a. 
"Aircraft parking space" means an area for parking and storing of aircraft, for loading and unloading of passengers, baggage, freight, mail and other cargo upon and from aircraft; for performing of operations incidental to the immediate preparation of aircraft for departure such as inspection, cleaning, and servicing with fuel, lubricants and other supplies; for making minor and emergency repairs to aircraft; and for parking mobile equipment used in connection with the foregoing.
b. 
"Airport" means any or all airports under the control of the County Department of Airports except when otherwise noted and includes all property and improvements within the property or boundary lines of the airport.
c. 
"Aviation operator" means any persons engaged in business of an aviation nature or being authorized to conduct such business by virtue of a contract or permit with the County.
d. 
"Commercial vehicle" means any type whatsoever, used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, for compensation, or for profit; or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of goods or property.
e. 
"Common use gate" means a designated gate position intended for use by two or more airlines on a scheduled basis.
f. 
"Director" means the Director of Airports as appointed by the County. The director may delegate authority as he deems fit and as set out in the table of organization.
g. 
"Fixed base operator" means a person who engages in all or any one of the following activities; the business of aeronautics, engine, aircraft and air frame repairs of any and all descriptions, sale and renting of aircraft, sale or new and used aircraft, sale of engine parts and accessories, flight instruction, commercial aircraft use. This person must have either a permit or contract with the county.
h. 
"High performance aircraft" means aircraft with a cruising speed of two hundred fifty knots or more.
i. 
"Non-flight commercial activities" means any activity conducted by any person engaged in any business authorized by permit with the County at any airport covered by this Title which business is other than that of an aviation operator, certified air carrier, fixed base operator, mechanic, or commercial aircraft use.
j. 
"Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, organization, joint stock association or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
k. 
"Preferential use gate" means a gate position intended for use by only one airline on a scheduled basis.
l. 
"Public aircraft facilities" mean facilities provided and made available by the Department of Airports for public use by aircraft operators.
m. 
"Restricted areas" means all runways and taxiways, fuel farms, water well pumping stations, sewer lift stations, oxidation ponds, mechanical rooms, electrical vault, and other posted facilities are restricted areas. All restricted areas will be posted with signs whenever and wherever practical.
n. 
"Runway" means an area for landing and the taking off of aircraft.
o. 
"Supervised areas" means all aprons, hangars, aircraft operations areas are supervised areas.
p. 
"Taxiway" means an area for the ground movement of aircraft.
q. 
"Terminal apron space" means the area in the vicinity of terminal buildings (and any future additions thereto), extensions thereof and improvements thereon which space is for loading and unloading of passengers, baggage, freight, mail and other cargo to or from aircraft; for performing operations incidental to the immediate departure of aircraft such as inspection, cleaning, and servicing with fuel, lubricants and other supplies; and for parking mobile equipment used in connection with the foregoing.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
The ordinance codified herein shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its passage, and prior to the expiration of 15 days from passage thereof shall be published once in the local newspaper of general circulation printed and published in this County, including the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
a. 
All users of, and persons on the airport shall be governed by these regulations and the directions of the Director of airports. These regulations are subject to change by the County at any time. The Director of Airports shall have authority to take such actions as may be necessary to safeguard persons and property at the airport; and to make and enforce such rules and regulations, in addition to those provided herein, as shall be required in any emergency or abnormal condition.
b. 
These regulations are not intended to amend, modify or supersede any provisions of federal, state or local law, or any specific contractual agreement of the County or the County through the Department of Airports with which they may conflict; provided, however that these regulations shall, insofar as possible, be interpreted so that such a conflict shall not exist.
c. 
If any portion of these regulations is declared invalid or unenforceable, all other portions shall remain in effect and be construed to achieve the purposes hereof.
d. 
In the operation and use of the airport, all users of and persons on the airport shall neither discriminate nor permit discrimination against any person or group of persons on the grounds of race, color or national origin in any manner prohibited by the Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 15.
e. 
All users of and persons on the airport shall furnish service on a fair, equal and nondiscriminatory basis and charge fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory prices for each unit or service; provided, all users of and persons on the airport may make reasonable and nondiscriminatory discounts, rebates, or other similar types of price reductions to volume purchasers.
f. 
Within the meaning of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Section 308(a), all users of and persons on the airport understand as follows: "There shall be no exclusive right for the use of any landing area or air navigation facility upon which Federal funds have been expended."
g. 
All users of and persons on the airport shall obey all rules and regulations relating to the use of facilities of the airport. This includes all fire, safety and health regulations, as well as rules and regulations relating to the use of areas specifically designated for tiedown and outdoor parking of aircraft. Each person shall obey the Laws and Regulations of the United States, the state, and the county, and the orders and regulations of any officer thereof. Each person shall obey the rules and regulations of the airport as now existing or hereafter amended as well as all Federal Aviation Regulations.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
a. 
Any person operating or handling any aircraft, operating any vehicle, equipment, or apparatus, or using the airport, or any of its facilities, in violation of any of the rules and regulations contained herein, or refusing to comply therewith, may be removed from the airport by or under the authority of the Director of airports. Any person may be deprived of and refused the further use of the airport and its facilities for such length of time as the Director deems necessary in order to safeguard the public, the airport and its facilities.
b. 
Any person or persons who violate, or who aid or abet a violation of any of the provisions of this title are guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, except as otherwise provided thereof, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the County jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
a. 
The permission granted by the County to use the airport and its facilities shall be conditioned upon the assumption of full responsibility by every person exercising or using such permission. As a consideration for the use of the airport and its facilities, each person using the airport and its facilities shall release from, hold harmless of, and indemnify the county, and its officers, agents, and employees, from any and all responsibility, liability, loss, or damage, caused by or on the behalf of such person using the airport and its facilities.
b. 
The use of the airport by any person for any purpose, or the paying of any fees therefor, or the operation of any aircraft thereon, shall be in itself an acknowledgment that such persons accept such privileges on the conditions set forth.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
a. 
All tenant fixed base operators as defined in aviation and as further defined in Section 11.04.010(j) and (q) and further defined in Section 11.12.120(b), shall be covered by airport-operations liability insurance or comprehensive general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance or comprehensive general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance for licensed vehicles utilized on the leased premises or the airport apron, in the minimum amounts of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit, at their own expense, to assure payments of damages occasioned by operators' operation in and upon the airport including aircraft and ramp vehicles. The coverage shall include bodily injury, property damage, aircraft liability for any owned or operated aircraft, cross liability, products/completed operations liability and contractual liability. Hangarkeepers liability insurance shall also be provided, at the fixed base operators' expense, in an amount adequate to cover the replacement cost of any nonowned property in the care, custody and control of the fixed base operators. The County shall be named as an additional insured in any of the insurance policies described in this subsection. Each operator must provide and keep current a certificate of insurance with the Director indicating the coverage and its limits and providing for 30 days' written notice to the County before cancellation or material change in the coverage.
b. 
All tenant-certificated air carriers and tenant-scheduled air taxi operators as defined in subsection (c) of Section 11.12.120, shall be covered by airport-operations liability or comprehensive general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance for licensed vehicles utilized on the leased premises or the airport apron, in the minimum amounts of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit, at their own expense, to assure payments of damages occasioned by operators' operation in and upon the airport including aircraft and ramp vehicles. The coverage shall include bodily injury, property damage, aircraft liability for any owned or operated aircraft, cross liability, products/completed operations liability, liquor liability for any facility serving alcoholic beverages and contractual liability. Hangarkeepers liability insurance shall also be provided, at the tenant air carriers' or air taxis' expense, in an amount adequate to cover the replacement cost of any nonowned property in the care, custody and control of the air carriers or air taxis. The County shall be named as an additional insured in any of the insurance policies described in this subsection. Each operator must provide and keep current a certificate of insurance with the Director indicating the coverage and its limits and providing for thirty days' written notice to the County before cancellation or material change in the coverage.
c. 
Every tenant conducting nonflight commercial activities at the airport or using its facilities as defined in subsection (o) of Section 11.04.010, shall be covered by comprehensive general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance for licensed and unlicensed vehicles utilized on the leased premises or the airport apron, in the minimum amounts of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), at their own expense, to assure payments of damages occasioned by their conduct of commercial activities in and upon the airport proper. The coverage shall include bodily injury, property damage, cross liability, products/completed operations liability, liquor liability for any facility serving alcoholic beverages, and contractual liability. Liability coverage shall also be provided, at the tenants' expense, for any nonowned property under the care, custody and control of the tenants, in an amount adequate to cover the replacement cost of the nonowned property. The County shall be named as an additional insured in any of the insurance policies described in this subsection. Each operator must provide and keep current a certificate of insurance with the Director indicating the coverage and its limits and providing for 30 days' written notice to County before cancellation or material change in the coverage.
d. 
All nontenant or commercial operators authorized by permit or contract to do business on the airport, including fixed base operators, certificated air carriers, scheduled and nonscheduled air taxi operators, nonflight commercial operators, including commercial ground vehicles, as defined in subsections (j), (o), (p) and (q) of Section 11.04.010 and in Section 11.12.120(b), shall be covered, at their expense, by the same insurance as required for like tenant operators, as described in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, excluding the requirement for airport-operations liability insurance or comprehensive general liability insurance.
e. 
The director may require additional insurance and/or higher limits than that described in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this section.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970; SCC 398 § 1, 1979)
Every person involved in any accident, including but not limited to pedestrian, aircraft or automotive, occurring on the airport shall make a full report to the Director of Airports as soon after the accident as possible, but not later than 24 hours.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)
The sheriff of Sacramento County shall enforce this title, as it applies to airports, within the unincorporated areas of the county. The city police shall enforce this title, as it applies to airports, within their incorporated areas in the county.
(SCC 28 § 1, 1970)