(A) Locking the gate. All airport access gates shall be locked at sunset and during all non-business hours. The airport manager is responsible for locking, but may require the last lessee/tenant or full-time FBO employee leaving the airport to secure the main entrance gate. If in doubt, lock the gate.
(B) Keylocks. All gates will be secured with hardened steel chain and hardened steel keylocks.
(C) Keys. Numbered keys to locks will be issued only by the airport manager and will be marked “DO NOT DUPLICATE”. These keys shall be issued only to: the airport manager; all lessees/tenants that have an airplane domiciled at the airport and are bound by a current airport lease agreement; full-time employees of the FBO and any other authorized business located on the airport, local law enforcement, Fire Department and emergency services; and city’s Public Works Director.
(D) Key usage. Recipients of keys shall be informed that loaning, duplicating, giving or otherwise sharing of keys is a violation of airport regulations and federal statutes.
(E) List of key-holders. The airport manager will maintain a current list of all holders of the numbered keys and make it available to law enforcement and the City Manager upon demand.
(F) After-hours. Authorized holders of keys who open a gate during non-business hours will be required to close the gate when they leave or require anyone arriving before their departure to leave or lock the gate when they leave.
(G) Key possession. Authorized holders of keys will keep them in safe personal possession at all times. Failure to abide by these basic needs will be considered a violation.
(H) Changing keys. Keys to the airport will be changed January 1 of each year and replaced to all holders described in division (C) above.
(I) Through-the-fence authority. The holder of the through-the-fence authority has access to the airport runways and taxiways granted by statute. Unless attended, however, their access gate must be locked after sunset and during non-business hours. They shall not give unauthorized foot or vehicular access to the airport when the airport access gates are customarily locked.
(J) Security camera. The airport security camera system is the property of the city. The airport manager will maintain the security camera system in operating condition at all times. He or she will make images available to law enforcement and/or the City Manager upon demand. The airport manager will not allow unauthorized copies of images to be made, nor distributed to unauthorized parties, nor will he or she delete images, except as accomplished by the normal operation of the system. The airport manager will be the sole holder of the password to this computer security system.
(K) Other responsibilities. Lessees/tenants of the airport are responsible for keeping hangars, vehicles and airplanes locked when not attended.
(L) Liability. The city’s airport is not responsible for items lost, damaged or stolen and disclaims all liability, except exercising reasonable care in keeping premises locked and under video surveillance as described.
(M) Access codes/devices. Persons who have been provided either a code or device for the purpose of obtaining access to the airport shall not divulge, duplicate or otherwise distribute the same to any other person, unless otherwise approved by the airport manager.
(2012 Code, § 14-106) Penalty, see § 153.99