CHAPTER 379
Helicopters
379.01   Definitions.
379.02   Prohibition of landing at any place other than a helistop.
379.03   Minimum helistop specifications.
379.04   Rooftop or elevated helistop.
379.05   Submission of plans for helistop.
379.06   Approval of helistop.
379.07   Prohibitions.
379.08   Emergencies.
379.09   Criteria for qualification of operators.
379.10   Heliports prohibited.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Aeronautics - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4561
   Airports - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4563
   Endangering aircraft and airports - see GEN. OFF. 571.12
379.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   Helicopter. "Helicopter" means an air-borne vehicle used for the transportation of persons or material whose support in the air is normally derived from the vertical lift or force produced by air-foils or wings mechanically rotated about an approximately vertical axis.
   (b)   Heliport. "Heliport" means an area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, that is used or intended to be used for landing and taking off of helicopters and may include some or all of the various facilities useful to helicopter operations such as maintenance, refueling facilities and storage.
   (c)   Helistop. "Helistop" means a heliport without auxiliary facilities intended to be used only for the taking off and landing of helicopters.
(Ord. 62-1968. Passed 3-11-68.)
379.02 PROHIBITION OF LANDING AT ANY PLACE OTHER THAN A HELISTOP.
   No person shall land, discharge, load or take off in a helicopter at any place within the City except at a helistop, the location and construction of which has been approved by the Director of Public Safety and which conforms to the specifications and requirements of this chapter, provided, however, that the Director of Public Safety may approve the landing or take-off of a helicopter at a different location approved by him or her or his or her designated representative on an individual basis in cases of emergency, public ceremony or other public necessity.
(Ord. 62-1968. Passed 3-11-68.)
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
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