HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-44 - Airports & AircraftORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4
OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN CODE OF
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SETTING
AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT
ORDINANCES, PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF` GEORGE'T'OWN,
TEXAS THAT:
SECTION I. Chapter 4 Airports and Aircraft of the City of
Georgetown Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
Sec.
repea
4-2. Same
Ineligibility to membership is hereby
led and removed.
Sec . 4-310
amended
Registration
to hereby read aslim
EU
persons and aircraft is
o ws :
Every person stationed, employed, receiving
instructions or operating upon the Georgetown Municipal
Airport shall register at the, office of the airport
manager, and shall give his name, address,, telephone
number and the nature of his business or occupation.
All aircraft based at the Georgetown Municipal Airport
shall be registered by ,the owner(s) of the aircraft at
the office of the airport manager with either a
properly executed lease agreement with the City for a
hangar space or a tiedown space, or a properly executed
airport tenant agreement if the aircraft occupies space
sub -leased or provided, with or without a fee or
charge, by a primary airport ground or facilities
lessee. It shall be the responsibility of the primary
lessee to provide the necessary information for the
proper execution of the airport tenant agreement.
Sec. 4-44.
Fire
regulations
matters
relating to aircraft
fueling safety
subsections
provisions
(g) and (i) are
amended
to
hereby
"Aircraft
read
Servicing,
as
follows:
(g) Hangar entrances shall be kept clear at all times.
No boxes, crates, cans, bottles, paper or other litter
shall be permitted to accumulate in or about a hangar.
(i)
In
all
matters
relating to aircraft
fueling safety
the
provisions
of
NFPA Manual
407
"Aircraft
Fuel
Servicing,
1985",
published and
available
from
the
National
Fire Protection
Association,
Inc.,
407
Atlantic
Avenue,
Esoston Massachusetts
02210, shall
prevail.
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Sec. 4-49. Take -offs,
procedures sub -sections
paragraphs (1) and {2)
read as follows:
landin
tale
and (i)
flying
(C),
amended
(b)e
are
rules and
(g)e (h)
to hereby
(a) Reporting of traffic intentions. Airport Advisory
Service. All pilots are encouraged to call on the
published, local unicorn frequency to determine the
runway favored by the wind and to announce their
position and intentions for take -off and landing. Wind
and runway information given by "Georgetown Unicom" is
of an advisory nature only and the final decision as to
which runway to use or whether or not to take -off or
land is at the sole discretion of the pilot in
command. Any deviation from the runway is use should
be announced to "Unicom" or "Traffic" and the right of
way yielded.
b) Take -offs, landings over certain objects prohibited
or restricted.
such manner as
No aircraft shall
to clear any public
land or take
street or
off
highway
in
at
an altitude of
less than one hundred (100)
feet
nor
land or take off on the
taxiway
or any turf
area
or
over hangars or
areas or groups
other
of spectators.
structures,
automobile
parking
level of four hundred (400)
(c) Take -offs,
landings
with calm
winds. If the winds
boundary and execute a ninety (90)
are calm, take -off
and
land on Runway
18.
the
left
(g)
Any aircraft within three
Take -off climb.
miles of the
on
take -off all aircraft should
at an
altitude of less than
one thousand five
hundred
(1,500)
climb
ground should conform
straight
out
to a
level of four hundred (400)
clockwise flow
feet,
favored
clear airport
boundary and execute a ninety (90)
runway
degree
or a clockwise flow of
turn to
the
left
when using runway 18, 11,
or
29,
or
execute
a ninety
establish
degree turn to the right when
altitude before entering
using
the
runway 36. To
leave traffic, the aircraft should
pattern and should
climb
this
to five
hundred
(500)
feet before executing
a
forty-five
for
(45)
degree
climbing
turn to the right out
of traffic.
(h) Traffic Flow.
(1)
Any aircraft within three
(3)
miles of the
airport
at an
altitude of less than
one thousand five
hundred
(1,500)
feet above the
ground should conform
to
the
counter
clockwise flow
of traffic when the
favored
runway
is 18, 11, or 29,
or a clockwise flow of
traffic
when
the favored runway
is 36. All aircraft
should
establish
their pattern
altitude before entering
the
traffic
pattern and should
not deviate from
this
altitude
(except in an
emergency) until descent
for
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landing is necessary.
(2) All aircraft landing at the municipal airport shall
fly a standard left hand traffic pattern when the
favored runway is 18, 11 or 29, or a right hand traffic
pattern when the favored runway is 36 at an altitude of
one thousand (1,000) feet above the ground. Pattern
entry shall be made an angle of forty-five (45) degrees
to the active runway with the runway to the pilots left
(runway 18, 11, or 29) or to the pilot's right (runway
36) at all times. Entry shall be made at the midpoint
of either the upwind or downwind leg.
(i) Straight -in approaches. Straight -in approaches
shall not be used unless authorized by the airport
manager or unless radio contact with the airport
advisory radio has been established from at least five
(5) miles out. Aircraft which find it dangerous or
difficult to conform to the standard pattern due to
their high speed or other special characteristics may
fly a circular pattern (counter clockwise for runway
18, 11, or 29; clockwise for runway 36) with a radius
of not more than (3) miles and at an altitude of not
more than one thousand (1,000) feet above the ground.
Sec 4-54. Glider Operations subsections (a), (b), (c)
and (d) are amended to hereby read as follows and an
addition of subsections (e) and (f) be added as
follows:
(a) Car tow launch of gliders, and the use of any turf
area of the airport for take -offs and landings is
prohibited. All aircraft must use the paved runways
for take -offs and landings.
(d)
(b) All
vehicular traffic
Gliders
on
the taxiways
glider pilot
is prohibited
space their take -offs
with
except
when towing
assembled
gliders
to
the
take
off
in such
area or
as provided
safely
in
subsection
(e)
of this
section.
delays
to
(d)
(c)
No
Gliders
be
will
glider pilot
or
space their take -offs
with
the
powered
aircraft,
using
operations are
planned.
the
favored runway,
in such
a way as to
safely
and
efficiently
prevent unnecessary
delays
to
the
normal
traffic
flow. In the
case
of
the
glider
club,
the
operations/safety
officer will
insure
that
glider
club
aircraft
use the same runway
as
the
powered
aircraft.
(d)
No
glider will
be
launched until the
glider pilot
or
the
tow plane pilot
advises the unicorn
operator that
glider
operations are
planned.
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(e) Vehicles used for the transportation of
disassembled gliders (i.e. trailer) and/or persons will
have an amber flashing light on the top of the vehicle
or an approved yellow and black checkered flag attached
to the vehicle and contain a mobile or portable radio
transceiver tuned to the published, local unicorn
frequency. These vehicles will drive to the assembly
area and return after glider operations cease only
once, and will follow the routes and park only in the
areas designated by the Airport Manager. Transportation
of persons during the hours of glider operations will
be conducted by only one designated vehicle, properly
equipped, following designated routes. All other
vehicles will be parked in designated public parking
areas.
(f) In
the interest
of safety,
all gliders
or
are
requested
to contain
a mobile
or portable
radio
force and effect.
1986.
transceiver
tuned to
the published,
local
unicorn
of its second and
final
frequency,
and for the
tow pilot
to advise
unicom
operator
that a glider
aero towing
is in progress
from
the favored
runway.
Sec. 4-55.
Parachute
operations is
hereby amended
to
hereby
read as follows:
(a) All
parachute operations are prohibited.
SECTION II.
If any part of
this amendatory
ordinance
is
found
by
any court of
competent
jurisdiction to be
void
or
unconstitutional,
the remaining portions shall not be
affected
and
but shall remain in
full
force and effect.
1986.
SECTION III. This
ordinance shall become effective upon
adoption
of its second and
final
reading by the Cite Council of
the City
of Georgetown, Texas.
Read
on
first
reading
this 9th day of September 1986.
Passed,
read
and
adopted on second reading this 23rd day of
September
1986.
ATTEST:
sim Colbert,
Mayor
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Mr. Pat C
allero, City Secretary
APPROVED TO FORM:
Stump & Stump, City' Attorney
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