§ 21.01

The purpose of this Chapter is to adopt specific sections of the Nevada County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan ("NCALUCP") and the Truckee Tahoe Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan ("TTALUCP") as local land use policy. These plans serve as planning tools to protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the adopted of land use measures that minimize the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports.

(Ord. 2390. (10/28/2014); Ord. 2531. (10/24/2023))

The basic function of airport land use planning is to promote compatibility between the airport and surrounding land uses. As adopted by an Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), an Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) serves as a tool for use by the commission in fulfilling its duty to review airport and adjacent land use development proposals. The ALUCP sets compatibility criteria applicable to local agencies in their preparation or amendment of land use plans and ordinances and to landowners in their design of new development.

Any city, county, special district, community college district, or school district that exists, or may be established or expanded into the identified airport influence area defined by an ALUCP is also subject to the provisions of the plan, when making planning decisions regarding proposed development of lands within an airport influence area. However, the authority of an ALUCP does not extend to State, Federal, or tribal lands, to airport operations, or to existing land uses.

(Ord. 2390. (10/28/2014); Ord. 2531. (10/24/2023))

The ALUCs are concerned only with the potential impacts related to:

A.

Exposure to aircraft noise.

B.

Land use safety with respect both to people on the ground and the occupants of aircraft.

C.

Protection of airport airspace from tall objects and certain other land use characteristics (e.g., bird attractions, sources of smoke, glare, etc.).

D.

General concerns related to aircraft overflight.

(Ord. 2390. (10/28/2014); Ord. 2531. (10/24/2023)

CHAPTER 2. - NEVADA COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMPATIBILITY PLAN