[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR597.100]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 597_URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES: ROUND 
ONE DESIGNATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Area Requirements
 
Sec. 597.100  Eligibility requirements and data usage.


    A nominated urban area may be eligible for designation pursuant to 
this part only if the area:
    (a) Has a maximum population which is the lesser of:
    (1) 200,000; or
    (2) The greater of 50,000 or ten percent of the population of the 
most populous city located within the nominated area;

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    (b) Is one of pervasive poverty, unemployment and general distress, 
as described in Sec. 597.102;
    (c) Does not exceed twenty square miles in total land area;
    (d) Has a continuous boundary, or consists of not more than three 
noncontiguous parcels;
    (e) Is located entirely within the jurisdiction of the unit or units 
of general local government making the nomination, and is located in no 
more than two contiguous States; and
    (f) Does not include any portion of a central business district, as 
this term is used in the most recent Census of Retail Trade, unless the 
poverty rate for each population census tract in the district is not 
less than 35 percent for an Empowerment Zone and 30 percent for an 
Enterprise Community.