A. Statement Of Concept: An aircraft sales operator is a person engaged in: 1) the sale of new or used aircraft, on a retail or wholesale basis, through a franchise, licensed dealership or distributorship of an aircraft manufacturer; and 2) arranging for such repairs, services and parts as necessary to meet any guarantee or warranty on aircraft sold by the operator.
B. Minimum Standards:
1. The operator shall lease from the commission an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet of ground space including a building thereon providing at least four thousand (4,000) square feet of floor space for display and storage of aircraft and at least one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor space for office, customer lounge and restrooms. The operator shall be responsible for heating, lighting and making adequate arrangements for customer access to the building and furnishing it with communication facilities, including a point of contact, for customer use.
2. The operator shall make arrangements for such repair, services and parts as necessary to meet any guarantee or warranty on new or used aircraft sold by the operator. Such arrangements may be made by written agreement with a person engaged in activity as an operator of an approved aircraft repair station at the airport. The operator shall provide an adequate inventory of spare parts for the type of new aircraft sold by the operator.
3. The operator shall provide services upon the leased premises eight (8) hours daily, five (5) days per week. The operator shall employ trained personnel in such numbers as may be required to meet the minimum standards in an efficient manner, but never less than one (1) person having a current, effective commercial pilot certificate with single-engine rating and instructor rating.
4. The operator shall carry the following insurance with the limits specified:
a. Aircraft liability: Bodily injury and property damage combined, one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) single limit per occurrence; passenger liability, one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence; limited to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per passenger.
b. Comprehensive public liability and comprehensive property damage: Bodily injury and property damage combined, one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) single limit per occurrence.
c. Products liability: One million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence. (Ord. 08-09, 8-5-2008)