Palm Springs Municipal Code Ch. 16.28 Non-Commercial Hangar Operator

In addition to the general requirements set forth in Chapter 16.04, each Non-Commercial Hangar Operator at the Airport shall comply with the following Minimum Standards set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 1693 § 2, 2006)

(a) Non-Commercial Hangar Operator shall use the Leased Premises for Aircraft owned, leased, and/or operated by (and under the full and exclusive control of) Operator for Non-Commercial purposes only. Non-Commercial Hangar Operator shall provide the Director of Aviation with a copy of the Aircraft lease. The Director of Aviation will determine if the lease is Non-Commercial.

(b) No Commercial Activity of any kind shall be permitted on or from the Leased Premises.

(c) Non-Commercial Hangar Operator shall not be permitted to Sublease any land or Improvements on the Leased Premises for any purpose whatsoever.

(Ord. 1693 § 2, 2006)

Non-Commercial Hangar Operator engaging in this Activity shall have adequate land, Apron, and Vehicle Parking pursuant to this title to accommodate all Activities of the Operator and all approved Sublessees, but not less than the following square footages, which are not cumulative:

(1) All required Improvements including Apron, facilities, and Vehicle Parking shall be located on Contiguous Land; and

(2) The development of Non-Commercial hangar(s) shall be limited to the following types of hangar structures:

(A) Single structures of not less than two thousand five hundred square feet, completely enclosed; or

(B) Single structures of not less than five thousand square feet, subdivided and configured (although each unit shall not be less than one thousand two hundred fifty square feet) to accommodate individual bays for the storage of Private Aircraft.

(Ord. 1693 § 2, 2006)

(a) Hangar development maybe accomplished by entities approved by the City, including Associations.

(b) Association membership shall be contingent upon ownership interest in the Association of a proportionate share of the Non Commercial hangar facility which shall consist of not less than one individual hangar, or an equal portion of the "common" hangar area which is consistent with the total number of members/shareholders (such area not to be less than one thousand two hundred fifty total square feet).

(c) All members/shareholders of the Association shall be declared to the Director of Aviation at the time the application for development and Activity is submitted. Thereafter, the Association and/or each member/shareholder of the Association shall be required to demonstrate ownership (as required herein) as requested by the Director of Aviation from time to time. Association shall appoint (be represented by) one individual. The hangar facilities developed and utilized by the Association shall be exclusively for storage of Aircraft owned by the members)/shareholder(s) of the Association.

(d) The Association may not utilize nor cause the Leased Premises to be utilized for speculative development of either the Leased Premises or the Improvements located thereupon.

(e) Each member/shareholder of the Association shall be responsible and jointly and severally liable with all other members/shareholder for the Association's compliance with these Minimum Standards, and each member/shareholder of the Association shall, upon written request, provide appropriate written confirmation of membership status or share ownership. All Association members/shareholders declared to the Director of Aviation in accordance with subsection c of this section shall remain jointly and severally liable to the City for the Association's compliance with these Minimum Standards, regardless of whether the membership or ownership of the Association changes, unless a release of the liability of a former Association member is approved in writing by the City.

(Ord. 1693 § 2, 2006)