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The director is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and to supervise and direct the use, operation, and maintenance of all properties situated on or having relationship to any airport, whether such properties are directly related to aviation activities or not, and in a manner that will provide the most efficient, safe, and economical use of the properties in serving the public interest; except that the supervision, operation, and maintenance of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is and shall continue to be the responsibility of the board of directors of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport pursuant to its powers and duties as defined by the contract and agreement between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. (Ord. Nos. 14384; 19300; 26492; 31690)
The director, and his authorized assistants, shall at all times have authority to take action as may be necessary in the handling, conduct, and management of the public in attendance at any airport. (Ord. 8213; 31690)
The director shall have the authority to suspend operations on or from the airport when in his opinion conditions of the landing area or local meteorological conditions might make such operations unsafe. (Ord. 8213; 31690)
Any person operating or handling any aircraft in violation of this chapter or refusing to comply therewith may be promptly removed or ejected from any airport by or under the authority of the director, and upon the order of the city council, may be deprived of the further use of any airport and its facilities for such length of time as may be required to insure the safeguarding of the same and the public and its interests therein. (Ord. 8213; 31690)
No person may navigate any aircraft over, land upon, take off from, or service, maintain or repair any aircraft, or conduct any aircraft operations on or from an airport otherwise than in compliance with the federal aviation regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration or any other authority of the federal government. (Ord. Nos. 8213; 14384; 31690)
The director shall never be pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any aircraft, equipment, or accessories, or in any concessions of any kind serving the airports. Any violation of this provision may be grounds for his dismissal. (Code 1941, Art. 13-4; Ord. Nos. 8212; 14384; 31690)
The city controller shall prepare forms to be signed by the director for all moneys received and all charges made by him, which moneys carried on such forms shall be deposited in the official city depository to the credit of the particular airport fund involved. (Code 1941, Art. 13-5; Ord. Nos. 8212; 15279; 20073; 31690)
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