A. Aircraft: The owner or operator of any aircraft landing at the airport that weighs in excess of twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds shall pay to the City a landing fee at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per one thousand (1,000) pounds of the aircraft’s maximum gross landing weight rounded up to the nearest one thousand (1,000) pounds.
B. Fixed Base Operator: Each fixed base operator shall, on a monthly basis, pay or collect and remit the landing fees imposed above for aircraft for which the fixed base operator provides billable services (fueling, tie down, etc.). If no billable services are provided, the fixed base operator shall not be responsible for the collection of the landing fee. Each fixed base operator required to pay or collect and remit landing fees shall comply with the recording, reporting and payment requirements imposed under subsection C of this section.
C. Recording; Reporting; Payment: Each fixed base operator shall:
1. Maintain a record indicating the date, N number, category of aircraft and the amount billed or collected, which record shall be maintained for three (3) years.
2. On or before the fifth day of the month next succeeding each calendar month, submit a report to the City, concurrently with monthly fuel flowage reports, regarding total landing fees billed or collected for the previous month.
3. Remit the amount of the landing fees billed or collected, on or before the fifth day of the month next succeeding the month of the report, minus the collection fee provided in subsection D of this section.
4. Give the owner or operator of the aircraft a receipt for the fee collected or bill the fee as a separate item.
D. Retention: A fixed base operator who is required to pay or collect and remit landing fees under this section may retain twenty eight percent (28%) of the landing fees collected for the cost to it of collecting and remitting such fees.
E. Separate Account Not Required: A fixed base operator is not required to maintain a separate account for the fees collected, but is deemed to be a person charged with receipt, safekeeping, and transfer of public monies. Fees collected by a fixed base operator pursuant to this section shall be held in trust for the benefit of the City and for payment to the City in the manner and at the times provided herein.
F. Exception To Fee: No landing fee will be assessed against airport or airpark based aircraft.
(Ord. 2018-14, 6-26-2018; amd. Ord. 2021-21, 4-20-2021)