Illinois Administrative Code
Title 14 - COMMERCE
Part 524 - RIVER EDGE REDEVELOPMENT ZONE PROGRAM
Subpart B - APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION
Section 524.120 - Eligibility Criteria

a) The area is contiguous and either adjacent to or surrounding a river [65 ILCS 115/10-4(1) ];

b) For purposes of calculating total area, the minimum is one-half square mile and the maximum is 12 square miles, exclusive of lakes and waterways [65 ILCS 115/10-4(2) ];

c) The area is entirely within one of the Citiesof Aurora, East St. Louis, Elgin, Peoria, or Rockford and has at least 100 acres of environmentally challenged land within 1,500 yards of the riverfront [65 ILCS 115/10-4(4), 10 -4(5) and 10-5.3(d)]; and

d) The area is not located within the boundaries of an existing Illinois Enterprise Zone.