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Title 25 — AIRPORT

Part 2 — APPLICATION PROCEDURES

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · San Jose

25.09.100 - Application procedures.

A.

All persons requiring access or entry to the SIDA at the airport shall complete and submit an Airport Identification Badge Application form for submission to the Airport Badging Office. Airport Identification Badge Applications are available at the Badging Office or on the airport website.

B.

In addition to being completed in full, all SIDA badge applications shall be accompanied by the information and documentation necessary for airport personnel to verify an applicant's identity and work authorization, and for the Airport Security Coordinator, or designee, to conduct an investigation under Section 25.09.120 and to make the determinations required by Section 25.09.130.

C.

Prior to obtaining an approved SIDA badge, applicants must successfully complete a fingerprint-based Criminal History Records Check (CHRC) and satisfactorily complete an airport training course (and other requirements) as may be required by the airport's ASP, as may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 30323.)

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25.09.110 - SIDA badge application.

SIDA badge applicants shall complete, sign and make all required representations contained within the SIDA badge application in effect at the time of the application.

(Ord. 30323.)

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25.09.120 - Criminal history investigation.

A.

The Airport Security Coordinator or designee is authorized to conduct a criminal background investigation in accordance with 49 CFR 1542 standards of any person applying for or a SIDA badge. The Director (or designee) may request the chief of police (or designee) to conduct a further criminal background

investigation on any applicant or SIDA badge holder to clarify eligibility on a pending application, resubmission or renewal of an existing SIDA badge.

B.

It is the duty of all applicants or SIDA badge holders to notify the Director (or designee) if he or she has been arrested for any disqualifying criminal offenses set forth in 49 CFR 1542.209, or by this code if different than 49 CFR 1542.209, within 24 hours.

C.

All applicants or SIDA badge holders may obtain a copy of criminal background information obtained under this section by making a written request to the Director (or designee).

(Ord. 30323.)

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25.09.130 - Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation.

Upon receiving the completed SIDA badge application and conducting an investigation, the Airport Security Coordinator (or designee) may deny an application for, or suspend or revoke a SIDA badge, for any of the following grounds:

A.

The individual has been convicted, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, of one or more disqualifying offenses set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 1542.209, 19 C.F.R. 122.183(a)(4), and 49 C.F.R. § 1572.103, as may be amended from time to time, in any jurisdiction during the ten (10) years before the date of the application for a SIDA badge, or if the individual was incarcerated for such crime and released from incarceration within 5 years of the date of such application.

B.

The individual has been arrested for, or charged with, one or more disqualifying offenses set forth in 49 CFR § 1542.209, as may be amended from time to time, or this code. Denial, suspension, or revocation on this ground shall remain in effect until the Airport Security Coordinator or designee has determined, after an investigation, whether the arrest or charge resulted in a conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, or some other disposition.

C.

The individual fails to comply with or fails or refuses to comply with TSA-issued Security regulation or the Airport Security program.

D.

There is reason to believe that the individual has knowingly made false statements on the application or has otherwise knowingly provided false information to the airport or the city.

E.

The individual has had his or her SIDA badge suspended, revoked, or otherwise has surrendered upon request of the Airport his or her SIDA badge within the three (3) years preceding the date of the current application.

F.

The individual has previously been denied a SIDA badge within the sixty (60) days preceding the date of the current application.

G.

The individual has engaged in conduct that would constitute a violation of the ASP or airport's 3-strikes policy that would have merited immediate suspension or revocation of a SIDA badge.

H.

The individual refuses or repeatedly neglects to obey any order of the Director, Airport Security Coordinator, or any of their designees that relates to airport security.

I.

The individual no longer requires access to the SIDA for an extended period of time at the airport because of a change in duties, termination of employment, or other reason.

J.

In the discretion of the Airport Security Coordinator or designee, it has been determined that issuing or maintaining SIDA badge privileges for such an individual would adversely impact the public's health, welfare, safety, or similar public interest, or would otherwise pose a security threat.

(Ord. 30323.)

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