As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
AIRPORT: The City of Rigby Airport (U56).
AIRPORT BOARD: A board of volunteers serving by appointment and pleasure of the Rigby City Council to act on matters involving the airport.
AIRPORT ELEVATION: The established elevation as per the National Geodetic Survey designation N-227 as the highest point of the usable landing area.
AIRPORT HAZARD: Any structure, tree, tower or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for, or is otherwise hazardous to, the taxiing, taking off, maneuvering, or landing of aircraft at the airport.
AVIGATION: Aerial navigation.
DATUM: Any level surface, line, or point used as a reference, in measuring elevations. A basis for horizontal surveys, consisting of the longitude and latitude of a certain point.
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Division of Aeronautics.
DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS: A division within the Department of Transportation of the State of Idaho as defined in Idaho Code title 21.
ELEVATION: The elevation of the City of Rigby Airport has been established by the NGS designation N227 as four thousand eight hundred forty five feet (4,845') above sea level.
FAA: The Federal Aviation Administration. Title 14 CPR (FAR) part 77.
HEIGHT: For the purpose of determining the height limits in all zones set forth in this chapter and shown on zoning maps. The datum shall mean at runway 1/19 above sea level elevation, unless otherwise specified.
INSTRUMENT APPROACH ZONE: The area encompassed by FAA terminal approach procedures defined distances from any runway having an FAA approved instrument approach.
LAND USE PLANNING: As established by Jefferson County as part of each entity's comprehensive land use guidelines and made a part of this chapter by reference.
LANDING AREA: The area of the airport used for taxiing, take off, maneuvering, or landing of aircraft.
NONCONFORMING USE: Any pre-existing structure, tower, tree, or natural growth or use of land which is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or an amendment thereto.
PERMIT: To grant permission or to allow.
RUNWAY/TAXIWAY STRUCTURE: The paved surface(s) of an airport landing area or taxiing area. An object constructed or installed by man.
TREE: Any object of natural growth.
UTILITY RUNWAY: A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by aircraft of twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds maximum gross weight or less.
VARIANCE: Official permission to do something normally forbidden by regulation, especially by building in a way or for a purpose normally forbidden by a zoning law or Building Code.
VISUAL RUNWAY: A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures, with no existing instrument procedures and no instrument designation indicated on a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or military service- approved airport layout plan or by any other Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or military planning document. It may however have runway and taxiway lighting as activated by pilot(s) upon take off(s) and landings. (Ord. 2017-590, 4-6-2017)