(A) The Board of County Commissioners may deny any application, if, in its opinion, it finds any one or more of the following:
(1) The applicant, for any reason, does not meet the qualifications, standards, and requirements established by these rules and regulations;
(2) The applicant’s proposed operations or construction will create a safety hazard on the airport;
(3) The granting of the application will require the port to spend port’s funds, or to supply labor or materials in connection with the proposed operations to an extent which or at a time when the Board of County Commissioners is unwilling to enter into such arrangement; or the operation will result in a financial loss to the port;
(4) There is no appropriate, adequate, or available space or building on the airport to accommodate the entire activity of the applicant at the time of the application;
(5) The proposed operation, airport development, or construction does not comply with the master plan of the airport;
(6) The development or use of the area requested by the applicant will result in depriving existing fixed base operators or portions of the area in which they are operating; or will result in a congestion of aircraft or buildings; or will result in unduly interfering with the operations of any present fixed base operator on the airport through problems in connection with aircraft traffic or service, or preventing free access to the fixed base operator’s area;
(7) Any party applying or interested in the business has supplied the Board of County Commissioners with any false information or has misrepresented any material fact in his or her application or in supporting documents; or has failed to make full disclosure on his or her application or in supporting documents;
(8) Any party applying or interested in the business has a record of violating the rules and regulations described in this chapter, or the rules and regulations of any other airport, civil aviation regulations, federal aviation regulations, or any other rules and regulations applicable to the airport;
(9) Any party applying or interested in the business has defaulted in the performance of any lease or other agreement concerning the airport;
(10) Any party applying or interested in the business has a credit report which contains derogatory information and does not appear to be a person of satisfactory business responsibility and reputation;
(11) The applicant does not appear to have, or have access to, the finances necessary to conduct the proposed operation for a minimum period of six months;
(12) Any party applying or interested in the business has been convicted of any crime or violation of any city ordinance of such a nature that it indicates to the Board of County Commissioners that the applicant would not be a desirable operator on the airport; or
(13) The protection of the health, welfare, safety, or morals of the inhabitants of the county require such denial.
(B) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the Board of County Commissioners from granting or denying, for any reason it deems sufficient, an application to do business on the airport for the purpose of selling, furnishing, or establishing non-aviation products and supplies, or any service or business of a nonaeronautical nature, or the application by a person for an area on the airport for the personal non-profit use of such person.
(Ord. 1, passed 3-9-1965)