Article 3 — AIRCRAFT OPERATION

No person shall navigate, land, takeoff or fly any aircraft, or service, maintain or repair any aircraft, or conduct any aircraft operations or activities on, from or about the airport other than in conformity with current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Federal Air Regulations (FAR), and Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) rules and regulations and with applicable laws of the State of California.

Aircraft and business operations on the airport shall be subject to Schedule of Rates and Charges and Use Control Policy for County Airports, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

All takeoffs and landings at airports without control towers, or when control towers are inoperative, shall be made at safe distances from other aircraft, and from all buildings, automobile parking areas and similar areas and obstructions. Aircraft shall clear all highways and roads on or adjacent to the airport by a vertical distance of no less than fifty (50) feet.

The airport manager may delay or restrict any ground movement or other operation or activity on the airport, and may refuse departure of aircraft from parking areas on the airport, for any reason the airport manager deems necessary in the public interest or to protect public health, safety or welfare.

No aircraft shall be flown within the airport traffic area in any aerobatic maneuver or maneuvers other than those required in normal and routine operation unless specifically approved by the County Airports Director.

No aircraft shall be stored or repaired in any area or space other than those areas and spaces designated for such purposes by the airport manager.

Securing of unattended aircraft shall be the responsibility of the pilot of the aircraft.

The pilot of moving aircraft, or of an aircraft preparing or waiting to move, shall take all due care to avoid, and shall assure himself that there is no danger of a collision with any other aircraft, whether moving or stationary, or with any building or obstruction. Aircraft shall at all times be taxied, landed or taken-off at reasonable speeds and while under the full control of the pilot.

Aircraft shall not be taxied into or out of hangars.

No person shall land at, taxi on or take off from an unlighted runway after dusk or before dawn, except in the event of an emergency.

Aircraft engines shall be started and warmed only in those places designated for such purposes by the airport manager. Aircraft shall be so placed and oriented while an engine is running that no hangar, building or person is in the path of the propeller slipstream, and so that no dust cloud or other hazard to aircraft is created.

No aircraft engine shall be started or run unless a licensed pilot or mechanic is attending the controls. Blocks equipped with ropes, or other suitable equipment for blocking an aircraft, shall always be placed in front of the main landing wheels prior to starting an engine of the aircraft unless the aircraft is equipped with adequate locking brakes.

No aircraft engine shall be started or run in a hangar at any time.

Federal and California plant quarantine laws, as may be currently in effect, shall be enforced. Any person bringing plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, cotton bolls, raw cotton, cottonseed, or unprocessed plant products from any state or territory, including Hawaii, or from any foreign county, shall report to the airport manager who will arrange for inspection by the proper plant quarantine officials. All aircraft carrying such plants or plant products, including aircraft having come directly from Hawaii, which are not certified as inspected and released by the United States Department of Agriculture, shall remain unloaded of such plants and plant products until inspected or otherwise cleared by the proper authorities.

Any and all airport property damaged, injured or destroyed, by accident or otherwise, shall immediately be paid for by the person or persons responsible for such damage, injury or destruction; provided that the County Director of Transportation may, in his discretion, authorize deferred payment.

The owner, pilot or operator of any aircraft which becomes wrecked or disabled at an airport, shall be responsible for the prompt removal of the wrecked or disabled aircraft, and parts thereof, as directed by the airport manager. In the event the owner, pilot or operator fails to comply with such directions, the wrecked or disabled aircraft, and parts thereof, may be removed by the airport manager at the expense of the owner, pilot or operator. (Amended by Ord. No. 5898 (N.S.), effective 11-6-80)

Persons involved in or witnessing an aircraft accident on the airport shall report such accident to the airport manager's office or to the nearest guard as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so. Such persons shall make written reports as requested by the airport manager.

Hours of operation effective as of March 13, 1979 shall remain in effect unless changed by the Board of Supervisors.