California City Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

The following terms are defined for the purposes of this Chapter:

(a) "Aircraft" means a device that is used, or intended to be used, for flight in the air. This term includes airplanes, helicopters, gliders, ultra-light aircraft, and lighter-than-air devices such as blimps or balloons, but does not include hang gliders.

(b) "Airport" means the California City Municipal Airport, the buildings and facilities of the California City Municipal Airport, all land owned by the City contiguous to the airport which is used for airport purposes.

(c) "Airport Manager" means the City Manager or his designee.

(d) "Air traffic" means aircraft operating in the air or on the airport surface exclusive of loading ramps or parking areas.

(e) "Balloon" means a lighter-than-air aircraft which is not engine driven.

(f) "Commercial Operator" means any person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the carriage of persons property or mail in air commerce, or engages in other business activities such as flight instruction, aerial photography, fire fighting, agricultural aviation activities, or traffic surveillance, restaurant operations, aircraft maintenance, parachute related activities, fuel sales, sight seeing tours and charter services.

(g) "Commercial use" means the use of the airport for revenue producing commercial activities.

(h) "Fixed Based Operator" or "FBO" means any person who rents, leases, or owns facilities at the airport who by virtue of his specific type of aviation or aviation activity, requires the occupancy of a site with contiguous aircraft apron and direct access to the aircraft operation area, and who engages in the business activity of providing aviation sales or services including, but not limited to any of the following:

(1) Selling or servicing new or used aircraft or component parts of aircraft;

(2) Aircraft maintenance and repairs;

(3) Sale or repair of avionics;

(4) Aviation training, including ground or flight instructions;

(5) Aerial photography;

(6) Air ambulance services;

(7) Aircraft agriculture operations such as crop dusting, spraying or the application of seed, fertilizers, pesticides; and

(8) Aircraft rental, charter or leasing.

(i) "Glider" means a heavier-than-air aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend principally on an engine.

(j) "Helicopter" means a rotor driven aircraft that, for its horizontal motion, depends primarily upon its engine driven rotors.

(k) "Traffic pattern" means the traffic flow that is prescribed for aircraft landing at or taking off from the airport.

(l) "Ultralight vehicle" means an aeronautical vehicle operated for sport or recreation purposes which does not require FAA registration, an airworthiness certification, nor pilot certification. They are primarily single occupant vehicles, although some two-place vehicles are authorized for training purposes. Operation of an ultralight vehicle in certain airspace requires authorization from ATC.