Kings County Municipal Code Ch. 3 Aircraft and Airports

It is unlawful for any person owning, possessing or controlling aircraft to instruct or require any person in actual physical control of any such aircraft to land upon a public road, street or highway in the unincorporated area of the county, except in an emergency of such nature as would preclude a landing at any authorized place.

(Ord. No. 226, § 1, 3-13-56)

State Law reference— Similar law, Pub. Util. C., § 21403.

It is unlawful for any person piloting an aircraft to land such aircraft upon a public road, street or highway in the unincorporated area of the county, except in an emergency of such nature as would preclude a landing at some authorized place.

(Ord. No. 226, § 2, 3-13-56)

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, convert, alter, enlarge, add to or cause to exist any smokestack, flag pole, tank, radio station, oil derrick, lightning arrester, tower, building or any other structure or thing in any manner so that the same will exceed in height one foot for every 50 feet the same is distant from the exterior boundaries of any airport, airdrome or intermediate landing field, established within the county by the United States of America or any other legally authorized public authority.

(Ord. No. 173, § 1, 1-15-42)

State Law reference— For authority, see Gov. C., § 50485.3.

In determining the height to which any smokestack, flag pole, tank, radio station, oil derrick, lightning arrester, tower, building or any other structure or thing may be erected, constructed, converted, enlarged, altered, added to or caused to exist measurement shall be made from the elevation of the point on the exterior boundary of the airport nearest the smokestack, flag pole, tank, radio station, oil derrick, lightning arrester, tower, building or other structure or thing.

(Ord. No. 173, § 2, 1-15-42)

All existing smokestacks, flag poles, radio stations, oil derricks, lightning arresters, towers, buildings or other structures existing on effective date of Ordinance Number 173, dated January 15, 1942, being within the air space safety zone which project above the surroundings in such a manner and which is of such a nature as to form a serious hazard to flying on an airway or in the immediate vicinity of an airport, airdrome, or intermediate landing field shall be a major obstruction, and shall either be removed or reduced in height to the extent that the same shall not exceed the height provided for in section 3-3, or shall be marked by painting and lights in the manner following:

If such obstruction is less than 250 feet in height, it shall be painted for maximum visibility with alternate bands of chrome yellow and black, each such band being one-sixth the height of the structure and the top band to be chrome yellow.

If such structure is more than 250 feet in height, it shall be painted in like manner, except that the bands shall be 50 feet wide.

The paint used shall conform to government specifications. Two coats of paint shall be applied over the entire surface of the obstruction.

All such obstructions shall be marked with a light mounted at the top so as to be visible from the ground at any point on or outside a circle whose radius is equal to the height of the structure and considering the center of the structure as the center of the circle. Such light shall be a 100-watt light in a high transmission, waterproof, red glass globe. Fixed lights consisting of 50 watt lamps in waterproof red glass globes shall be mounted on diagonal corners of the structure at intervals of 50 feet, the first being 50 feet above the ground, and all lights shall be so installed as to be visible from any angle of approach. Obstruction lights shall burn continuously from sunset to sunrise and at all other times when poor visibility requires the use of lights for safe air navigation.

(Ord. No. 173, § 3, 1-15-42)