Laserfiche WebLink
ii. Emergency communications facilities; power plants, and other utilities. <br />d. Open Land <br />In the event that a small aircraft is forced to land somewhere other than at an airport, the risks to the <br />people on board can best be minimized by providing as much open land area as possible within the <br />airport vicinity. This concept is based upon the fact that the majority of aircraft accidents <br />and incidents occurring away from an airport runway are controlled emergency landings in which <br />the pilot has reasonable opportunity to select the landing site. <br />a. To qualify as open land, an area should: <br />i. Be free of most structures and other major obstacles such as walls, large trees or poles (greater <br />than 4 inches in diameter, measured 4 feet above the ground), and overhead wires. <br />ii. Have minimum dimensions of approximately 75 feet by 300 feet <br />(0.5 acres). <br />b. Open land areas should be oriented with the typical direction of aircraft flight over the location <br />involved. <br />c. Roads and automobile parking lots are acceptable as open land areas if they meet the above <br />criteria. <br />d. Open land criteria for each safety zone are most appropriately applied with respect to the entire <br />zone. Individual parcels may be too small to accommodate the minimum -size open area <br />requirement. Consequently, the identification of open land areas must initially be accomplished <br />at the general plan or specific plan level or as part of large (10 acres or more) development <br />projects. <br />e. Clustering of development, and providing a contiguous landscaped and parking area is <br />encouraged as a means of increasing the size of open land areas. <br />f. Building envelopes and the airport safety zones should be indicated on all development plans <br />and tentative maps for projects located within the Cox Field Airport influence area. Portraying <br />this information is intended to ensure that individual development projects provide the open land <br />areas identified in the applicable general plan, specific plan, or other large- scale plan. <br />Limits on Clustering <br />As used in these Goals and Objectives, "clustering" refers to the concentration of development <br />(measured in terms of dwellings or people per acre) into a portion of the site, leaving other portions <br />of the site relatively less developed or as open land. To a degree, clustering of development is <br />desirable from an airport land use safety compatibility perspective in that more places where an <br />aircraft can attempt an emergency landing would then potentially remain. However, clustering <br />poses the risk that an out -of- control aircraft could strike the location where the development is <br />0 <br />