(A) This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by Iowa Code Ch. 329.3. It is hereby found that an obstruction has the potential for endangering the lives and property of users of the Newton Municipal Airport, and property or occupants of land in its vicinity; that an obstruction may affect existing and future instrument approach minimums of the Newton Municipal Airport; and that an obstruction may reduce the size of areas available for the landing, takeoff and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the Newton Municipal Airport and the public investment therein.
(B) Accordingly, it is declared:
(1) The creation or establishment of an obstruction has the potential of being a public nuisance and may injure the region served by the Newton Municipal Airport;
(2) It is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety and general welfare that the creation or establishment of obstructions that are a hazard to air navigation be prevented; and
(3) The prevention of these obstructions should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by the exercise of the police power without compensation.
(4) It is further declared that the prevention of the creation or establishment of hazards to air navigation, the elimination, removal, alteration or mitigation of hazards to air navigation, or the marking and lighting of obstructions are public purposes for which a political subdivision may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or interests in land.
(C) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Airport Height Regulations and Use of Property in Vicinity Ordinance”.
(2011 Code, § 53.0101)