§ 8-22.3. General rules and regulations.
The following rules and regulations shall be observed in the use and operation of the airport:
Rule 8-27-1. Federal air traffic rules of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for aircraft operated within the United States, and presently or hereafter effective, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as though fully set forth and incorporated herein.
Rule 8-27-2. Safeguard of persons and property - The airport manager shall at all times have authority to take necessary and legal actions to safeguard any person, aircraft, equipment, or property at the airport.
Rule 8-27-3. Through-the-fence operations - No private individual, partnership, FBO, company, or corporation shall be permitted direct ground access to the airport by their aircraft, customers' aircraft, or private vehicle from property adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the airport without prior coordination with TxDOT. Furthermore, no private individual, partnership, company, corporate, or customers' aircraft or vehicle shall be permitted direct ground access to property from the airport, a practice commonly known as a "through-the-fence operation," without prior coordination with TxDOT. Individuals with through-the-fence access shall comply with the rules and regulations for the airport.
Rule 8-27-4. Lien for charges - To enforce the payment of any charge for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of any personal property by the city or its agents in connection with the operation of the airport, the city may place a lien upon such personal property, which shall be enforceable as provided by law.
Rule 8-27-5. Lien possessory right - To enforce the payment of any such charge, the airport manager may retain possession of such personal property until all reasonable, customary, and usual compensation has been paid in full.
Rule 8-27-6. Unauthorized signs and equipment - No signs, non-aeronautical equipment, portable buildings, or trailers may be erected, moved-in, or installed on airport property, except as may be specifically authorized by the city council.
Rule 8-27-7. Surreptitious activities - Any person observing suspicious, unauthorized or criminal activities should report such activities immediately to the airport manager, local police, officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Transportation Security Administration General Aviation Information Hotline at 1-866-GA SECUR(E) or 1-866-427-3287.
Rule 8-27-8. Wrecked aircraft - Every aircraft owner, his/her pilot or agents, shall be responsible for notifying FAA and promptly removing disabled or wrecked aircraft from the operational areas of the Airport, under the direction of the Airport Manager.
Rule 8-27-9. Repairs to aircraft - No aircraft shall be repaired on any part of the landing or takeoff area. All repairs shall be made only at places designated for such purpose. Engine, airframe, or avionics repairs shall be conducted by a properly licensed mechanic or other person authorized by the FAA. Any preventative maintenance authorized by FAR Part 43 may be made by the owner or operator of any aircraft, but only within a hangar leased or owned by that aircraft owner or operator.
Rule 8-27-10. Damage to Airport - Any person, individual, or corporation or the owner of any aircraft causing damage of any kind to the airport, whether through violation of any of these rules, through vandalism, or any act of negligence, shall be liable therefore in and to the city.
Rule 8-27-11. Injury to person - Persons entering the airport groundside property by automobile, other vehicular conveyance, or on foot (does not include persons in aircraft using approved airside facilities) do so at their own risk and with no liability incurring to the city for any injury or damage to person or property. Further, any person desiring to use the airport shall observe and obey all laws, resolutions, orders, rules, and regulations promulgated and enforced by the city or by any other authority having jurisdiction over the operation of the airport.
Rule 8-27-12. Licensed pilots - Only aircraft with current and correct FAA certificates of registration and airworthiness and persons holding valid and current airman certificates issued by the FAA may operate aircraft at the airport.
Rule 8-27-13. Registration - Each person owning an aircraft based at the airport shall register at the office of the airport manager their name, address, telephone number, aircraft model, aircraft registration "N" number, or make and model of aircraft for those aircraft not requiring registration (ultralight), and the name, address, and telephone number of their next of kin or person to be notified in case of an accident or emergency.
Rule 8-27-14. Animals - No person shall enter the airport with a dog, cat, or other animal unless the animal is, and remains, restrained by a leash or properly confined as determined by the airport manager.
Rule 8-27-15. Living quarters - No person may make permanent living quarters on the airport. Exceptions to this rule for cause, such as alert crew members or security personnel, will be coordinated with TxDOT.
Rule 8-27-16. Foreign objects - No foreign objects, including bottles, cans, scrap, nuts, bolts, nails, or any object that may cause damage to an aircraft, shall be left upon the floor of any building or upon any part of the surface area of the airport. Individuals are encouraged to pick up such foreign objects when observed and place them in a trash receptacle.
Rule 8-27-17. Litter - No boxes, crates, cans, bottles, paper, tall grass, weeds, unusable airplane parts or wreckage, scrap wood or metal, discarded airplane or automobile tires, trash, or other litter shall be permitted to accumulate in or about a hangar, building, or other leased space. If such trash and litter is permitted to accumulate around a privately owned, rented, or leased hangar/building, the airport manager shall notify the hangar/building owner, renter or lessee by registered letter to remove the offending litter. If within ten work days after receipt of the letter the hangar/building owner, renter, or lessee has not removed the trash and litter as directed, the airport manager may have the area cleaned and the cost for such cleaning shall be charged to the hangar/building owner, renter, or lessee.
Rule 8-27-18. Aeronautical activity/use of hangars on public airports - The Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division Guidelines for Aeronautical Activity and Use of Hangars on Public Airports is adopted as written and can be referenced using the following link (or the most recent update):
http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/library/pubs/bus/aviation/hangars_public.pdf
Rule 8-27-19. Airworthiness of aircraft - The Texas Department of Transportation - Aviation Division Guidelines for Airworthiness is adopted as written and can be referenced using the following link (or the most recent update):
http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/library/pubs/bus/aviation/airworthiness_021313.pdf
(Ord. No. 17-47, § 2, 9-18-2017)