Targeted Urban Area Property Tax Exemption. Cities and towns are authorized to grant a ten-year local property tax exemption for new industrial or manufacturing facilities in designated areas. Within one year of building occupancy, the facility must create at least 25 family living wage jobs with an average wage of at least $23 per hour with health care benefits. The value of the property tax exemption is provided on the value of eligible improvements and applies only to the city portion of the property tax. A county may, by resolution, allow any property receiving an exemption from city property taxes to also receive an exemption from county property taxes. No application for the exemption may be submitted after December 31, 2030.

Industrial or manufacturing facilities must be at least 10,000 square feet with an improvement value of at least $800,000 and meet certain building use standards by the United States Department of Labor. New construction of industrial or manufacturing facilities must:

• be within a targeted area designated by the city;
• be on land that has no existing building improvements and that is zoned for an industrial or manufacturing use;
• meet all construction and development regulations of the city; and
• be completed within three years from the date of approval of the application.

If the city finds that the work was not completed within the required time limit of three years due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner and that the owner has been acting in good faith, the governing authority may extend the deadline for completion of the work for a period not to exceed two years.

Cities are allowed to extend the deadline for project completion for the targeted urban area property tax exemption up to four additional years beyond the existing extension of two years for nuclear facilities that require certification by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.