence northward to the
intersection of Guthrie Avenue; thence in a wes-
terly direction along Guthrie Avenue to the inter-
section of 19th Street; thence with 19th Street to
Kentucky Avenue; thence in a northeasterly direc-
tion along Kentucky Avenue to 13th Street; thence
northwest to Broadway; thence southwest along
W
Broadway to 14th Street; thence northwest along
14th Street to Park Avenue; thence in a north-
easterly direction along Park Avenue to 10th
Street; thence in a westerly direction along 10th
Street to the point of intersection of the center-
line of Atkins Avenue, that same point lying 300'
east of the east right-of-way of Julia Street
(H.C. Mathis Drive); thence south along the center-
line of Atkins Avenue 148.4 feet to a point;
thence in a westerly direction along the center-
line of an unnamed alley 1,080 feet to a point on
the centerline of Helen Street; thence south along
the centerline of Helen Street 357.45 feet to the
intersection of the centerline of an unnamed
alley; thence west along the centerline of this
alley 336.5 feet to a point of intersection of the
centerline of an unnamed alley; this second alley
herewith described as thirteen (13) feet wide and
lying perpendicular to the line of traverse;
thence south along the centerline of this alley
505.2 feet to a point on the north right-of-way
of Cairo Road; thence in a westerly direction
along the north right-of-way of Cairo Road 595
feet, more or less, to the point of intersection
of the Paducah City Limit; thence in a northerly
and easterly direction along the boundary of the
City of Paducah to the point of beginning.
SECTION 2. The Community Development Director of
the City of Paducah, the Mayor of the City of Paducah, and
all other officials of the City of Paducah are hereby autho-
rized and directed to execute any and all papers necessary
to file an amended application to the Enterprise Zone Author-
ity of Kentucky to have said area declared to be an Enter-
prise Zone and receive the benefits of such designations as
set forth in KRS 154.650 through 154.705.
SECTION 3. This Order shall be effective upon
adoption according to law.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners January 24, 1989
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, January 24, 1989
ATTEST:
LENITA SMITH
Lenita Smith, City Clerk
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