Pittsfield City Zoning Code

S-2 AIRPORT

DISTRICT

§ 156.150 USES.

No building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure hereafter shall be constructed, erected, moved or altered except for one or more of the following uses: aviation fields, airports, landing strips or landing areas, provided the following conditions have been met:

(A) Permission from the respective owners, in the form of easements or other suitable assignment to the owner of the airport or landing strip, of air rights over all land in separate ownership and within the approach zones of all runways or landing strips should be required.

(B) Copies of the easements or assignments of rights and an aeronautical evaluation of the proposed facility by the Federal Aviation Administration, as required by law, should be submitted to the Planning Commission before a permit for establishing or enlarging a runway, landing strip or landing areas is authorized. Heliports may be permitted after an aeronautical evaluation of the proposed facility by the FAA, as required by law, has been reviewed by the Commission.

('74 Code, Appendix A, § 12) Penalty, see § 156.999

§ 156.151 PERMITS.

(A) The governing body or duly authorized representative should have the power to enforce the provisions of this subchapter. No open, vacant or unimproved land should be used for any purpose other than agriculture without first obtaining a land use permit from the governing body to be issued in accordance with the terms of this chapter. Land use permits should be required, but not limited, to airport landing strips, heliports or other landing areas;

(B) It should be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct or establish such a structure or to plant or replant any tree or other object of natural growth on a landing area or within 15,000 feet of the nearest boundary of a landing area which will have or attain a height greater than five feet above ground level for each 500 feet or fraction thereof of the distance the structure or growth is or will be situated from the nearest boundary of a landing area without first obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector, the application for which should include a written statement of approval from the Federal Aviation Administration obtained by the applicant after due notice to the Administration.

('74 Code, Appendix A, § 12) Penalty, see § 156.999

Pittsfield City Zoning Code

S-2 AIRPORT

DISTRICT

§ 156.150 USES.

No building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure hereafter shall be constructed, erected, moved or altered except for one or more of the following uses: aviation fields, airports, landing strips or landing areas, provided the following conditions have been met:

(A) Permission from the respective owners, in the form of easements or other suitable assignment to the owner of the airport or landing strip, of air rights over all land in separate ownership and within the approach zones of all runways or landing strips should be required.

(B) Copies of the easements or assignments of rights and an aeronautical evaluation of the proposed facility by the Federal Aviation Administration, as required by law, should be submitted to the Planning Commission before a permit for establishing or enlarging a runway, landing strip or landing areas is authorized. Heliports may be permitted after an aeronautical evaluation of the proposed facility by the FAA, as required by law, has been reviewed by the Commission.

('74 Code, Appendix A, § 12) Penalty, see § 156.999

§ 156.151 PERMITS.

(A) The governing body or duly authorized representative should have the power to enforce the provisions of this subchapter. No open, vacant or unimproved land should be used for any purpose other than agriculture without first obtaining a land use permit from the governing body to be issued in accordance with the terms of this chapter. Land use permits should be required, but not limited, to airport landing strips, heliports or other landing areas;

(B) It should be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct or establish such a structure or to plant or replant any tree or other object of natural growth on a landing area or within 15,000 feet of the nearest boundary of a landing area which will have or attain a height greater than five feet above ground level for each 500 feet or fraction thereof of the distance the structure or growth is or will be situated from the nearest boundary of a landing area without first obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector, the application for which should include a written statement of approval from the Federal Aviation Administration obtained by the applicant after due notice to the Administration.

('74 Code, Appendix A, § 12) Penalty, see § 156.999