(A) Operations:
1. The airport shall be open for public use twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days per week, subject to such restrictions due to inclement weather, the conditions of the landing area and like causes as may be reasonably determined by the Airport Manager to be in the interest of public safety. The airport shall be open for public use at night, provided, however, that night landing systems will be operated in the manner prescribed by the federal aviation administration. The airport offices and line service will be attended during the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM only.
2. No person shall operate any aircraft at this airport unless the aircraft and operator are properly certified by the federal aviation administration if so required by the federal aviation administration.
3. No person shall interfere or tamper with any aircraft or put in motion the engine of such aircraft or use any aircraft, aircraft parts, instrument, or tools, without prior permission of the owner or by prior written direction of the Airport Manager.
4. The owners of all aircraft based on the airport shall register their aircraft with the Airport Manager prior to commencing operations and shall inform the Airport Manager of any changes in the ownership within thirty (30) days thereof.
5. No aircraft shall be operated on the surface of a landing area, ramp, or storage parking area, while the pilot or any person aboard controlling any part of the operation is under the influence of liquor or any narcotic or drug. No person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic or drugs shall approach closer than fifty feet (50') to any aircraft.
6. No aircraft shall be tested or used for any purpose in any area where the noise, propeller or jet stream will be a nuisance to others.
7. No motorless aircraft may land or take off at the airport without prior written consent from the Airport Manager; provided, however, that there may be adopted rules and regulations governing takeoff and landing of motorless aircraft and prescribing the conditions under which such operations are to be performed and consent therefor given by the Airport Manager.
8. No experimental groups or flight demonstrations will be conducted at the airport without prior written approval of the Airport Manager. Such approval shall not be granted unless and until the applicant obtains and provides proper insurance coverage to the satisfaction of the Airport Manager.
9. Helicopters may land on the ramp parking area. Autogiros shall land and takeoff on the active runway and taxi to the parking area as do fixed wing aircraft.
10. No person shall navigate any aircraft, land aircraft upon, fly aircraft from or conduct any aircraft operations or commercial activity on or from the airport, otherwise than in conformity with the then current rules and regulations of the federal aviation administration and of the civil aeronautics board, Illinois division of aeronautics, ordinances of the City and the rules and regulations of this chapter.
11. The Airport Manager may remove any wrecked or damaged aircraft from the runway and render a bill for such services to the aircraft owner with payment due within thirty (30) days from the date of invoice.
12. Disabled or obviously unairworthy aircraft and parts thereof will be parked only on areas of the airport removed from public view.
13. All persons involved in any personal, aircraft or airport automotive accident on the premises of the airport shall make a report in writing to the Airport Manager's office as soon as possible, but in any case, within forty eight (48) hours of said accident.
14. These rules are supplemental, subordinate, and complementary to those of the City, the federal aviation administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics.
(B) Pattern:
1. Except as otherwise hereinafter expressly provided, all aircraft before landing and after taking off shall be flown in accordance with the traffic pattern as outlined in federal aviation regulation's Part 91, general operating and flight rules, and part 93, specific air traffic rules and airport traffic patterns and any amendments promulgated from time to time by the federal aviation administration.
2. Aircraft awaiting takeoff shall park at least fifty feet (50') clear of the runway in use and in a position so as to have a direct view of aircraft approaching for a landing.
3. When calm wind conditions exist, runway 8 normally shall be the active runway. However, if other aircraft are using a different runway, abide by existing traffic.
4. All traffic patterns at the airport are left-hand traffic.
5. All aircraft taking off shall proceed straight ahead in an altitude of four hundred feet (400') above the surface and execute a forty-five degree (45°) left turn after passing the airport boundary. Any nonstandard departures are to be reported on Unicom frequency.
6. Aircraft intending to remain in the traffic pattern shall climb straight ahead four hundred feet (400') AGL and thereafter climb and maintain eight hundred to one thousand feet (800' to 1,000') AGL above the surface after the first ninety degree (90°) turn.
7. When the ceiling is insufficient to maintain proper vertical separation from the clouds at the prescribed pattern altitude, the pattern altitude will be reduced as necessary to provide the proper vertical clearance.
8. The traffic pattern will at no time be lowered below an altitude of five hundred feet (500') above the surface.
9. Aircraft entering the traffic pattern shall exercise extreme caution and courtesy so as not to cause aircraft in the pattern to deviate from their course in order to provide adequate separation.
(C) Takeoffs And Landing:
1. All cockpit and engine checks shall be made on the run-up line prior to taxiing into position for the takeoff.
2. Aircraft landing at the airport shall make the landing runway available to others by leaving the runway as promptly as possible.
3. Except in an emergency, all landings and takeoffs shall be made only on runways.
4. When landings or takeoffs are made in a direction other than as prescribed in the above rule, the pilot is solely responsible for determining that the operation can be completed with safety and without interference or disruption of other traffic in the area.
(D) Taxiing:
1. Pilots shall taxi their aircraft slowly on the taxiways and exercise and display extreme caution at all times. Taxi speed shall not exceed twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
2. Under no circumstances shall any aircraft be taxied into or out of any hangar. No taxiing shall be done except on areas designated for taxiing.
3. No person shall taxi an aircraft until he or she has ascertained that there will be no danger of collision with any person or object in the immediate area.
(E) Parking Of Aircraft:
1. Privately owned aircraft shall be parked only in tie-down areas or in hangars.
2. Flying school and rental aircraft shall be parked only in the flight lines assigned to them by the Airport Manager.
3. Transient aircraft shall be parked only on the transient parking area or in hangars assigned them by the Airport Manager or a fixed base operator.
4. At the direction of the Airport Manager, the operator, owner or pilot of any aircraft on the airport shall move the aircraft, and upon failure to do so, the aircraft may be towed at the operator's expense and without liability for any damage that may result from such moving.
(F) Starting Of Engines:
1. No person shall attempt starting or cranking of an airplane engine except when a competent operator is at the controls of said airplane engine.
2. Aircraft shall be started and warmed up only in places designated for such purpose by the Airport Manager.
3. No aircraft shall be run up unless the aircraft is in such a position that the propeller blast will clear all buildings and all aircraft maneuvering areas and all groups of people in observation areas.
(G) Repairing Of Aircraft: No person shall repair an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or apparatus in any area of the airport other than those specifically designated for such purpose by contract or agreement or by permission of the Airport Manager. (Ord. 1062, 12-15-1980; amd. Ord. 1168, 3-7-1983; 2020 Code; Ord. 3385, 11-20-2023)