(a) 
There are hereby established the following classifications for all aircraft using the Eagle Lake Municipal Airport:
(1) 
Class 1: Commercial aircraft.
All aircraft engaged in commercial or money-producing activity which are based at the municipal airport for any period of time during each calendar year, regardless of permanent base.
(2) 
Class 2: Personal aircraft.
All aircraft used primarily for personal transportation or recreational use, not used for commercial activities over forty percent of the normal flying time, and which are based at the municipal airport for any period of time during each calendar year.
(3) 
Class 3: Foreign aircraft.
All aircraft who occasionally use the municipal airport but are based at other airports and which are not operated out of the municipal airport on a commercial basis in competition with Eagle Lake based aircraft.
It shall be the responsibility of the city manager or his authorized representative to classify all aircraft using the municipal airport within one of the above classifications. He shall have the authority to obtain from the aircraft owners any and all information he deems necessary to make the proper classification before issuing a permit.
(b) 
Fees to be paid by aircraft owners at any time during the calendar year they first make use of the municipal airport shall be on an annual basis and are as follows:
(1) 
Class 1, commercial aircraft: $10.00 per day per aircraft or $25.00 per year per aircraft, whichever the aircraft owner would choose to pay.
(2) 
Class 2, personal aircraft: $15.00 per aircraft.
(3) 
Class 3, foreign aircraft: None.
Upon proper payment of the fees the city manager is hereby authorized to issue to the owners of each plane a permit authorizing use of the municipal airport for the calendar year in which the permit is issued.
(c) 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be found guilty of a class C misdemeanor and anyone convicted of said violation shall be fined as provided in section 1.01.009.
(Ordinance 2002-22, sec. 4, adopted 8/27/02; Ordinance adopted 11/28/61; Ordinance adopted 5/14/62)
(a) 
The city will permit through-the-fence operations for aircraft to gain direct ground access to the airport from adjacent private property.
(b) 
The city will charge a rate of twelve cents ($0.12) per square foot per year for each T-hangar or conventional hangar owned by private individuals, companies or corporations with direct ground access to the airport. Storage of non-aviation equipment, such as automobiles, boats or farm equipment, in a private hangar, or the conducting of non-aviation business in any hangar structure, will not exempt the private individuals, companies or corporations from the through-the-fence fee.
(c) 
The through-the-fence fee shall be on an annual basis and will be due and payable on the 1st day of April of each year. The fee for the year 1989 will be retroactive to April 1, 1989.
(d) 
The amount of such through-the-fence fee shall be paid to the city secretary, and she shall cause same to be deposited into a separate “airport fund” account.
(e) 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be found guilty of a class C misdemeanor and anyone convicted of said violation shall be fined as provided in section 1.01.009, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ordinance 8908 adopted 7/11/89; Ordinance 9015 adopted 9/25/90; Ordinance 2002-22, sec. 4, adopted 8/27/02; Ordinance 2014-08 adopted 9/9/14)
All airport hangar rates shall be amended as provided in the fee schedule as approved by the city council.
(Ordinance 2016-009 adopted 9/13/16)