2014-030 Cox Field Planned Development Airport Zoning Ordinance

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Part A. Goals and Objectives Because of the uniqueness of land use planning and supportive zoning of areas within the boundaries of airports, including the adjacent and surrounding environs, particular goals and objectives are required in support of safety of life and property and land use compatibility. The following goals and objectives are further supported by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) goals, guidelines, and where applicable, legal requirements. Overall Policy Objective: Tall structures, trees, and other objects, particularly when located near airports or on high terrain, may constitute hazards to aircraft in flight. Other land use features also can create hazards to flight by attracting wildlife, causing visual impairment, or generating electronic interference. Federal regulations establish the criteria for evaluating these hazards, but the federal government does not have the authority to prevent their creation. The purpose of these airspace protection policies, together with regulations established by the state and local government, is to ensure that hazards to the navigable airspace do not occur. These are recommended elements to consider in evaluating various land uses and Goals and Objectives are not enforceable by themselves; the actual enforceable regulations are Part D: Cox Field Planned Development Airport Zoning District Ordinance Regulations. 1. Gen eral, Overall Goals and Objectives These general goals and objectives address elements that should not be allowed if they could endanger or interfere with the landing, take off, or maneuvering of an aircraft at an airport. Specific characteristics to be avoided include: ♦ Creation of electrical interference with navigational signals or radio communication between the airport and aircraft; ♦ Lighting which is difficult to distinguish from airport lighting; ♦ Glare in the eyes of pilots using the airport, sources of glare (e.g. solar glare, mirrored and /or highly reflective building features) or bright lights; ♦ Sources of steam, dust, or smoke or other impairments to visibility or pilot's vision in the airport vicinity; and ♦ Uses, which attract birds and create bird strike hazards. Bird strike and other forms of wildlife hazard have become a major concern internationally. In the United States and Canada, reduction and management of wildlife hazards are of particular concern. With regard to bird strike hazards, the FAA specifically considers waste disposal sites (sanitary landfills) to be incompatible land uses if located within 10,000 feet of a runway used by turbine - powered aircraft or 5,000 feet of other runways. Any waste disposal site located within five statute miles of an airport is also deemed incompatible if it results in a hazardous movement of birds across a runway or aircraft approach and departure paths. Caution should be exercised with regard to certain other land uses — including golf courses and some agricultural crops —in these locations to ensure that wildlife hazards do not result. Furthermore, federal statutes (49 U.S.C. §44718(d)) now prohibit new "municipal solid waste landfills" within six miles of airports that: (1) receive FAA grants, and (2) primarily serve general aviation aircraft and scheduled air carrier operations using aircraft with less than 60 passenger seats. 4