(a) No person shall operate any heliport within the City of Fort Worth without first securing a heliport license from the city. An application for a heliport license shall contain the same information and shall be subject to the same approval procedure as is required in Article III of this chapter.
(b) The operation and flight of helicopters within the city shall be in conformity with all applicable safety rules, regulations, manuals and directives of the Federal Aviation Administration and the provisions of the ordinances and the codes of the city, including, but not limited to, those regulations relating to minimum safe altitudes. In addition, where specific minimum safe altitudes, traffic patterns and approach routes for a heliport are prescribed by the city council with the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration, failure to comply therewith shall constitute a violation of this article.
(1964 Code, § 4-22) (Ord. 8840, § 1, passed 6-7-1983; Ord. 9925, § 1, passed 8-11-1987)