Heliports constructed and operated in the City shall comply with the following safety requirements:
(a) The touchdown area shall be marked as prescribed by the Federal Aviation Agency. The numerals of the maximum weight allowable for use of the facility shall be provided so as to be conspicuous to pilots. A one-foot wide border shall be provided around the edge of the touchdown area.
(b) The touchdown or landing areas on rooftops shall be elevated or provisions shall be made for the collection of fuel that may be spilled in an emergency. Such provisions shall be approved by the Fire Chief or his or her designee prior to the issuance of a conditional permit.
(c) There shall be at least two exists, remote from each other, on a rooftop heliport.
(d) There shall be at least two approved dry powder-type fire extinguishers of at least twenty-pound size. These shall be located remotely from each other. One of these may be substituted for a carbon dioxide-type extinguisher with the permission of the Fire Chief.
(e) At all heliports, a telephone, not of the pay variety, shall be provided, or a fire alarm box installed, or other method of communication approved by the Fire Chief, and maintained.
(f) Heliports shall be provided with an acceptable wind indicator or windsock.
(g) No heliport shall be permitted near a high tension power line.
(h) Smoking shall not be permitted in a heliport.
(Ord. 44-93. Passed 7-19-93.)