2014-030 Cox Field Planned Development Airport Zoning Ordinance

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primary concerns for land uses in this category. Land uses that can create such concerns include but are not limited to racetracks, sports arenas, golf courses, casinos, traditional parks, sport parks, campgrounds, and playgrounds. These facilities often include large parking lots and extensive lighting and generate high concentrations of people and wildlife attractants, all of which are not compatible with airport uses. Casinos represent another growing recreational land use. Casinos typically have large facilities that may accommodate a significant number of people. Moreover, casinos often have large parking lots as well as extensive lighting and large flashing billboards to announce events. Casinos may have restaurants that attract wildlife due to food in trash receptacles and litter in the parking lots, as well as roosting areas on rooftops and light poles. Golf courses were previously considered to be an airport- compatible land use because of their large open spaces, low concentrations of people, and minimal lighting requirements. However, golf courses do have manicured lawns, trees, grasses, and water bodies that can attract birds, rodents, and wildlife to the area to feed, nest, rest, or roost. Consequently, golf courses are now determined to be an incompatible use. In addition, due to the cleared open areas on a golf course, noise from aircraft operations has a tendency to carry for long distances, causing a quality—of —life issue for residents surrounding both the airport and the golf course. More traditional parks and recreational activities such as camping and playgrounds also have quality -of -life impacts due to aircraft noise and hazards associated with aircraft accidents. Parks generally contain groups of people and attract wildlife due to litter on the ground. All parks and recreational land uses are discouraged within the vicinity of an airport. Part B. Environmental Evaluation City of Paris staff and city officials are committed to the protection, preservation and enhancement of environmental elements in all areas both within the corporate limits, ETJ, and as applicable, other environs that impact and /or are impacted by the City of Paris. In that regard, staff will evaluate developments regarding environmental components, and it is strongly recommended that representatives from the development community review and evaluate the following documents as they relate to this Cox Field Planned Development Airport Zoning District: ♦ Cox Field Airport Master Plan (Approved May, 2011) See Appendix C, Environmental Overview regarding discussion of environmental impacts, including comments entitled Compatible Land Use. ♦ Environmental Checklist (Approved December, 2013) This checklist, of course, addresses a number of the environmental components discussed in the Cox Field Master Plan mentioned above, but also includes additional man -made and natural environmental elements as well. 13