{"id":80653,"date":"2011-03-23T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=80653"},"modified":"2011-03-24T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:44:12","slug":"neighborhood-empowerment-zone-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=80653","title":{"rendered":"Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Created"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTYLER — The Tyler City Council has voted unanimously to create a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone (NEZ) that will overlay a portion of a 395-acre master planned community conceptualized by North Chase Development in North Tyler. On October 28, 2008, the City Council originally authorized the creation of a pilot NEZ for a portion of the North Chase Development that was designed to increase public health, safety and welfare. The development has since changed locations, and this newly approved NEZ will now incorporate the new location.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe synergy of the North Case Development and the programs the City is rolling out is exactly what the Tyler 21 Plan calls for to revitalize this area of our community, \u2018\u2019 said Mayor Barbara Bass. \u201cThe convergence of public programs and private investment is the perfect recipe for mobilizing further development.\u201d Mayor Pro Tem Ralph Caraway added, \u201cThe NEZ is a tool that has been used in many other communities to successfully spark private investment. \u201cWe are hoping to see the same level of success here in Tyler.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Tyler 21 plan to revitalize North Tyler, a critical goal was to \u201cadd 3,000 more households to North Tyler and downtown in the next 20 years to create mixed-income neighborhoods.\u201d A program that can help bring that goal to fruition is a NEZ. The goal of the NEZ is to:
\n\u00b7 Create affordable housing;
\n\u00b7 Increase economic development;
\n\u00b7 Improve the quality of social services, education or public safety in the neighborhood; and\/or,
\n\u00b7 Rehabilitate affordable housing.<\/p>\n

In addition to meeting at least one of the objectives listed above, an area must meet the following criteria before it can be designated a NEZ by the City Council:
\n\u00b7 Have clearly defined boundaries;
\n\u00b7 Constitute a new neighborhood in the form of new improvements on at least 20 contiguous lots;
\n\u00b7 Properties within the proposed zone must have a residential zoning; and,
\n\u00b7 Properties within the proposed zone must be owner occupied.<\/p>\n

The NEZ provides incentives to builders who develop projects that address these goals. The prospective incentives include:
\n\u00b7 Waiving or rebating zoning fees and platting fees;
\n\u00b7 Waiving building permit fees, testing fees and tap fees;
\n\u00b7 Providing direct access to the City\u2019s First Time Homebuyers Program; and,
\n\u00b7 Providing an infrastructure incentive in the amount of $2000 per unit for single family attached homes or $1,000 per unit for single family detached units \u2013 up to a maximum of 50 units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER — The Tyler City Council has voted unanimously to create a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone (NEZ) that will overlay a portion of a 395-acre master planned community conceptualized by North Chase Development in North Tyler. On October 28, 2008, the City Council originally authorized the creation of a pilot NEZ for a portion of the … Continue reading Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Created<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 23:46:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80653"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80909,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80653\/revisions\/80909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}