City of Clifton, NJ
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2024-02-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 129 Airports and Aircraft
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Article II Helicopters and Landing Areas
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 6 Advisory Beautification Committee
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing
- Ch 9 Bonds and Notes
- Ch 11 Advisory Committee on Civil Rights
- Ch 12 Open Space Trust Fund Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 Claims for Damages
- Ch 15 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 17 Clifton Arts Center Gallery and Sculpture Park Committee
- Ch 19 Constables
- Ch 23 Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 27 Court, Municipal
- Ch 31 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Elections, Municipal
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 43 Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities
- Ch 44 Environmental Commission
- Ch 45 Hazardous Materials Control Board
- Ch 47 Health Department
- Ch 50 Historian
- Ch 51 Historical Commission
- Ch 57 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 61 Leases
- Ch 65 Library
- Ch 73 Personnel Policies
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 81 Protected Tenancy Act, Administration of
- Ch 85 Recreation, Advisory Board of
- Ch 87 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 91 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 95 Residency Requirements
- Ch 99 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 103 Seal
- Ch 107 Solid Waste Management Authority
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 121 Advertising
- Ch 125 Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
- Ch 127 Air Pollution
- Ch 129 Airports and Aircraft
- Ch 129 Art II Helicopters and Landing Areas
- § 129-7 Definitions.
- § 129-8 Permit required.
- § 129-9 Certifications required.
- § 129-10 Issuance of permit.
- § 129-11 Permit fees.
- Ch 133 Alarm Devices
- Ch 137 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 141 Amusements
- Ch 145 Apartment Rental Businesses
- Ch 149 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Barges and Boats
- Ch 159 Bazaars, Carnivals, Circuses and Festivals
- Ch 163 Billiard Rooms, Bowling Alleys and Dance Halls
- Ch 167 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 171 Bootblacks
- Ch 175 Brush, Weeds, Uncut Grass and Debris
- Ch 179 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 181 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 185 Political Signs
- Ch 189 Canvassing and Soliciting
- Ch 193 Cemeteries
- Ch 195 Certificates of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 196 Compost, Mulch and Topsoil
- Ch 197 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 199 Contractors
- Ch 201 Developer Fees and Escrow Deposits, Zoning
- Ch 203 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 205 Donation Bins, Clothing/Material
- Ch 207 Dry-Cleaning Establishments, Coin-Operated
- Ch 209 Dumpsters and Refuse Containers
- Ch 210 Dwelling Certificate
- Ch 211 Body Piercing, Scarring, Branding
- Ch 213 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 215 Entertainment
- Ch 219 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 223 Fees
- Ch 227 Fingerprinting
- Ch 231 Fire Limits
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 235 Fire Zones
- Ch 239 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 241 Florists
- Ch 245 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 247 Foodstuffs
- Ch 251 Fund-Raising, Political
- Ch 255 Gambling Devices
- Ch 257 Games of Chance
- Ch 259 Garage Sales and House Sales
- Ch 261 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 263 Graffiti
- Ch 265 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 269 Heating of Buildings
- Ch 271 Hours of Construction
- Ch 273 Housing Standards
- Ch 277 Hunting
- Ch 281 Ice Cream Peddling
- Ch 283 Illegal Occupancies and Conversions
- Ch 285 Insurance
- Ch 289 Junkyards and Junk Shops
- Ch 295 Landfills
- Ch 296 Landscapers
- Ch 299 Library Property
- Ch 303 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 305 Lighting
- Ch 307 Littering
- Ch 309 Massage Establishments
- Ch 311 Meats
- Ch 315 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 317 Motion-Picture Filming
- Ch 319 Motorbuses
- Ch 323 Newsracks
- Ch 327 Noise
- Ch 331 (Reserved)
- Ch 332 Nuisances
- Ch 335 Obscene Materials
- Ch 337 Oil Heat Retrofit Program
- Ch 339 Parades
- Ch 341 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 343 Parking for Handicapped Persons
- Ch 345 Parking, Off-Street
- Ch 347 Parking of Truck Tractors, Trailers and Buses
- Ch 349 Permit Parking on Residential Streets and Municipal Lots
- Ch 351 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 355 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 358 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 361 Quarries
- Ch 363 Rent Control
- Ch 367 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 369 Right-Of-Way Use Agreements
- Ch 371 Sales, Special
- Ch 374 Sewer Utility
- Ch 375 Sewers
- Ch 376 Sexual Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 377 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 378 Shopping Carts
- Ch 379 Skating Rinks
- Ch 381 Smoking on Municipal Property
- Ch 383 Snow and Ice, Removal of
- Ch 387 Soil Removal
- Ch 391 Solicitations, Public
- Ch 393 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 393A Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting, Private
- Ch 394 Stormwater Control
- Ch 395 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 399 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 403 Swimming and Swimming Pools
- Ch 407 Tattooing
- Ch 411 Taxation
- Ch 413 Taxis and Limousines
- Ch 415 Telephones, Public
- Ch 417 Tenancies, Protected
- Ch 421 Theaters
- Ch 425 Towers
- Ch 429 Transient Merchants and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 433 Trees and Shrubbery
- Ch 439 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 441 Vehicles, Diesel-Powered
- Ch 443 Vehicles, Renting and Leasing of
- Ch 445 Vehicles, Sale of New or Used
- Ch 449 Vending Machines
- Ch 451 Venereal Disease Preventatives
- Ch 455 Water
- Ch 461 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A470 Cable Television
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 9-16-1969 by Ord. No. 3938]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An aircraft whose support in the air is derived from the
reaction of a stream of air driven downward by one or more lifting
rotors turning about substantially vertical axes.
Any building, structure, area of land, water or waterway
used for the takeoff and landing of helicopters having additional
facilities to store or fuel or maintain helicopters or having passenger
facilities such as waiting rooms, restaurants and passenger terminals.
Any building, structure, area of land, water or waterway
used only for the takeoff and landing of helicopters.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish,
erect, operate or maintain any heliport or helistop for private or
commercial purposes unless a permit is obtained from the Municipal
Council.
[Amended 4-6-1971 by Ord. No. 4037-71]
No permit shall be issued under this article
unless the Building, Engineering, Fire Public Safety and Police Departments
certify to the Municipal Council that the proposed heliport or helistop
will be maintained and will permit the safe ascent and descent of
helicopters without danger to persons or to property.
The Municipal Council shall not issue a permit
under this article unless it first finds that the proposed heliport
or helistop will be maintained and will permit the safe ascent and
descent of helicopters without danger to persons or to property.
A.
The fee for the initial issuance of a helistop permit shall be $250; a renewal fee of $150 shall be charged thereafter, payable to the City Clerk. Renewals of such permit shall be processed and issued in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 3722 (§ 303-2 of this Code) of the City of Clifton.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 5152-87; 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 5505-91; 1-5-2009 by Ord. No. 6788-09]
B.
The fees for the initial permit and for annual renewals thereof for a heliport permit shall be $100, payable to the City Clerk. The permit shall be issued for a term of one year commencing on January 1 and ending December 31 of the year of its issuance. Renewals of such permit shall be processed and issued in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 3722 (§ 303-2 of this Code) of the City of Clifton.
C.
A limited permit, allowing one landing and one takeoff,
may be issued in accordance with the provisions of this article. The
fee for such limited permit shall be $5, payable to the City Clerk.
Such limited permit shall be issued for use on a certain day, and
such limited permit may not be renewed.
