Aeronautical activities.
The following activities, commonly conducted on airports, are “aeronautical activities” within the meaning of this article: charter operations, air taxi, pilot training, aircraft rental and sightseeing, aerial photography, crop dusting, aerial advertising and surveying, aircraft sales and services, sale of aviation petroleum products, repair and maintenance of aircraft, and any other activities which, because of their direct relationship to the operation of aircraft, may appropriately be regarded as an “aeronautical activity.”
Airport.
As used in this article, the word “airport” shall mean the Roy Hurd Memorial Airport.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-1)
The requirements prescribed by this article shall constitute the minimum standards to be met as a condition for the right of any person to conduct an aeronautical activity on the airport. Such standards are reasonable and relevant to the covered activities, and shall be applied objectively and uniformly.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-2)
The person acting as airport manager is hereby vested with authority to do any and all things necessary in policing the airport, to provide for the safety of aircraft and persons using or in the vicinity thereof, and with full authority to see that all airport rules and regulations and traffic and taxi rules are enforced.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-4)
The taxiing rules and traffic rules issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Service, effective August 27, 1962, are hereby adopted, together with any amendments hereafter made thereto, and are made a part of this article, and the same shall govern all matters covered therein at the airport.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-5)
Each operator must, in his operations on the airport under which aeronautical services are furnished the public, including the sale of any aeronautical parts, materials, or supplies, furnish such service on a fair, equal, and not unjustly discriminatory basis to all users thereof, and charge fair, reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory prices for each unit or service; provided that the operator may be allowed to make reasonable and nondiscriminatory discounts, rebates, or other similar types of price reductions to volume purchasers.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-6)
(a) 
The city reserves the right to further develop or improve the landing area of the airport as it sees fit, regardless of the desires or views of the operator, and without interference or hindrance.
(b) 
The city reserves the right, but shall not be obligated to the operator, to maintain and keep in repair the landing area of the airport and all publicly owned facilities of the airport, together with the right to direct and control all activities of the operator in this regard.
(c) 
During time of war or national emergency, the city shall have the right to lease the landing area or any part thereof to the United States government for military or naval use, and if any such lease is executed, the provisions of this article, insofar as they are inconsistent with the proof [sic] the lease to the government, shall be suspended.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-7)
The following standards shall apply to the sale of fuel and oil on the airport:
(1) 
The operator must provide suitable space in a convenient location to service the types of aircraft using the airport.
(2) 
The operator must provide tank storage capacity, either above or below the ground as mutually agreed upon, for the following minimum capacity storage of both jet fuel and gasoline:
Gasoline
100/130 octane
2,000 gallon tank
Gasoline
80/87 octane
1,000 gallon tank
Jet fuel
 
3,000 gallon tank
(3) 
The operator must provide fixed pumping equipment with reliable metering devices, and of sufficient capacity to refuel the largest aircraft likely to be serviced within a specified maximum time.
(4) 
The operator must maintain uniformed personnel on full-time duty from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven (7) days a week, and be on call for reasonable requests at night and on holidays.
(5) 
The operator must provide suitable aircraft parking and tie-down areas and the demonstrated capability to efficiently and safely move aircraft to such areas and store them in compliance with local regulations. Storage and tie-down fees shall be approved by the city.
(6) 
The operator must install adequate grounding rods at all fueling locations to eliminate the hazards of static electricity.
(7) 
The operator must provide the necessary equipment to clean up all fueling areas, and it is the responsibility of the operator to daily check that no debris accumulates which would tend to cause a fire hazard.
(8) 
All fueling will be performed in areas so designated by the city.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-8)
The following standards shall apply to crop dusting and spraying operations conducted from the airport:
(1) 
The operator must make suitable arrangements for the safe storage and containment of noxious chemical material.
(2) 
The operator must provide aircraft suitably equipped for agricultural operations with adequate safeguards against spillage on runways and taxiways, or dispersal by wind force to other operational areas of the airport.
(3) 
All empty cans, barrels, sacks or other containers that result from the agricultural operations must be placed in containers and disposed of in a reasonable length of time.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-9)
The following standards shall apply to aircraft charter and taxi service supplied or furnished at the airport:
(1) 
The operator must provide assurance of the availability of suitable aircraft, with qualified operators, ready to depart within a specified maximum notice period of twelve (12) hours.
(2) 
The operator must provide satisfactory arrangements for checking passengers, handling luggage, ticketing and ground transportation.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-10)
The following standards shall apply to the sale or rental of aircraft at the airport:
(1) 
The operator must have a sales or distributorship franchise from an aircraft manufacturer for new aircraft, or adequate sources of used aircraft.
(2) 
The operator must provide suitable sales and office facilities, leased, rented or constructed on the airport property.
(3) 
The operator must provide arrangements at the airport for the repair and servicing of sales aircraft during the sales guarantee.
(4) 
The operator must provide a minimum stock of spare parts peculiar to the aircraft types for which sales privileges are granted.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-11)
The following standards shall apply to the conduct of flight training activities on the airport:
(1) 
The operator must provide, on a full-time basis, personnel and equipment appropriate to the types of training planned.
(2) 
The operator must make available a number of aircraft of specific types, compatible with proposed training.
(3) 
The operator must provide classroom space for ground school training.
(4) 
The operator must meet certification requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct the proposed training.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-12)
The following standards shall apply to the furnishing of aircraft engine and accessory maintenance service on the airport:
(1) 
The operator must provide minimum hangar, shop and storage space as prescribed by the city.
(2) 
The operator must make available repairmen and mechanics in such fields as airframe and engine maintenance require.
(3) 
The operator must provide suitable facilities for washing and cleaning aircraft.
(1972 Code, sec. 5-13)