1983-09-07 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • • ORDINANCE NO. 1375 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT ON THE CITY OF LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED TRAFFIC PATTERNS OF THE C ITY OF LA PORTE MUN ICI PAL AIRPORT; CONTAINING FINDINGS OF FACTS; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte makes the following findings of fact: (A) The City of La Porte owns and operate s • the City of La Porte Municipa 1 Airport . (B) The City of La Porte Municipa 1 Airport has been designated a reliever airport by the Federal Aviation Administration. (C) The City of La Porte Municipal Airport has in excess of two hundred (200) based aircraft, and a high activity of tran- sient aircraft, and a high activity of aviation instruction programs. (D) Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 103.17 prohibit ultralight operations within an airport traffic area without prior approval. (E•) The City Council of the City of La Porte may establish such fair, equal and not unjustly discriminatory conditions to be met by all users of the airport, and may prohibit or limit any given type, kind, or class of aeronautical use of the airport if such action is necessary: (a) For safe and efficient use of the • airport; '(b) To keep operation activities within acceptable noise levels; or (c) To serve the civil aviation needs of the public. (F) The City Council of the City of La Porte finds, declares, and determines that an unsafe condition may be created by ultralight aviation activity on the City of La Porte Municipal Airport, and within its traffic patterns, due to the speed, maneuverability, and operational charac- • teristics of the ultralight aircraft, in relation to the predominant aeronautical activity at the City of La Porte Municipal Airport .