[Added 6-11-1973 by Ord. No. 148AA]
A. 
The rules and regulations pertaining to safety and fire prevention as promulgated by the Airport Department of the City of Bangor shall be implemented and enforced by the Airport Director.
B. 
During the course of actual incidents on the airport involving fire or threat of fire which may endanger life or property, the Fire Chief shall be in charge of fire prevention, firefighting and rescue operations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
All rules, regulations and recommended practices pertaining to safety and fire prevention contained in the National Fire Codes published by the National Fire Protection Association or promulgated by the American Insurance Association and Fire Insurance Underwriters shall be adopted, whether or not specifically provided herein.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
No person in or upon the airport shall do or omit to do any act if the doing or omission thereof endangers unreasonably or is likely to endanger unreasonably persons or property.
B. 
All persons at the airport shall exercise the utmost care to guard against injury to persons or property by fire or otherwise.
C. 
Detected fire or safety hazards shall be immediately reported to the Fire Chief.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
D. 
No person shall smoke or carry lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes, matches or any naked flame in or upon any fuel storage area, landing area, ramp or apron area, aircraft parking and storage area or any open deck, gallery or balcony contiguous to and overlooking any such area, in any other place where smoking is specifically prohibited by signs, upon any open space within 50 feet of any fuel servicing vehicle which is not in motion or other place at the airport under such circumstances as may or might be likely to endanger persons or property.
E. 
No person shall conduct any open flame operations or operate an acetylene torch, electric arc or similar flame- or spark-producing device on any part of the airport except in areas within leased premises designated for such use by the Airport Director without first obtaining permission, in writing, from the Airport Director, who may require that a permit be obtained. No such permit will be issued for such operations within an aircraft hangar or within any fuel storage area or fuel parking area unless the work is required for the repair and maintenance of said hangars or areas. Should the Fire Chief deem a fire guard to be necessary, such shall be provided by and at the expense of the agency responsible for the existence of the fire hazard.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
F. 
No person shall, without prior permission of the Airport Director, keep, transport, handle or store at, in or upon the airport any cargo of explosives or other dangerous articles which is barred from loading in or transportation by civil aircraft in the United States under the current provisions of Part 49 of the Civil Air Regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation. Any waiver of such regulations or of any part thereof by the United States Department of Transportation or by any other competent authority shall not constitute or be construed to constitute a waiver of this rule or an implied permission to keep, transport, handle or store such explosives or other dangerous articles at or upon an air terminal. Advance notice of at least 24 hours shall be given the Airport Director to permit full investigations and clearance of any operation requiring a waiver of this rule.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
G. 
No person except in connection with authorized military operations shall at any time store, keep, handle, use or transport at, in or upon the airport any article employing atomic fission or radioactive force.
H. 
No person except in connection with authorized military operations shall store, keep, handle, use, dispense or transport at, in or upon the airport any Class A or Class B explosives (as defined in the Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles), dynamite, nitroglycerin, black powder, fireworks, blasting caps or other explosives, gasoline, alcohol, either liquid shellac, kerosene, turpentine, formaldehyde or other flammable or combustible liquids, ammonium nitrate, sodium chlorate, wet hemp, powdered metallic magnesium nitrocellulose film, peroxides or other readily inflammable solids or oxidizing materials, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or other corrosive liquids, prussic acid, phosgene, arsenic, carbolic acid, potassium cyanide, tear gas, lewisite or any Class A poisons (as defined in the Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles) or any compressed gas or any radioactive article, substance or material at such time or place or in such manner or condition as to endanger unreasonably person or property. The Airport Director may require that a permit for the storage of all such materials be obtained from the City of Bangor, to be conspicuously posted at each location and subject to annual inspection and renewal. Materials normally stored on and for the operational use of an aircraft shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection.
I. 
The heating of engines at the airport shall be done only by the use of steam, hot water, hot air or approved electric heaters.
J. 
Aircraft shall be parked on ramp and apron areas so as to permit free access of fire apparatus to all sides of the aircraft at any time.
K. 
No aircraft, vehicles, mobile equipment, power units, ramps or associated equipment shall be located so as to prevent free access to and the normal use of fire hydrants, gates, doors or passageways.
L. 
Fire extinguisher equipment at the airport shall not be tampered with at any time or used for any purpose other than fire fighting or fire prevention. All such equipment shall be inspected in conformity with the American Insurance Association's regulations. Tags showing the date of the last such inspections shall be left attached to each unit.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
M. 
The lessee of a building equipped with sprinkler systems shall assign qualified employees to make weekly inspections of the systems to ensure their in-service status.
A. 
Highly inflammable, volatile liquids or solutions shall not be used for cleaning purposes unless authorized by the Fire Chief.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
No person shall use volatile liquids for cleaning purposes unless such cleaning operations are conducted in an outside and remote area or in a room or building specifically set aside for such operations, which room or building shall be properly ventilated, fireproofed and equipped with adequate, readily accessible fire-extinguishing apparatus in accordance with the rules of the American Insurance Association.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
Discarded inflammable liquids shall be properly contained and labeled as may be required and shall be removed from the airport each day.
D. 
Lessees of hangars or other aircraft servicing or maintenance buildings, terminal buildings or other areas shall provide suitable metal receptacles with self-closing lids for the storage of oily wastes, rags and all other combustible rubbish or trash. All such materials shall be disposed of by the lessee off of the airport each day.
E. 
All lessees on the airport shall keep the floors of hangars or other buildings free and clear of oil, grease and other inflammable materials. The floors of hangars and other buildings shall be cleaned daily and kept free of rats, waste material or other trash.
F. 
Any person causing overflow or spillage of excess oil or grease on any apron area shall be responsible for cleaning such areas.
G. 
No petroleum products or objectionable industrial waste matter shall be dumped or be permitted to drain into drainage ditches, gutters, bodies of water or into sewer systems or storm drains.
A. 
All fuel transfer handling shall be done out of doors. All aircraft shall be positioned so that the vents and fill openings of its fuel tanks are not less than 50 feet from the terminal or any other building and as far away from any drainage trench as practicable.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
B. 
All fuel servicing vehicles and equipment used in the transfer of engine-operating fuels shall be maintained in a safe operating condition and shall be inspected daily by authorized and qualified personnel. Individual records of such inspections shall be maintained and readily available on each unit. The record will indicate the identity of units, dates and the extent of the inspections, the name of the inspector and the company they represent.
C. 
During fuel transfer handling in connection with any aircraft, no person shall engage in any act or use any material that is likely to cause a spark within 50 feet of any aircraft being refueled.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
D. 
During all fuel transfer handling operations in connection with any aircraft at the airport, the aircraft and the fuel-dispensing or drainage apparatus shall be grounded by wire to a point or points of zero electric potential to prevent the possibility of static ignition of volatile liquids.
E. 
During fuel transfer handling in connection with any aircraft, no passenger or passengers shall be permitted to remain in such aircraft unless a cabin attendant is at the door and a passenger ramp is in position if the same is required for the safe and rapid debarkation of passengers. Smoking is prohibited in or about such aircraft during fuel transfer handling. Only personnel engaged in the fuel transfer handling or in the maintenance and operation of the aircraft being fueled or defueled shall be permitted within 50 feet of the fuel tanks of such aircraft during the fuel transfer handling operations.
F. 
No airborne radar equipment shall be operated or ground tested on the ramp and apron areas or any area wherein the directional beam on high-intensity radar is within 300 feet or the low-intensity beam (less than OKW output) is within 100 feet of another aircraft, an aircraft fuel transfer handling operation, an aircraft fuel servicing vehicle or an aircraft fuel or flammable liquid storage facility.
G. 
The parking brakes of fuel servicing vehicles shall be set in the wheel lock position prior to and during fuel transfer operations and remain so until all connections have been disengaged.
H. 
During fuel transfer handling operations in connection with any aircraft at the airport, at least two CO2 fire extinguishers (20 pounds or larger) or other type fire extinguisher acceptable to the Airport Director shall be immediately available for use in connection therewith.
I. 
No person shall start the engine or engines of any aircraft when there is gasoline or any type of fuel on the ground under the aircraft. In the event of spillage of gasoline or any type of fuel, no person shall start the aircraft engine in the area in which the spillage occurred, even though the spillage may have been flushed, until permission has been granted for the starting of engines in the area by the Fire Chief.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
J. 
Fuel transfer handling is prohibited while the engine of the aircraft being fueled or defueled is running or is being heated. Fuel shall be delivered or drained through hoses and connections approved by the American Insurance Association.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
K. 
Persons engaged in aircraft fuel transfer handling shall exercise every precaution to prevent overflow of fuel.
L. 
The transfer of bulk aircraft or commercial fuel from one fuel servicing vehicle to another is prohibited within the boundaries of the airport, unless prior permission has been obtained from the Airport Director.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
M. 
Fuel transfer handling operations shall be conducted only in such areas authorized for this purpose by the Airport Director and never within 50 feet of any building. Fuel transfer handling operations shall not be conducted unless fully trained and qualified employees are available, one of whom must be stationed at all times immediately adjacent to the fuel servicing vehicle in use.
N. 
Fuel servicing vehicles shall be parked only in approved and designated areas in a manner to permit rapid removal and accessibility of fire apparatus and spaced at least 20 feet apart. Parking elsewhere is permitted only during actual fuel transfer handling operations or for short periods with a driver in the vehicle. At no time shall a fuel servicing vehicle be parked within 50 feet of any building.
A. 
Any person or agency causing any fuel spillage during fuel transfer operations or otherwise shall be responsible for all consequences arising therefrom.
B. 
Persons responsible for any large fuel spillage (10 U.S. gallons or more) shall immediately notify or cause to be notified with the least delay the Crash, Fire and Rescue Station. Upon notification, the Fire Chief will initiate necessary corrective actions. All corrective action will be at the expense of the person or agency responsible for the fuel spill.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
Conditions within large fuel spill areas shall be left undisturbed pending arrival of Crash, Fire and Rescue apparatus, and all personnel shall immediately leave the fuel spill area. Pending arrival of Crash, Fire and Rescue apparatus, persons responsible for a large fuel spill may place absorbent materials around the fuel spill area to contain the spread of the spill.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
D. 
Persons responsible for a small fuel spillage (less than 10 U.S. gallons) shall cause a fire guard to be posted and shall promptly clean up the spill using techniques recommended by the National Fire Protection Association.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
E. 
No person shall proceed with any operation which is likely to result in fuel spillage without prior approval of the Fire Chief.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
The laws of the State of Maine shall, where applicable, be enforced in the manner provided by law. City ordinances and rules and regulations of the airport shall be enforced in the manner provided.
B. 
All rules and regulations herein contained shall be enforced by the Airport Director or their authorized representative or the police.
C. 
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine or penalty of not less than $100. Each and every violation of the provisions of this chapter and every day on which any continuing violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
D. 
Any person accused of a parking violation at the Bangor International Airport may voluntarily waive their right to appear and defend before any court the charge made against them for such illegal parking by paying to the municipality the sum shown in § 291-43A of this Code within 30 days following the date such alleged offense was committed. If the waiver fee is not paid within said 30 days and a hearing has not been scheduled before a court the waiver fee will automatically double. For purposes of this section, payment will be considered made on the date of the postmark for payment received through the United States Mail.
[Amended 7-22-2002 by Ord. No. 02-276; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) 
The waiver fee for any person accused of a violation relating to illegal occupancy of two parking spaces shall be $25 if paid within 30 days of the alleged offense and $50 thereafter.
(2) 
The waiver fee for any person accused of a violation relating to loading zones, tow-away zones, esplanades, fire lanes, fire hydrants, crosswalks, sidewalks, blocking driveways, or blocking snow removal shall be $50 if paid within 30 days of the alleged offense and $100 thereafter.
(3) 
The waiver fee for any person accused of a violation relating to parking in areas marked "No Parking," double parking, or parking in an off-street area without a valid permit shall be $100 if paid within 30 days of the alleged offense and $200 thereafter.
(4) 
The waiver fee for any person accused of a violation relating to disability parking shall be $200 if paid within 30 days of the alleged offense and $400 thereafter. For any second or subsequent violation by the same person within a six-month period, the waiver fee shall be $500. For any person accused of a violation relating to disability parking who rightfully possessed a disability plate or placard at the time of the violation but failed to display said plate or placard, the waiver fee shall instead be $25 if paid within 30 days of the alleged offense and $50 thereafter.
(5) 
Penalty. If the waiver fee is not paid and the parking ticket is contested in court, the fine, upon conviction, shall be as follows for each violation:
(a) 
An amount equal to that waiver fee if the request for a court hearing is received by the City within 30 days of the date of the alleged violation; or
(b) 
An amount that is double the waiver fee if the request for a court hearing is received by the City more than 30 days from the date of the alleged violation or in a civil action initiated by the City more than 30 days from the date of the alleged violation.
[Added 7-22-2002 by Ord. No. 02-276; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
In addition to the fee imposed pursuant to § 54-34D, any vehicle found parked in an area marked "No Parking" or parked in an off-street area without a valid permit may be removed and impounded in accordance with the procedures established under § 291-43D, Impoundment, if it is located within 500 feet of the airport terminal.