As used in this chapter:
(a) "Corporation" means the Economic Development Corporation of the Township of Clinton organized pursuant to Act 338 of the Public Acts of 1974, as amended.
(b) "Governing body," for all purposes of this chapter, means the Clinton Township Board of Trustees, except when a project area is not located entirely within the geographic boundaries of the Township of Clinton, in which case governing body shall refer to the governing bodies or the municipalities wherein a part of any project area lies, and shall mean the body in which the legislative powers of that municipality are vested.
(c) "Local public agency" means the Planning Department for the Township of Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan.
(d) "Municipality" means the Township of Clinton, a municipal corporation and subdivision of the State of Michigan, located in Macomb County, with its principal offices at 40700 Romeo Plank Road, Mount Clemens, Michigan.
(e) "Project" means land and existing or planned improvements suitable for use by any industrial or commercial enterprise or a replacement housing project incidental thereto, except a public utility, including all necessary buildings or structures suitable for and intended for or incidental to use as an industrial or commercial enterprise, including a replacement housing project incidental thereto, and all necessary machinery, furnishings, and equipment necessary, suitable, intended for or incidental to a commercial, industrial, or residential use in connection with the buildings or structures.
(f) "Project area" means that land area which will be acquired in the implementation of a project.
(g) "Project citizens district council" means a project citizens district council established pursuant to this chapter.
(h) "Project district area" means that portion of a municipality as determined by its governing body which contains a project area and the surrounding territory that will be significantly affected by a project.
(Ord. 254. Passed 3-27-78.)