[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: 24CFR598.100]

[Page 307]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 598_URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES: ROUND TWO AND THREE DESIGNATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Eligibility Requirements
 
Sec. 598.100  Eligibility requirements.


    A nominated urban area is eligible for designation in accordance 
with this part only if the area:
    (a) Has a maximum population that 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;
    (b) Is one of pervasive poverty, unemployment and general distress, 
as described in Sec. 598.110;
    (c) Does not exceed twenty square miles in total land area, 
excluding up to three noncontiguous developable sites that are exempt 
from the poverty criteria;
    (d) Has a continuous boundary, or consists of not more than three 
non-contiguous parcels meeting the poverty criteria, and not more than 
three noncontiguous developable sites exempt under Sec. 598.115(c)(1) 
from the poverty rate criteria;
    (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 census tract in the district is not less than 35 
percent.