It shall be unlawful for any person or ground vehicle to go
onto, upon or across the runways, ramps, taxiways or the service area
between such runways, ramps or taxiways at the municipal airport when
such person has no legitimate or lawful right to enter such area.
The term “legitimate or lawful right” shall apply to those
persons authorized to go onto, upon or across such areas by reason
of their official duties in connection with the maintenance, inspection
or operation of the aircraft, airport or facilities thereon, and pilots
and passengers of aircraft lawfully thereon.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-20)
Ground vehicles other than those regularly employed in the service
of the airport, those performing services in connection with the maintenance
and operation of the airport or with the maintenance and operation
of licensed planes or aircraft or emergency vehicles engaged in the
performance of their normal functions shall stay within the limits
of the parking areas, streets and drives and shall not enter the landing
area, aircraft ramps or taxiways except with the written permission
of the city administrator or his authorized agent.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-21)
The city administrator is hereby authorized to designate, by
appropriate signs, areas for public parking, and he is further authorized
to limit or prohibit public parking, by appropriate signs, in such
areas as he deems necessary to facilitate safety and efficiency in
the operation of the airport. He shall file a copy of such designations
in the office of the city secretary, as a public record. It shall
be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any area where such
parking has been prohibited or limited by the erection of proper signs
in violation of any such signs. The city administrator is hereby authorized
to remove any vehicles parked in violation of this section to the
public parking lot at the airport.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-22)
The airport manager is hereby authorized to designate, by appropriate
signs, “no-smoking” areas on the airport. It shall be
unlawful for any person to carry onto such area any cigarette, cigar
or other flammable substance or material while lighted or burning
or to ignite same while in such areas.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-23)
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages
upon the property of the airport in areas other than those, if any,
granted to franchise holders or lessees who, by contract with the
city, have been authorized to sell and allow the consumption of such
beverages in designated franchised or leased areas. It shall be unlawful
for any person to be in a state of intoxication upon any of the property
of the airport.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-24)
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or about his
person any pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description, knuckles,
or any knife or dagger manufactured or sold for the purpose of offense
or defense, on the property of the airport. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to a person in actual military service, nor
to any peace officer in the actual discharge of his official duty,
nor to persons traveling on commercial airlines when such person checks
the above-described weapons with his baggage and places the same in
the control of the agents of authorized commercial airlines within
a reasonable time of arriving at the airport, nor to any person lawfully
carrying the above-described weapons to or from a private aircraft,
nor to any game warden, nor to any deputy when in the actual discharge
of his duties, nor to any reserve police officer in the actual discharge
of his official duty.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-25)
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or about his
person or to knowingly deliver any explosive material or substance
at the airport. Excluded from the provisions of this section are all
persons who, in the actual performance of their employment, are required
to carry, handle, deliver, store or transfer any substance which is
used as a fuel for the propulsion or maintenance of aircraft operating
at such airport and those persons who obtain prior written authority
from the city administrator to carry, handle, deliver, store or transfer
any explosive material or substance which is necessary to the operation
of such airport or which is to be lawfully shipped.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-26)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or wantonly
deface or destroy any structure or property at the airport.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-27)
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit customers or
patronage or funds for himself or on behalf of any person or to sell
or make delivery of any merchandise of any type or distribute advertising
matter upon the premises or property of the airport without obtaining
the prior written authority of the city administrator or of the city
commission. This section shall not apply to those persons making routine
deliveries of supplies or equipment to franchise holders or lessees
who operate under a valid contract with the city.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-28)
It shall be unlawful for any person to affix or place any sign,
poster or other advertisement upon the property of the airport without
the prior written approval of the city administrator. It shall be
unlawful for any person who affixes or places any sign, poster or
other advertisement upon such property and who is given notice by
the city administrator to remove the same to fail or refuse to remove
the same, and each day of such failure or refusal after such notice
has been given shall be deemed a separate violation.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-29)
The airport manager is authorized to approve, by written permit,
signed by the airport manager and approved in writing by the city
administrator, the placing of any show card, placard, advertisement
or sign for the purpose of advertising or attracting the attention
of the public for a limited time stated in the permit, subject to
the regulations concerning the use of the airport. Every such permit
shall be subject to revocation by the city commission at any time
and subject to revocation by the city administrator on the breach
of any of the rules and regulations concerning airport property, or
the violation of any of the terms of the permit by written notice
from the city administrator.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-30)
The city administrator shall remove or cause to be removed from
the airport property all displays, signs, placards, handbills, posters
or other advertisement of any description unless the same shall have
been first authorized as required herein.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-31)
All repairs to aircraft and engines at the airport shall be
made in the area designated for that purpose and not in any other
area.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-32)
No person shall solicit mechanical or other work on aircraft
at the airport unless allowed to do so by written contract with the
city.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-33)
No person shall interfere or tamper with any aircraft at the
airport or put in motion the engines of such aircraft, or use any
aircraft, aircraft parts, instruments or tools, without permission
of the owner.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-34)
No aircraft engine shall be started or run at the airport unless
a licensed pilot or competent mechanic is in the cockpit attending
the controls, and aircraft shall be started and warmed up only in
the place designated for such purposes by the airport operator.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-36)
No person using the airport shall knowingly or willfully make
any false statement or report to the city administrator or any authorized
city employee.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-36)
The aircraft owner and his pilot or agent shall be responsible
for the prompt disposal of wrecked aircraft and the parts thereof
so as to avoid all interference with field operations, unless directed
by the airport operator to delay such action pending investigation
of the accident. If the owner, his pilot or agent fails to or refuses
to remove wrecked aircraft interfering with field operations or field
regulations, the airport operator is authorized to remove wrecked
aircraft and charge the costs of removal to the owner.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-37)
(a)
The
city shall not be responsible for any damage to or loss of property
at the airport, and the city shall never be liable on account of any
accident to any person or property or for any person or property by
reason of the operation of the airport, nor on account of the suspension
of the use of the airport or suspension of operations thereon. All
persons using the airport shall use the same at their own risk, and
subject to the control, orders and regulations of the city and its
officers and employees.
(b)
The
permission granted by the city to use the airport and its facilities,
or to fly to, from or over the same, shall at all times be conditioned
upon the assumption of full responsibility thereof by every person
exercising or taking advantage of the permission. It shall be a further
condition that each person, as a consideration for the use of the
airport and its facilities, shall indemnify and keep the city harmless
from all claims, costs or judgments, proximately resulting from negligence
of such person.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-38)
The following rules pertaining to gasoline and oil at the airport
shall be in full force and effect:
(1)
No
person shall bring gasoline or oil to be used in aircraft upon the
airport unless provided for in a contract with the city.
(2)
All
servicing of aircraft must be done by the employees of those companies
having the power to service aircraft by virtue of a contract with
the city.
(3)
No
gasoline shall be stored in cans or in drums in the hangars of the
airport.
(4)
No
aircraft shall be fueled or defueled while the engine is running or
being warmed by applications of exterior heat, or while such aircraft
is in a hangar or enclosed space.
(5)
No
person shall smoke in an exposed area within one hundred (100) feet
of an aircraft being fueled or defueled.
(6)
No
person shall operate any radio transmitter or receiver or switch electrical
appliances off or on in an aircraft during fueling or defueling.
(7)
During
refueling, the aircraft and the fueling dispensing apparatus shall
both be grounded to a point or points of zero electrical potential.
(8)
Persons
engaged in the fueling and defueling of aircraft shall exercise care
to prevent overflow of fuel.
(9)
No
person shall use any material during fueling or defueling of aircraft
which is likely to cause a spark or be a source of ignition.
(10)
Adequate fire extinguishers shall be within ready reach of all persons
engaged in fueling or defueling operations.
(11)
No person shall start the engine of any aircraft when there is any
gasoline on the ground under such aircraft.
(12)
Fueling hoses and defueling equipment shall be maintained in a safe,
sound and nonleaking condition.
(13)
All hoses, funnels and appurtenances used in fueling and defueling
operations shall be equipped with a grounding device to prevent ignition
of volatile liquids.
(14)
All fueling and defueling of aircraft shall be conducted at least
fifty (50) feet from any hangar or other building.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-39)
Any person operating or handling any aircraft in violation of
this division, or any person refusing to comply with the provisions
of this division, may be promptly removed or ejected from the airport
by the police, or under the authority of the city administrator. Upon
the order of the city administrator, such person may be deprived of
the further use of the airport and its facilities for such length
of time as may be required to insure the safeguarding of the same
and the public and its interests therein.
(1978 Code, sec. 4-40)
