This district shall include all land within 10,500 feet of the reference point of any airport with one or more runways of 4,000 or more feet. Said reference point shall be defined by the county planner based upon the thresholds of all runways in said airport over 4,000 lineal feet of length.

The AH district shall overlay other zoning districts so that all lands lying within the AH district shall also be included in other zoning districts. Each parcel of land within the AH district shall be subject to the provisions, regulations and restrictions of both the AH district and the other zoning district(s) in which it lies. In the event of conflict or discrepancy between the requirements of the overlaid AH district and the other underlying district(s), the more stringent requirements shall be observed.

The permitted structures and uses and conditional structures and uses and maximum/minimum development intensity restrictions and dimensional requirements allowed in this district shall be as allowed in the primary district(s) over which this district is appended; provided, however no structure over 35 feet in height shall be allowed unless a special height exception is granted upon appeal to the board of commissioners.

Furthermore, the following uses are prohibited from locating within the district:

1)

Land uses which significantly increase the potential for interference of airborne fowl with landing and departing aircraft are prohibited.

2)

Construction activities and land uses which would produce smoke and/or dust in such a manner so as to impair visibility of pilots using the airport are prohibited.

3)

High-intensity exterior lighting, including, but not limited to, lighting for signage, private drives, parking lots and security, which is located in such a manner as to impair the visibility of pilots using the airport is prohibited unless such lighting is properly shielded.

4)

Land uses which create electrical interference with navigational signals or radio communication between the airport and aircraft are prohibited.

Required parking, loading and other supplemental regulations applicable to this district are set forth in article 24.