Pursuant to the authority conferred and granted by article 12, section 2, of the Idaho Constitution, and by title 67, chapter 65, of the Idaho Code, it is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of Payette Municipal Airport, and property or occupants of land in its vicinity, and also such hazards may reduce the size of the area available for the landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of Payette Municipal Airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is declared:
A. The creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the region served by the Payette Municipal Airport.
B. It is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of aircraft hazards be prevented; and
C. The prevention of these hazards should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by the exercise of the police power, without compensation.
It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which a political subdivision may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or interest in land. (Ord. 33, 7-20-1982)