Shall mean the Oakdale Municipal Airport.
[Ord. No. 436, § 7.]
The airport shall be conducted as a terminal facility for the
promotion and accommodation of air commerce and as a public air terminal.
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Editor's Note: Former section 3-3, Supervision, previously
codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance No. 436 was repealed
in its entirety by Ordinance No. 1068.
[Ord. No. 436, § 9.]
The civil air regulations promulgated by the Federal Aviation
Agency and the aeronautics division of the state department of public
works are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part of this chapter
as fully in all respects as if set forth herein in full.
[Ord. No. 436, § 22; Ord. No. 1068, § 1.]
The use of the airport shall be governed by such rules and regulations
as the city council may, from time to time, establish by resolution.
[Ord. No. 436, § 10.]
The airport shall be open for public use at all hours of the
day and night, subject to the rules and regulations set forth in this
chapter, the payment of fees and subject to such restrictions due
to inclement weather, the condition of the landing area, the presentation
of special events and like causes, as may be determined by the airport
commission.
[Ord. No. 436, § 11.]
Special services may be rendered or special facilities may be
provided at the airport on such terms as the city council may prescribe
from time to time. No person shall use the airport for any purpose
or as a base for the carrying on of commercial activities; for the
carrying for hire passengers, freight, express or mail; for instruction
in aviation in any of its branches; for the sale of fuels, refreshments,
aircraft or any commodity; or for any other commercial purpose unless
a permit has been granted therefor by the city council, and the fees
paid in accordance with this chapter. The council may restrict the
number of persons using the airport to such number as the council
may deem necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
[Ord. No. 436, § 12.]
The privilege of using the airport and its facilities shall
be conditioned on the assumption of full responsibility and risk by
the user thereof and he shall release, hold harmless and indemnify
the city, the city council, their officers and employees from any
liability or loss resulting from such use, as well as against claims
of third persons against the person using the airport.
[Ord. No. 436, § 13: Ord. No. 743 § 1, 1979.]
All persons operating aircraft at the airport for instruction,
commercial purposes or carrying passengers or cargo for hire shall
be required to file and deposit with the city clerk a policy of insurance
or certificate of insurance issued by a company licensed to write
such insurance by the state, by the terms of which the company agrees
to pay on behalf of the policyholder all claims for which the policyholder
is legally liable arising out of the ownership, maintenance and use
of the aircraft.
The limits of liability of the insurance shall not be less than
two hundred thousand dollars for each person and five hundred thousand
dollars for each occurrence for bodily injury liability and fifty
thousand dollars for each occurrence for property damage liability.
In the event the aircraft owner desires to carry single limit policy,
the limit of liability for each occurrence shall not be less than
five hundred thousand dollars.
The policy of insurance shall not be cancelled at the election
of the company except upon giving ten days' prior written notice
thereof to the city clerk. If cancellation is at the option of the
insured, the company shall be required to advise the city clerk of
such cancellation immediately.
No permit to use the airport commercially shall be granted without
compliance with this section. In the event a permit to use the airport
is granted and thereafter the insurance coverage required by the provisions
of this section is cancelled or otherwise terminated, the permit previously
granted shall be suspended until there has been compliance with this
section.
[Ord. No. 436 § 14.]
Every person owning any aircraft permanently based at the airport not included within the provisions of section 3-9, shall comply with the provisions of section 3-9 requiring the furnishing of public liability and property damage insurance as therein specified. No person shall be permitted to permanently base an aircraft at the airport without furnishing insurance required by the provisions of such section.
[Ord. No. 436, § 16.]
No signs shall be placed upon the airport until approved and
permission therefor has been granted by the airport commission.
[Ord. No. 436 § 17.]
No person shall take, use, tamper with or enter into any aircraft,
parts or accessories thereof, or tools, or other equipment owned or
controlled by any other person and stored or otherwise left at the
airport, without the consent of the owner or operator thereof, or
other satisfactory evidence of his right to do so.
[Ord. No. 436, § 18.]
Damage beyond reasonable wear and reasonable depreciation to
municipal facilities, buildings and installations shall be paid for
by the person responsible for such damages.
[Ord. No. 436, § 19.]
No person shall hold himself out as a flight instructor or give
flight instruction unless he has a valid and subsisting flight instructor
rating and he is registered with the airport commission.
All persons giving flight instructions shall register with the
airport commission who will acquaint them with the rules and regulations
and satisfy itself that the persons do in fact have a valid and subsisting
instructor ratings.
[Ord. No. 436, § 20.]
No person, other than a person performing law enforcement duties,
shall use firearms of any description of air rifles, spring guns or
any other form of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous
to human safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with the fire
blank cartridges in or upon the airport. Shooting into the airport
area from beyond the airport boundaries is forbidden.
[Ord. No. 436, § 21; Ord. No. 1068, § 1.]
The city council may contract with an airport operator to operate
parts or all of the facilities available at the airport.
[Ord. No. 436, § 51; Ord. No. 1068, § 1.]
Any person operating or handling an aircraft in violation of
the rules of this chapter, or additional rules established by resolution
of the city council, or refusing to comply therewith may, in addition
to any other penalty for violation of this Code, be removed or ejected
from the airport or may be temporarily grounded upon the order of
the council may be deprived of the further use of the airport and
its facilities for such length of time as may be deemed necessary
to insure the safeguarding of the same and the public and its interest
therein.
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As to general penalty for violation of this Code, see § 5-5
of this Code.
[Ord. No. 786, § 1.]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or any person having charge,
care, custody, or control of any cattle, horses, sheep, goats, all
equine species or dogs to allow any of said animals to run at large
on the property of the Oakdale Municipal Airport at any time.
