[R.O. 2009 §2.96.010; Prior Code §2-601]
All responsibility for the management, administration and operation
of the Municipal Airport shall be the responsibility of the City Manager
on the following terms and conditions:
The City Manager may, if he/she deems it advisable, delegate
to an Airport Manager/Fixed Base Operator, an individual of his/her
choice and appointment the actual day-to-day maintenance, management
and operation of the airport on terms and conditions set forth by
the City Manager.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.020; Prior Code §2-602]
It is unlawful for any person to remove any soil or earthen
materials or other property from the grounds of the Municipal Airport
without the approval of the City Manager.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.030; Prior Code §2-603(a)]
Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport property description:
A part of Sections 8, 9, 16, 17 and 20, Township 26 North, Range
14 East, Scott County, Missouri and being further described by metes
and bounds as follows:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 20, said
point being the Northwest corner of the Felker-Sharp Addition to the
City of Sikeston as recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 24 and the Freeman
Addition as recorded in Plat Book 13 on Page 46; thence N 83°44'
23" W along the North line thereof a distance of 90.47 feet to the
centerline of St. John's Ditch; thence N 17°00'56" E along the
centerline of said ditch a distance of 728.05 feet; thence continuing
along the centerline of said ditch N 0°03'47" W a distance of
117.31 feet to the point of beginning, said point being the Northeast
corner of the Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce as described in
Book 403, Page 692; thence along the north line thereof on the following
courses, N 75°17'39" W a distance of 243.46 feet to a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence N 58°34'49"
W a distance of 159.71 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence N 85°45'17" W a distance of 225.25 feet to a
½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 78°02'11"
W a distance of 44.49 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence S 54°55'15" W a distance of 119.42 feet to a
½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 37°31'40"
W a distance of 35.47 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence S 10°24'20" W a distance of 87.26 feet to a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 5°19'22" E a distance
of 49.18 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same;
thence S 20°12'35" E a distance of 163.31 feet to a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 12°57'32" E a distance
of 24.78 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same;
thence S 4°34'07" W a distance of 22.89 feet to a ½" iron
rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 30°39'37" W a distance
of 321.67 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same;
thence S 85°07'16" W a distance of 646.42 feet to the Northwest
corner of said tract marked with a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence S 14°41'39" W along the West line thereof a distance
of 1,293.42 feet to the East line of the Piggly Wiggly Mid-South,
Inc. tract as described in Book 448, Page 137 marked with a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence N 12°19'46" W along
the east side thereof a distance of 82.34 feet to the Northeast corner
thereof; thence N 67°32'44" W along the North side thereof a distance
of 651.90 feet to an ½" iron rod; thence S 18°31'51" W
along the West side thereof a distance of 126.49 feet to a railroad
spike; thence S 15°28'52" E along said West side a distance of
641.66 to a ½" iron rod; thence S 15°53'52" E along said
West side a distance of 255.02 feet to the Southwest corner of said
tract, also being the Northwest corner of a tract obtained by the
City of Sikeston from Triangle PWC, Inc. marked with a ½" iron
rod with a cap stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence S 20°44'28"
E along the West side thereof a distance of 641.75 feet to a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 68°46'23" W along
said West side a distance of 150.00 feet to a ½" iron rod with
a cap stamped the same; thence S 26°43'12" W along said West side
a distance of 330.30 feet to a ½" iron rod; thence S 20°15'48"
E along said West side a distance of 45.00 feet to the North right-of-way
line of the Union Pacific Railroad, marked with a ½" iron rod
with a cap stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence S 69°04'52"
W along said right-of-way line a distance of 281.71 feet to a ½"
iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence N 20°46'47" W a distance
of 50.00 feet to the North right-of-way line of Linn Street, marked
with a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 71°04'21"
W along said right-of-way line a distance of 283.41 feet to the Southeast
corner of Collins Lakeside Estates, 1st Addition as recorded in Plat
Book 14, Page 27, marked with a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence N 15°42'32" W along the East side of said addition
and Collins Lakeside Estates 3rd Addition as recorded in Plat Book
14, Page 34 a distance of 1,125.74 feet to a ½" iron rod marking
the Northeast corner of said Third Addition; thence S 74°15'04"
W along the North side of said addition a distance of 654.56 feet
to the Northwest corner thereof and also being on the East line of
Collins Lakeside 2nd Addition as recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 32;
thence N 14°28'57" W along the East side of said Second Addition
a distance of 441.34 feet to the Northeast corner thereof marked with
a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108";
thence S 75°31'08" W along the North side thereof a distance of
206.11 feet to the Southwest corner of a tract obtained by the City
of Sikeston as recorded in Book 393, Page 604 and described as being
a part of Collins Lakeside 4th Addition, marked with a ½" iron
rod with a cap stamped the same; thence N 14°28'52" W a distance
of 302.29 to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence
N 66°37'40" W a distance of 92.37 feet to a ½" iron rod
with a cap stamped the same; thence N 31°54'11" E a distance of
100.74 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence
N 14°28'52" W a distance of 56.87 feet to the North line of Lot
6 of said Collins Lakeside 4th Addition, also being the Northwest
corner of said tract obtained by the City of Sikeston, marked with
a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped the same; thence S 89°02'05"
W along the North line of said Addition a distance of 148.17 feet
to the Northwest corner of said Addition, marked with a ½"
iron rod; thence N 2°31'49" W a distance of 3978.42 feet to a
½" iron rod, being the Northeast corner of Harts Cemetery;
thence N 88°26'14" E a distance of 220.72 feet to the East right-of-way
line of N. Ingram Road, marked with a ½" iron rod with a cap
stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence along said right-of-way
line on a curve to the left having a radius of 924.92 feet and a chord
bearing S 33°02'33" W - 18.95 feet a distance of 18.95 feet, marked
with a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped "Norman Lambert LS 1492",
being the Southwest corner of the F & H Development Company tract
(a.k.a. Bootheel Golf Course) as described in Book 510, Page 203;
thence S 60°27'15" E along the South side of said tract a distance
of 76.95 feet, marked with a ½" iron rod with a cap, stamped
the same; thence N 47°45'16" E along the East side of said tract
a distance of 143.73 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped,
"John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence continuing along said tract on a
curve to the left with a radius of 318.94 feet and a chord bearing
N 36°07'06" E - 129.57 feet a distance of 130.47 to a ½"
iron rod with a cap, stamped "Norman Lambert, LS 1492", also being
the Southwest corner of the F & H Development Company tract as
recorded in Book 491, Page 715; thence S 41°15'30" E along the
South line thereof a distance of 370.54 feet to a ½" iron rod;
thence S 66°35'35" E along the South line thereof a distance of
1,454.21 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap, stamped "Norman
Lambert LS 1492", marking the Southwest corner of said tract; thence
N 23°24'31" E along the East line of said tract a distance of
3,520.74 feet to a ½" iron rod, stamped the same; thence N
23°29'35" E a distance of 3,347.28 feet to a ½" iron rod
with a cap stamped, "John Chittenden LS 2108"; thence S 66°30'25"
E a distance of 1,010.10 feet to a ½" iron rod with a cap stamped
the same; thence S 23°29'35" W a distance of 1,702.75 feet to
the centerline of St. John's Ditch; thence following the centerline
of said St. John's Ditch in the following courses, S 4°25'25"
E a distance of 199.66 feet; thence S 5°27'35" W a distance of
1,111.72 feet; thence S 4°57'31" W a distance of 616.66 feet;
thence S 6°12'45" W a distance of 292.61 feet; thence S 13°18'09"
W a distance of 944.76 feet; thence S 12°25'37" W a distance of
998.87 feet; thence S 5°03'15" E a distance of 1,566.67 feet;
thence S 0°03'47" E a distance of 37.38 feet to the point of beginning
and containing 556.63 acres, more or less.
Subject to any and all easements, if any, effecting the same.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.040; Prior Code §2-603(b)]
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, no structure or
tree shall be erected, altered, allowed to grow or maintained in any
zone created by this Article to a height in excess of the height limit
herein established for such zone.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.050; Prior Code §2-604]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, no use
may be made of land within any zone established by this Article in
such a manner as to create electrical interference with radio communications
between the airport and aircraft, make it difficult for flyers to
distinguish between the airport and airport lights and others, result
in glare in the eyes of flyers using the airport, impair visibility
in the vicinity of the airport or otherwise endanger the landing,
taking off or maneuvering of aircraft.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.060; Prior Code §2-605]
A.
The regulations
prescribed by this Article shall not be construed to require the removal,
lowering or other changes of alteration of any structure or tree not
conforming to the regulations as of the effective date of the ordinance
codified in this Article or otherwise interfere with the continuance
of any non-conforming use. Nothing herein contained shall require
any change in the construction, alteration or intended use of any
structure, the construction or alteration of which was begun prior
to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Article and
is diligently prosecuted.
B.
Notwithstanding Subsection (A), the owner of any non-conforming structure or tree is required to permit the installation, operation and maintenance thereon of such markers and lights as shall be deemed necessary by the City of Sikeston to indicate to the operators of aircraft in the vicinity of the airport the presence of such airport hazards. Such markers and lights shall be installed, operated and maintained at the expense of the City.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.070; Prior Code §2-606(a)]
Except as specifically provided herein, no material change shall
be made in the use of land and no structure or tree shall be erected,
altered, planted or otherwise established in any zone created unless
a permit therefor has been applied for and granted. Each application
for a permit shall indicate the purpose for which the permit is desired
with sufficient particularity to permit it to be determined whether
the resulting use, structure or tree would conform to the regulations
prescribed in this Article. If such determination is in the affirmative,
the permit shall be granted.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.080; Prior Code §2-606(b)]
In the area lying within the limits of the zone, no permit shall
be required for any tree or structure less than thirty-five (35) feet
of vertical height above the ground, except when because of terrain,
land contour or topographic features such tree or structure would
extend above the height limits prescribed for such zone.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.090; Prior Code §2-607; Ord. No. 4810 §3, 9-1990]
It shall be the duty of the Airport Manager/Fixed Base Operator
to administer and enforce the regulations prescribed in this Article.
Applications for permits and variances shall be made to the Airport
Manager/Fixed Base Operator upon a form furnished by the Airport Manager/Fixed
Base Operator. Applications required by this Article shall, when submitted
to the Airport Manager/Fixed Base Operator, be forwarded to City Council
for approval or denial.
[R.O. 2009 §§2.96.100— 2.96.150; Ord. No. 4095 §1(part)(A—E),
1980]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
prescribed meanings:
Any contrivance now known or hereinafter invented, used or
designed for navigation or flight in the air.
Any person, persons or corporation who perform or conduct
the following activities for remuneration:
The operation of an air school engaged in giving or offering
to give instruction in aeronautics, either in flying aircraft or ground
school subjects or both, for reward or compensation and/or which employs
other persons for such purposes;
The operation of aircraft for hire, other than scheduled airlines,
which means hires to the general public or members or classes thereof
for the purpose of carrying persons or property;
The sale, demonstration or rental of aircraft and/or the sale
of aircraft parts and supplies;
The sale of aircraft fuel and oil or the servicing of aircraft
with fuel or oil;
The maintenance and repair of aircraft;
The furnishing of aircraft storage or tiedowns;
The furnishing of pilots for operating aircraft for others;
The giving of sightseeing rides, the performing of aerial crop
dusting or spraying, aerial photography, aerial advertising and surveying,
aerial patrol, operation of air ambulance or cargo service;
Any other activity which involves, makes possible or is required
for the operation of aircraft; or which contributes to or is required
for the safety of such operation.
Anyone the definition of who performs or conducts any of
the activities listed in the definition of "FIXED BASE OPERATOR" for remuneration.
Individual pilots who hire themselves out to fly airplanes
owned by others and individual aircraft owners who own only one (1)
plane, who are primarily not in the aircraft rental or charter business
and do not maintain an office and advertise, including flight instructors
who average less than ten (10) hours per week, shall not be defined
as operators for the purpose of these rules. Professional pilots shall
keep on file with the Airport Manager/Fixed Base Operator's office
their name, FAA certificate number, telephone number and address.
Anyone who performs any of the activities listed in the definition
of "FIXED BASE OPERATOR" for remuneration for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, nor for more than ninety (90) days in any calendar year. A temporary operator will be required to obtain a permit and pay a fee as per Sections 155.180 through 155.230.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.160; Ord. No. 4095 §2, 1980]
The privilege of conducting any activity or activities set forth
in this Article shall be on a non-exclusive basis and any rights granted
to one (1) operator may be granted to other operators.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.170; Ord. No. 4095 §3(part)(A), 1980]
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to establish or do
business on the premises of the Sikeston Memorial Airport as a fixed
base operator shall secure a permit or contract from the City and
pay an activity fee for the privilege of conducting such activity
off, from or on the Sikeston Memorial Airport in the amount that may
be established by the City for any and all such activities on the
airport.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.180; Ord. No. 4095 §3(B), 1980]
No person, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association, society
or club, singular or plural, shall perform for remuneration any of
the activities listed in this Article from the T-hangars or any other
hangar space that may be leased, nor from any other location on the
Sikeston Memorial Airport without specific written permission from
the City.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.190; Ord. No. 4095 §3(C), 1980]
A.
Any applicant
to conduct any of the activities listed under this Article shall:
1.
Furnish
good, prompt and efficient service adequate to meet the demands for
its service at the airport;
2.
Charge
fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory prices for each unit or sale
or service; provided that the applicant (lessee) may be allowed to
make reasonable and non-discriminatory discounts, rebates or other
similar types of price reductions to volume purchasers;
3.
Maintain
his/her premises in a neat and orderly manner with activities and
storage of materials restricted to that of an aeronautical type.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.200; Ord. No. 4095 §3(D), 1980]
A manager of the applicant's operation shall be designated and
shall have as his/her primary job to manage and promote the operation.
He/she must be available during normal business hours. The applicant
shall maintain an office at Sikeston Memorial Airport unless the City
agrees in writing to the location of the office at a specific site
off the airport. On call service must be provided at times the office
might not be manned during normal business hours. Management must
provide safe and efficient services to the users of the airport without
discrimination of any kind. If at any time during the period covered
by the permit or contract there is a change in management, partners,
corporate owners or firm names or any other change in the firm's management
structure, the City reserves the right to review and approve such
changes.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.210; Ord. No. 4095 §3(E), 1980]
The applicant must furnish proof of financial responsibility
to the City with a financial statement prepared by a certified public
accountant, upon initial signing of his/her lease or permit.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.220; Ord. No. 4095 §3(F), 1980]
A.
Any fixed
base operator desiring to establish an operation on the Sikeston Memorial
Airport, in addition to complying with the above requirements, shall
meet the following requirements:
1.
Applicant
for a fixed base operation or partial fixed base operation agrees
that its jet fuel, gasoline, oil and storage servicing facilities
shall be open to render service at the least from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00
P.M. daily, seven (7) days per week. Other facilities shall be open
for at least forty (40) hour weeks and longer if the City determines
that service to the public requires longer hours of operation. Seasonal
operations may be excepted upon approval of a written request.
2.
No one
shall conduct a fixed base operation from the Sikeston Memorial Airport
unless properly housed in a space necessary to conduct their operation
to properly service the flying public. The City shall be the sole
judge of the amount of space required based on reasonable and non-discriminatory
standards. The privilege of selling aircraft fuel or oil or servicing
aircraft with fuel or oil shall be granted to any fixed base operator.
Any fuel dispensed on the Sikeston Memorial Airport shall be dispensed
only in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National
Fire Protection Association, (N.F.P.A.) and shall be stored only in
accordance with regulations and Statutes of the City, the State and
the United States of America. Fuels must be stored in approved facilities
located on the airport which are approved by N.F.P.A. and dispensed
only by trucks also approved by N.F.P.A. for conducting such operations
on airports. No fuel operations are permitted except by approved,
designated fixed base operators.
3.
Under
no circumstances will any operation be permitted unless hangar or
building space requirements are complied with.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.230; Ord. No. 4095 §4(part)(A), 1980]
Any applicant desiring to conduct a flight school shall have
a valid airman agency certificate issued by the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration and shall comply with regulations
as stipulated in Part No. 141 of the Federal Aviation's Regulations
or FAR Part 61.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.240; Ord. No. 4095 §4(B), 1980]
Any operator desiring to provide aircraft and pilot(s) for hire
for the transportation of people or property shall hold a valid air
taxi operator's certificate issued by the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration and shall comply with the regulations established
in Part Number 135 of the Federal Aviation regulations as applicable
for air taxi operators.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.250; Ord. No. 4095 §4(C), 1980]
Any applicant desiring to conduct maintenance service for the
repair of aircraft engines, airframes, propellers, instruments, accessories
or radios shall have the necessary equipment and personnel to comply
with the regulations established in Part Number Forty-Three of the
Federal Aviation regulations. Special repair of single aircraft such
as jet-type aircraft by factory personnel is exempt from these rules,
including pilot owners or designees performing the FAA listed minor
maintenance items on their own airplanes.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.260; Ord. No. 4095 §4(D), 1980]
Any applicant desiring to conduct agricultural operations shall
hold all required State and Federal certificates and permits for this
work. In addition, the operator is responsible for maintaining his/her
facility as per State of Missouri, Title 10, Division 25 regulations
effective January 1, 1980, including storage, use of and disposal
of all chemicals and containers and related equipment. This also includes
itinerant agricultural operations.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.270; Ord. No. 4095 §4(E), 1980]
Parachute and balloon clubs are required to obtain written authorization
from the City, specifying area and times, to use the airport. They
will hold all required State and Federal certificates and licenses
for these operations and adhere to all State and Federal regulations
for this type of operation. In addition, both of these types of operations
will be coordinated through the Airport Manager/Fixed Base Operator
as well as the FAA Flight Service Station at Cape Girardeau. Shall
the City Manager or his/her authorized representative determine that,
due to adverse weather or aircraft traffic density or other safety
reasons, parachute and/or balloon activity at the Sikeston Airport
should be canceled for the day, he/she has the authority to do so.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.280; Ord. No. 4095 §4(F), 1980]
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.290; Ord. No. 4095 §5(part), 1980]
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.300; Ord. No. 4095 §5(A), 1980]
Rents and fees must be paid promptly within thirty (30) days.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.310; Ord. No. 4095 §5(B), 1980]
Insurance shall be carried by all operators covering all risks
and also insuring the City. This amount and terms of insurance coverage
shall be set by the City Manager, the amounts and terms to be reflective
of current Statutes and ordinances, insurance industry practices and
regulations and the nature of the operator's business. In no event
shall any operator carry bodily injury liability in amounts less than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per person with an aggregate
of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000.00) per occurrence. In
addition to the above-referenced factors, the amount of property damage
liability coverage shall be reflective of the value of the property
being used and occupied by the operator at the airport.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.320; Ord. No. 4095 §5(C), 1980]
All operators must accept all the moral and financial responsibilities
of his/her operations and shall hold the City harmless of any liability
incurred because of such operations by naming the City as a co-insured
in the applicant's insurance policy.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.330; Ord. No. 4095 §5(D), 1980]
Maintenance and sales operators shall have the amount of insurance specified in Section 155.260 as in the form of premises liability. Instruction and charter operators shall have the above amount of insurance as public liability.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.340; Ord. No. 4095 §5(E), 1980]
New hangars or other new required space facilities for an operation
will be built by the City only if the applicant agrees to sign a lease
which will at least fully amortize the investment in the facilities
in twenty-five (25) years or less and then only if the surety on the
lease is sufficient to enable the City to pay for such facility so
constructed. No buildings may be constructed on the airport unless
the plans and specifications therefore are approved by the City and
a contract entered into with the City providing for the location of
building, the use of land, the payment of taxes, the control of building
by the City and such other contractual provisions as the City may
see fit to impose for the protection of the public interest.
[R.O. 2009 §2.96.350; Ord. No. 4095 §5(F), 1980]
Anyone using the facilities of Sikeston Memorial Airport shall
do so in a prudent and safe manner in accord with applicable Federal
aviation regulations. The City reserves the right to bar or limit
the activities of any person or entity at Sikeston Memorial Airport
in the interest of public safety.
