For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANNUAL PERIOD. The initial period of 12 consecutive calendar months after the commencement date designated in an application for the EDGE incentive established by this chapter, and each period of 12 consecutive months thereafter.
COMMENCEMENT DATE. The day designated in an application for the EDGE incentive established by this chapter as the day of the beginning of the first annual period.
ELIGIBLE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. Any franchise, trade, occupation, profession or other business within the meaning and context of KRS 92.280, 92.281 and § 181 of the Kentucky Constitution, other than:
(1) Those business activities of sexually oriented businesses or sexual encounter establishments as elsewhere defined and regulated in other ordinances of the city; and
(2) Those business activities which receive incentives from the Commonwealth that involve occupational license fees for which the city already is contributing to those incentives. Those jobs not incentivized through a Commonwealth incentive package, such as Ohio or Indiana resident jobs, may be offered an additional EDGE incentive.
EDGE. An acronym for the words “Erlanger Development Growth and Employment”.
EMPLOYER. Anybody who compensates anybody else to provide work or labor to or for the employer.
EXISTING EMPLOYER. An employer who has employed others for work in any eligible business activity in the city for a continuous period of more than 12 consecutive calendar months before the month of an application by that employer for an EDGE incentive pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
NEW EMPLOYER. Anybody who does not employ others for any work in any eligible business activity in the city at the time of an application for an EDGE incentive pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FEES. Those occupational license fees levied and imposed by other ordinances of the city on those who provide work, labor or services in the city through their employment by others.
(Ord. 2350, passed 11-2-2010; Ord. 2456, passed 11-7-2017; Ord. 2535, passed 3-1-2022)