The City of Hutchinson and McLeod County acting as the authority for the Townships of Lynn and Hassan Valley, under authority granted by M.S. § 360.063, as it may be amended from time to time, hereby establishes an airport zoning ordinance pursuant to the provisions and authority of M.S. § 360.063, as it may be amended from time to time, hereby finds and declares that:
(A) An airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the Hutchinson Municipal Airport, and property or occupants of land in its vicinity, and also if of the obstructive type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, takeoff and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the Hutchinson Municipal Airport and the public investment therein;
(B) The creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the region served by the Hutchinson Municipal Airport;
(C) For the protection of the public health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, and for the promotion of the most appropriate use of land, it is necessary to prevent the creation or establishment of airport hazards;
(D) The prevention of these airport hazards should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by the exercise of the police power without compensation; and
(E) The prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which political subdivisions may raise and expend public funds.
(F) The Hutchinson Municipal Airport is an essential public facility that serves an important public transportation role and provides a public good.
(2004 Code, § 151.01) (Ord. passed 1-12-1984; Ord. 20-819, passed 8-11-2020)