§ 3.45.020 — Definitions

3.45.020 - Definitions.

The words and phrases defined in this section have the following meanings: A. "Economic development opportunities" means economic benefits to/for the City of El Paso and its citizens created by the award of a procurement contract including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Employment of residents who reside within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas in the delivery of the contracted service and/or product; 2. Employment of residents who reside within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas in the manufacturing/production processes of the products being procured or the delivery of services being rendered; 3. Increase of tax revenues to the City of El Paso; or 4. Twenty-five percent of the total value of the contract is subcontracted to local businesses as defined in Section 3.45.020, if subcontractors are part of the contract. B. "Local business" means a business with a tier 1 or tier 2 principal place of business within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas. C. "Headquarter" means the executive office where the corporate officers are located and from which the operations of the business are directed and controlled by its officers or owners. D. "Principal place of business:" "Tier 1 principal place of business" means a business whose primary headquarter is located within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas and at least ten percent of the total number of full time employees reside within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas. A temporary construction trailer or temporary structure shall not be construed as the headquarter structure. "Tier 2 principal place of business" means a business that: 1. Has been physically present and operating for at least one year in the incorporated limits of the City of El Paso; and 2. A minimum of fifty of its full time employees reside within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas; and 3. Owns or leases real property or owns or leases space in a structure in which primary business is conducted in the incorporated limits of the City of El Paso; and 4. The property or space owned or leased is used as an office, plant, store, warehouse, or other function that is fully operational and has sufficient equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide the product or service of the business without significant reliance on the resources of another entity, affiliate, or an auxiliary facility of the business which is located outside the incorporated limits of the City of El Paso; and 5. A temporary construction trailer or temporary structure shall not be construed as a real property for purposes of meeting the ownership or lease requirement.

(Ord. No. 18169, § 1, 5-6-2014)