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. .. 2/14/97 b. Rccom!dations. Other objects which are desirable to clear, if practicable, are objects which do not have a substantial adverse effect on the airport but, if removed, will enhance operations. These include objects in the controlled activity area and obstructions to air navigation which are not covered in paragraph 21 I.a, especially those penetrating an approach surface. On a paved runway, the approach surface starts 200 feet (61 m) beyond the area usable for takeoff or landing, whichever is more demanding. On an unpaved runway, the approach surface starts at the end of the area usable for takeoff or landing. ........ 212. RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE (RPZ). The RPZ's function is to enhance the protection of people and property on the ground. This is achieved through airport owner control over RPZs. Such control includes clearing RPZ areas (and maintaining them clear) of incompatible objects and activities. Control is preferably exercised through the acquisition of sufficient property interest in the RPZ. 8. Standards. (1) RPZ Confi1!uration/Location. The RPZ is trapezoidal in shape and centered about the extended runway centerline. The controlled activity area and a portion of the Runway OFA are the two components of the RPZ (see figure 2-3). The RPZ dimension for a particular runway end is a function of the type of aircraft and approach visibility minimum associated with that runway end. Table 2-4 provides standard.&neoSions.iifor..:.RPZs. Other than with a s~~ application of declared distances, the RPZ ~ 200 feet (60 m) beyond the end of the area usable for takeoff or landing. With a special application of decJared-distances, see Appendix 14, separate approach and departure RPZs are required for each runway end. <a) The Runwav OFA. Paragraph 307 contains the location, dimension, and clearing standards for the Runway OF A. (b) The ControBed Adivitv ~ The controlled activity area is the portion of the RPZ beyond and to the sides of the Rwway OF A. Chap 2 /lcL I.JU/.UUU-I-' Lil'-'.' e (2) Land Use. In addition to the criteria specified in paragraph 21 I, the following land use criteria apply within the RPZ: (a) While it is desirable to clear all objects from the RPZ, some uses are pennitted, provided they do not attract wildlife, are outside of the Runway OFA, and do not interfere with navigational aids. Golf courses (but not club houses) and agricultural operations (other than forestry or livestock fanns) are expressly pennitted under this proviso. Automobile parking facilities, although discouraged, may be pennitted, provided the parking facilities and any associated appurtenances, in addition to meeting all of the preceding conditions, are located outside of the object free area extension . as depicted in figure 2-3). Fuel storage act tties should not be located in the RPZ. (b) Land uses prohibited from the RPZ are: residences . and places of public assembly. (Churches, schools, hospitals, office buildings, shopping centers, and other uses with similar concentrations of persons typify places of public assembly.) Fuel storage facilities should not be located in the RPZ. b. Recommendations. Where it is determined to be impracticable for the airport owner to acquire and plan the land uses within the entire RPZ, the RPZ land use standards have recommendation status for that portion of the RPZ not controlled by the airport owner. ,,'I Co FAA Studies of Obiects and Activities in the Vicinity of Airpom. The FAA policy is to protect the public investment in the national airport system. To implement this policy, the FAA studies existing and proposed objects and '-activities, both off and on public-use airports, with respect to their effect upon the safe and efficient use of the airports and safety of persons and property on the ground. These objects need not be obstructions to air navigation, as defined in 14 CFR Part 77. As the result of a study, the FAA may issue an advisory recommendation in opposition to the presence of any off-airport object or activity in the vicinity of a public-use airport that conflicts with an airport planning or design standard or recommendation. 213. to 299. RESERVED. 13