Trinity County Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Airports

This chapter shall be known as the "Trinity County airport rules and regulations ordinance."

(Ord 365 §1, 1978)

A. "Airport" means each county operated airport in the county of Trinity, state of California.

B. "Airport manager" means the manager of all county airports or his duly authorized representative.

C. "County" means the county of Trinity, state of California.

(Ord. 365 §2, 1978)

No person shall enter any restricted area posted as being closed to the public, except:

A. Persons assigned to duty thereon;

B. Persons authorized by the airport manager;

C. Persons under appropriate supervision entering the apron for the purposes of enplaning and deplaning.

(Ord. 365 §3(1), 1978)

No person shall engage in any business or commercial activity of any nature on an airport except in conformance with an appropriate authorization and under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed therein by the airport manager and/or board.

(Ord. 365 §3(2), 1978)

No person shall solicit for any purpose on the airport without permission of the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3(3), 1978)

No person shall post, distribute or display signs, advertisements, circulars, printed or written matter at an airport except with the approval and in such a manner as may be prescribed by the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3(4), 1978)

A. No person shall use the roads, walks or landing areas or restricted areas in such a manner as to hinder or obstruct their proper use without first obtaining permission from the airport manager.

B. No person shall operate any type of vehicle on airport service roads or walks without first obtaining permission from the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3(5), 1978)

Animals shall not be permitted on an airport unless leashed or restrained in such a manner as to be under control.

(Ord. 365 §3(6), 1978)

The county of Trinity, its agents or employees, operating an airport, assumes no responsibility for damage to property stored thereon or property thereon of persons using the airport facilities, by reason of fire, theft, vandalism, windstorm, flood, earthquake and/or collision, nor does it assume any liability by reason of injury to persons while on an airport or while using the facilities of the same.

(Ord. 365 §3(7), 1978)

A. Aircraft shall be stored and repairs made in the space designated for the purpose by the airport manager and in such space only.

B. Aircraft owners, their pilots, or agents, shall be responsible for the prompt removal of disabled aircraft and parts thereon. The airport manager and/or state and federal aviation authorities may delay such action pending investigation of an accident.

C. Any and all airport property destroyed, injured or damaged by accident or otherwise, shall be paid for by the party or parties responsible for such destruction, injury or carnage thereto.

D. Aircraft engines shall not be started or run unless a properly certificated pilot or mechanic is at the controls. The aircraft must be equipped with adequate brakes, fully applied, or the wheels must be securely blocked with chocks which can be removed safely.

E. Persons involved in accidents on an airport shall make a full report thereon to the airport manager as soon after the accident as possible, and to state and federal aviation authorities as required.

F. No aircraft shall be left unattended on an airport unless properly secured or in a hangar. Owners of aircraft not properly secured shall be held responsible for all damage resulting from the failure to comply with this rule and all expenses incurred by the airport management to properly secure such aircraft when such action is deemed necessary by the airport manager.

G. No person shall take or use any aircraft, parts, instruments or tools thereon owned, controlled or operated by any other person while such aircraft, parts, instruments or tools are stored, housed or otherwise left on the airport or within its hangars without the written consent of the owner or operator thereof, or satisfactory evidence of the right to do so duly presented to the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3(8), 1978)

A. No aircraft shall be fueled or drained while the engine is running or while such aircraft is in the hangar or enclosed space.

B. No smoking shall be permitted within fifty feet of any aircraft, or within one hundred feet of any aircraft being fueled or defueled.

C. No person shall operate any radio transmitter or receiver or switch electrical appliances off or on in or within fifty feet of an aircraft during fueling or defueling.

D. During fueling, the aircraft and the fuel dispensing apparatus shall be properly grounded.

E. Persons engaged in the fueling or defueling of aircraft shall exercise due care. All fuel spills will be cleared from the area before aircraft are started or left unattended.

F. Adequate fire extinguishers shall be available in the immediate area (within ten feet) of all fueling and defueling operations.

G. No person shall start the engine of any aircraft when there is any gasoline on the ground within one hundred feet of the aircraft.

H. Fueling hoses and defueling equipment shall be maintained and operated in a safe and sound condition and shall be equipped with a grounding device to prevent ignition of volatile liquids.

I. Aviation fuels and/or lubricants shall not be sold or dispensed into any aircraft or other containers on an airport except in such a manner and under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3 (9), 1978)

A. No activity including, but not limited to, painting, doping and cleaning shall be conducted on airport property with any flammable substances having a flash point below two hundred degrees Fahrenheit unless the activity and the manner in which it is to be conducted have been approved in writing by the airport manager.

B. Smoking and open fires shall be prohibited in all areas designated or posted by the airport manager.

C. No person shall keep, store, or discard any flammable liquids, gases, signal flares, oily rags or other combustible material in the hangars or in any buildings on an airport without the prior written approval of the airport manager concerning the location and manner of conducting such storage or disposal operations.

D. No person shall dump any waste, refuse or other material on an airport.

E. Hangar entrances shall be kept clear at all times for ingress and egress of tenants' aircraft. No person shall use flammable liquids in the cleaning of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers and appliances without the prior written approval of the airport manager concerning the location and manner of conducting such cleaning operations.

F. All lessees on an airport shall keep their hangars and areas adjacent thereto leased or used by them respectively, free and clear of waste material, rubbish and other flammable material.

(Ord. 365 §3(10), 1978)

A. No person shall destroy, injure, deface or disturb in any way any building, sign, equipment, marker, or other shrub, tree, flower, lawn or other property on an airport without written permission of the airport manager.

B. No person shall commit any obscene, disorderly, indecent, or unlawful act, or commit any nuisance on an airport.

C. No person shall abandon any personal property on an airport.

(Ord. 365 §3(11), 1978)

A. Vehicles shall not be parked on an airport other than in the manner and at locations indicated in designated areas.

B. No common carrier vehicle or vehicle for hire shall load or unload passengers or stand at an airport at any place other than in the area designated by the airport manager.

C. Motorized equipment shall not be operated on the apron except by persons assigned to duty thereon or others authorized by the airport manager.

D. No person shall operate any vehicle on any of the landing areas unless authorized to do so by the airport manager and then only in such a manner as may be prescribed.

E. Motor vehicles shall be operated in strict compliance with speed limits prescribed by the airport manager and indicated by posted traffic signs. The speed limit in unposted areas will be five miles per hour. The airport manager shall have authority to move vehicles parked in such places and in such a manner as to hinder any approved operation. Said authority shall include the authority to tow away the vehicle at the owner's expense.

F. Vehicles or equipment operated or parked within or on any taxiway or runway area shall be marked with an approved obstruction flag and/or light.

(Ord. 365 §3(12), 1978)

No aeronautical activity shall be conducted at the airport except in conformance with the State Aeronautics Act and applicable federal air regulations.

A. Low flying within the confines of the traffic pattern shall not be below seven hundred feet, except in emergencies or when necessary to climb to the designated pattern altitude or descend to a landing.

B. No aircraft shall be taxied except at a safe and reasonable speed and in no case in excess of fifteen miles per hour. No aircraft shall take off or land, except in conformance with the then approved traffic pattern, emergency landings excepted, from any area except the state permitted runways.

C. Aircraft shall not cross any runway until the pilot has stopped and made certain by visual inspection that there is no danger of collision with any person or object.

D. Taxiing in and out of hangars is specifically prohibited.

E. Except in an emergency, no turn shall be made after takeoff until the airport boundary has been reached and the pilot has attained an altitude of at least five hundred feet and has ascertained that there will be no danger of turning into the path of a following aircraft.

F. Aircraft leaving the pattern shall make a fortyfive-degree turn away from the airport after completing the first turn to the crosswind leg.

G. Aircraft entering the pattern shall enter at a forty-five-degree angle to the crosswind leg.

H. The airport manager may refuse clearance or delay any flight or other operations at an airport for any reason.

I. Initial takeoff shall be commenced from the end of the active runway only, unless authorized by the airport manager.

J. Formation flying is prohibited in the traffic pattern.

K. Engines must be stopped while passengers are being enplaned or deplaned.

L. The airport manager may regulate practice touchand-go landings whenever traffic volume is such that such regulation is necessary for the safe, orderly operation of the airport.

M. No aircraft shall remain on the landing or takeoff area longer than necessary to safely land or take off.

(Ord. 365 §3(13), 1978)

A. No persons except designated peace officers shall carry any firearms, including air guns, explosives, bows and arrows, or flammable materials on an airport without the written permission of the airport manager. Such permission may be granted by the airport manager when circumstances warrant.

B. All other persons shall immediately surrender all such objects in their possession to the airport manager.

(Ord. 365 §3(14), 1978)

A. The rates and charges for the use of land and facilities of county airports shall be those established from time to time by resolution or minute order of the board of supervisors of the county.

B. The rates established pursuant to subsection A of this section for tie-down fees at the county airports shall be collected in a manner established by the board of supervisors. The fee shall be paid by the user of the tie-down within ten days thereof.

(Ord. 1008 §1, 1982)

A. Any person operating or handling any aircraft, vehicle, equipment or apparatus or using an airport or any of its facilities in violation of the rules and regulations that may be prescribed or refusing to comply therewith, may be promptly removed from the airport; moreover, for cause, any person might be deprived of and refused the further using of the airport and its facilities by the airport manager upon the order of his superior authority or his own initiative for such length of time as may be required to insure the safeguarding of the airport and the public and its interest therein. The airport manager shall exercise discretion in this matter. If unnecessary hardship results, appeal may be made to the public works director and/or the board of supervisors.

B. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or refuse to abide by any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations set forth in any section of this chapter, or any of the provisions of law incorporated herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 365 §4, 1978)