Santa Barbara Municipal Code Ch. 18.10 Airport Security

A. Airport restricted areas; generally. The City Council may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations as deemed necessary to control access to and conduct within the Airport Restricted Area. Failure to comply with the Restricted Area Rules and Regulations adopted by the City Council shall constitute a violation of this code and be unlawful.

B. Access to airport restricted areas. Except as otherwise provided in this code, it shall be unlawful for any person to enter into or to be present inside any Airport Restricted Area without the prior express permission from the Airport Director unless such person is accompanied by Airport-Authorized Escort. Any person given permission by the Airport Director to enter an Airport Restricted Area must enter and exit the Restricted Area through a designated entrance or exit point.

C. Passing, throwing, or carrying objects into an airport restricted area. It is unlawful for any person to pass, throw, or carry any object into an Airport Restricted Area, except objects that are carried through a designated entrance or exit by an Authorized Person or by a person under Airport-Authorized Escort.

D. Vehicle access. Vehicles driven, parked, or stationed in an Airport Restricted Area must have prior authorization granted by the Airport Director or be supervised by an Airport-Authorized Escort. The Airport Director, or the Airport Director's designee, may remove non-authorized vehicles from the Restricted Area at the vehicle owner's expense.

(Ord. 5557, 2011)

A. Issuance of personnel identification media. The issuance of Personnel Identification Media is at the sole discretion of the Airport Director. Such media shall remain the property of the Airport and shall be surrendered to the Airport Department upon demand or upon termination of the need for access to the area for which the identification was issued.

B. Misuse of personnel identification media. It is unlawful to falsify, forge, counterfeit, alter, or tamper with any Airport-issued Personnel Identification Media.

C. Use of personnel identification media issued to another person. It is unlawful to use or attempt to use the Personnel Identification Media issued to another person for entry into, exit from, or while inside a Restricted Area.

D. Expired personnel identification media. It is unlawful to use or attempt to use an expired Personnel Identification Media for entry into, exit from, or while inside a Restricted Area. Each person in possession of expired Personnel Identification Media shall immediately surrender it to the Airport Director.

(Ord. 5557, 2011)

It is unlawful to tamper with, or attempt to tamper with, or in any way hamper the effective operation of a Security Device.

(Ord. 5557, 2011)

Only persons authorized by the Airport Director shall have custody of, access to, or use of keys or other means of access used to lock and secure a Restricted Area. Authorized Persons shall not duplicate or distribute keys or other means used for access to a Restricted Area to anyone without written authorization from the Airport Director.

(Ord. 5557, 2011)

It is unlawful for any person to leave any bag, luggage, box, or container unattended in any public Airline Terminal areas of the Airport unless authorized by the Airport Director. An item shall be deemed unattended if the item is out of the line of sight or more than 35 feet away from the person who had possession of the item before it was left unattended. This section does not apply to items left in a baggage claim area by airline or baggage service personnel in the ordinary course of business.

(Ord. 5557, 2011)