A. No person shall engage in aerial spraying or other aerial chemical application operations, including, but not limited to, loading or unloading chemicals to or from aircraft pursuant to such operations, on or from the Cottonwood Municipal Airport without a current operational permit from the city as hereafter provided.
1. Application for operating permits shall be signed by the applicant and filed with the city clerk. The applicant shall provide all information as may be requested by the city with respect to the application. The application shall also include a chemical spill response plan identifying and describing the containment, mitigation, cleanup and remediation procedures and methods applicant intends to employ in the event of a chemical spill, discharge or release resulting from applicant's operations.
2. The applicant shall pay the applicable application fee at the time the application is filed with the city clerk. The city may establish fees for applications under this section from time to time by resolution as deemed appropriate by the city.
3. The city may establish such terms and conditions for issuance of the permit as deemed necessary and appropriate in the best interest of the city. In addition to any such terms and conditions established by the city: a) the permittee shall at all times comply with the chemical spill response plan for the permit approved by the city, b) all handling, storage, loading and unloading of chemicals pursuant to the permit shall only occur in areas designated by the city, and c) the city may require the permittee to maintain insurance for the permittee's operations as deemed in the best interest of the city, including, but not limited to, insurance covering the city's potential liability and property damage arising from applicant's operations at or from the Cottonwood Municipal Airport.
4. The permittee shall at all times conduct permittee's operations in compliance with all terms and conditions of the permit, all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances, and all applicable airport rules.
5. Each permit issued under this section shall be in effect for a term of one year from the date of issuance of the permit unless sooner terminated. The city may revoke any permit for violation of any term or condition of the permit, violation of any law, regulation or ordinance, or violation of any airport rules. Permits are not assignable, and any assignment or attempted assignment shall be void and shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.
B. Violations of this section shall be a misdemeanor. (Ord. 247, 2016)