§ 103.02. Application.

Any owner of property within the City of Akron may apply to have that property, or that property and other surrounding property, designated as a community entertainment district. An application seeking this designation shall be filed with the Mayor and shall contain all of the following:

A.

The applicant's name and address;

B.

A map or survey of the proposed community entertainment district in sufficient detail to identify the boundaries of the district and the property owned by the applicant;

C.

A general statement of the nature and types of establishments described in Revised Code § 4301.80(A) and § 103.01;

D.

If some or all of the establishments within the proposed community entertainment district have not yet been developed, the applicant shall include a proposed timeframe in which other establishments will develop if future development is contemplated at the time of the application;

E.

Evidence that the uses of land within the proposed community entertainment district are in accord with the zoning map of the City of Akron;

F.

A certificate from a surveyor or engineer licensed under Chapter 4733 of the Revised Code indicating that the area encompassed by the proposed community entertainment district contains no less than twenty contiguous acres. Where parcels to be included in a community entertainment district are located across a public street from one another, the intervening portion of the public street will be part of the community entertainment district;

G.

An application fee of three hundred dollars shall accompany the application, to cover administrative costs, processing and legal advertisements.

(Ord. 374-2004)