For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AIRPORT. Any area of land or water designed and set aside that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes; includes any related buildings and facilities. AIRPORT includes only public-use airports with state or federally approved airport layout plans and military airports with military service-approved military layout plans.
AIRPORT HAZARD. Any structure or tree or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft; that penetrates any approach, operation, transition, or turning zone.
AIRPORT HAZARD AREA. Any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided in the act, but such area shall not extend in any direction a distance in excess of 3 miles from the adjacent boundary of an airport; the limits provided for approach, operation, transition, and turning zones.
AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN. A scaled drawing of existing and proposed land, buildings, and facilities necessary for the operation and development of an airport prepared in accordance with state rules and regulations and federal regulations and guidelines.
APPROACH ZONE. A zone that extends from the end of each operation zone and is centered along the extended runway centerlines.
ELECTRIC FACILITY. An overhead electrical line, including poles or other supporting structures, owned or operated by an electric supplier as defined in Neb. RS 70-1001.01, for the transmission or distribution of electrical power to the electric supplier's customers.
EXISTING RUNWAY. An instrument runway or a visual runway that is paved or made of turf that has been constructed or is under construction.
INSTRUMENT RUNWAY. An existing runway with precision or non-precision instrument approaches as developed and published by the Federal Aviation Administration or an existing or proposed runway with future precision or non-precision instrument approaches reflected on the airport layout plan. After the effective date of this act, an airport shall not designate an existing or proposed runway as an instrument runway if the runway was not previously designated as such without the approval of the airport's governing body after a public hearing on such designation.
OPERATION ZONE. A zone that is longitudinally centered on each existing or proposed runway.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. Any municipality, city, village, or county.
PROPOSED RUNWAY. An instrument runway or a visual runway that has not been constructed and is not under construction but that is depicted on the airport layout plan that has been conditionally or unconditionally approved by, or has been submitted for approval to, the Federal Aviation Administration.
RUNWAY. A defined area at an airport that is prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft along its length.
STRUCTURE. Any object constructed or installed by man, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission or distribution lines.
TRANSITION ZONE. A zone that extends outward at a right angle to the runway centerline and upward at a rate of 1 foot vertically for every 7 feet horizontally. The height limit of a transition zone begins at the height limit of the adjacent approach zone or operation zone and ends at a height of 150 feet above the highest elevation on the existing or proposed runway.
TREE. Any object of natural growth.
TURNING ZONE'S OUTER LIMIT. The area located at a distance of 3 miles as a radius from the corners of the operation zone of each runway and connecting adjacent arcs with tangent lines, excluding any area within the approach zone, operation zone, or transition zone. The height limit of the turning zone is 150 feet above the highest elevation on the existing or proposed runway.
VISUAL RUNWAY. A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures, with no straight-in instrument approach procedure and no instrument designation indicated on an airport layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, a military service-approved military layout plan, or any planning documents submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration by a competent authority.
(Ord. 3887, passed 1-21-2014)