Riverside County Municipal Code Ch. 12.12 County Airport

The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the various activities on airports, heliports or STOLports owned or operated, or both by the county.

(Ord. 576.2 § 101, 1995)

Whenever in this chapter the following terms are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

"Airport" is any airport, heliport or STOLport owned or operated, or both owned and operated, by the county.

"County" is the county of Riverside.

"Director" is the airports director of the county or his or her designated representative.

"Person" is any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, joint stock association, political party, club, organization or trust, and includes any trustee, assignee, or similar representative thereof.

(Ord. 576.2 § 201, 1995)

A. The provisions of this chapter and the regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter are imposed by county as conditions for the privilege of entering upon or using any airport.

B. The director shall have the authority and the duty to prescribe reasonable regulations relating to the use of any airport by the public. Any such regulations shall first be submitted to the Riverside County airport commission for its recommendations, and thereafter, such regulations shall be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval before taking effect. All regulations so prescribed and approved shall be filed in the office of the director, made available for public inspection and publicly posted at each airport.

C. In the event the director determines that the provisions of any regulation prescribed pursuant to this chapter would, if enforced, cause unnecessary hardship or practical difficulties inconsistent with economic feasibility, or would do manifest injustice, or impose a burden upon any person disproportionate to any benefit to the general public or to an airport, he or she may grant for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days, an exception or variance to such provision or regulation, but only to the extent that such exception or variation does not violate any other ordinance, or any state or federal statute or regulation.

D. The provisions of this chapter and the regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter are a supplement to any other local laws or ordinances, including state and federal statutes and regulations, that may be in effect and in no manner will these provisions and regulations be construed to reduce or limit the authority of said ordinances, statutes and regulations.

(Ord. 576.2 §§ 301—304, 1995)

It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter or any of the regulations promulgated by the airports director pursuant to Section 12.12.030(B). The procedures, remedies and penalties for violation of this chapter or violation of the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or any provision thereof, and for recovery of costs related to enforcement, are provided for in Ordinance No. 725, which is incorporated into this chapter by this reference.

(Ord. 576.2 § 501, 1995)