§ 18-32. Definitions.  


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  • Accident Potential Hazard Area means an area within 5,000 feet of the approach or departure end of a Runway or in proximity to an Airport in which aircraft may maneuver after takeoff or before landing, and said areas are subject to the greatest potential to crash into a Structure or the ground.

    Airport means the Venice Municipal and Buchan Airports.

    Airport Hazard or Obstruction means any Structure or object of natural growth or use of land which would exceed the federal Obstruction standards as contained in 14 CFR §§ 77.21, 77.23, and 77.25 or which obstructs the airspace required for flight of aircraft in landing and takeoff at an Airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or takeoff of aircraft.

    Airport Hazard Zoning Maps means the aerial photographs attached to Ordinance No. 78-1 and made a part hereof, with the imaginary or hazard zoning surfaces drawn thereon, the layout of the Runways, the Airport zoning reference point, the Airport elevation and the topography of the area. The aerial also depicts the various zones with the applicable height limitations for each, and identifies topographic features such as major streams, rivers, railroads, roads and streets.

    Airport Height means the highest point of an Airport's usable landing area measured in feet above mean sea level.

    Airspace Hazard means any Structure or object of natural growth or use of land which protrudes above or into the navigable airspace.

    Airspace Height means the height limits in all zones set forth in this article. The datum shall be mean sea level elevation (AMSL) unless otherwise specified.

    Minimum Descent Altitude means the lowest altitude, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circling-to-land maneuvering in execution of a standard instrument approach procedure where no electronic glide slope is provided.

    Minimum En-Route Altitude means the altitude in effect between radio fixes which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage and meets Obstruction clearance requirements between those fixes.

    Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude means the specified altitude in effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off-airway routes, or route segments which meets Obstruction clearance requirements for the entire route segment and which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage only within 22 miles of a VOR (very high omnirange) station.

    Nonconforming Use means any preexisting Structure or use of land which lawfully exists at a specific height at the time of this regulation, and which existence or height is inconsistent with the provisions of this regulation or an amendment thereto.

    Non-Precision-Instrument Runway means a Runway having a non-precision-instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, or area type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision-instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned, and for which no precision approach facilities are planned or indicated on an FAA planning document or military service's military airport planning document.

    Runway means a defined area on an Airport prepared for landing and takeoff of aircraft along its length.

    Structure means any object, constructed or installed by man, including but not limited to: buildings, towers, smoke stacks, utility poles, earth formations, and overhead transmission lines.

    Tree means any plant of the vegetable kingdom or any object of natural growth.

    Utility Runway means a Runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller-driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight and less.

    Visual Runway means a Runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures with no straight-in instrument approach procedure and no instrument designation indicated on a FAA approved Airport layout plan, a military service's approved military airport layout plan, or by any planning document submitted to the FAA by competent authority.

(Ord. No. 78-001, § 2, 1-10-1978)