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MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 363
A MUNICIPAL ORDER DESIGNATING AN AREA OF PADUCAH AS AN AREA OF ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
AND THE RECOGNITION OF TAE NEED FOR ESTABLISHING AN ENTERPRISE ZONE
WHEREAS, it is general knowledge that not all areas of the City of Paducah share the
same advantages of economic growth and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, areas of economic retardation inherently exhibit high unemployment rates,
declining tax rates and trends toward abandonment; and
WHEREAS, such conditions typically are ubiquitous with the older sections of the
community; and
WHEREAS, Paducah's inner city contains many blocks that have high vacancy rates,
blighting, and are in a general state of decline; and
WHEREAS, Paducah's inner city is a continuous 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 llz 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 80% of
the median,income of the residents of the City of Paducah.
WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the public interest that the Paducah City
Commission formally recognize such areas within its jurisdiction that are economically
suppressed.
BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the following described area is hereby designated to be an
economically depressed area:
Beginning at a point at Terrell Street and the Ohio River; thence in an easterly
direction along the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers to a point on the centerline of
the right-of-way of Tully Street; thence in a southerly direction along Tully
Street to the earth levee floodwall; thence in an easterly direction along the
earth levee to the Illinois Central and Gulf Railroad; thence in a northwesterly
direction along the railroad to a point on Island Creek; thence in a southerly
and westerly direction with the Paducah Corporate Limits to the Illinois Central
and Gulf Railroad; 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 westerly direction along Guthrie Avenue to the
intersection of 19th Street; thence with 19th Street to Kentucky Avenue; thenca
in a northeasterly direction along Kentucky Avenue to 13th Street; thence
northwest to Broadway; thence southwest along Broadway to 14th Street; thence
along 14th Street to Park Avenue; thence in a northeasterly direction along Park
Avenue to 10th Street; thence is a westerly direction along 10th Street to
Northview Street; thence in a northerly direction to Terrell Street and 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 authorized and
directed to execute any and all papers necessary to file an application to the Enterprise Zone
Authority of Kentucky to have said areas declared to be an Enterprise 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 as according to law.
JOE VITERISI
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners August 12, 1986
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, August 12, 1986