The Santa Paula Airport is a privately owned and operated aviation facility. The proximity of the airport to populated areas of the city necessitates the establishment of special use regulations and development standards to ensure compatibility between the airport and surrounding land uses. These use restrictions and development standards are based on the Ventura County Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan (VCACLUP), a document that governs all aviation facilities in the County, and the State Aeronautics Program 1993 Airport Land Use Planning Handbook.
In accordance with Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 50485 et seq., the purpose of this subchapter is to prevent creation or establishment of airport hazards and to provide for the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards.
Four zones, three of which are overlay zones, are designed to accommodate the operations of the airport while maintaining safety as a priority.
(A) Airport Operational Zone - KO. The purpose of the Airport Operational (KO) zone is to provide an area to facilitate airport operations. The zone applies to airport facilities that are open to the public and maintain a valid permit from the California Aeronautics Commission designating the facility as an airport available to the public, subject to airport administration regulations.
(B) Airport Safety Overlay Zone (KS). The purpose of the Airport Safety (KS) overlay zone is to limit uses and restrict development within areas classified as the Runway Protection Zone, Outer Safety Zone, and Sideline Safety Zone, as identified for the Santa Paula Airport in the VCACLUP.
Within the KS Zone, subzones are established as follows:
(1) KS-IS Inner Safety Subzone. Inner safety subzones are located near each end of the airport runway. Each such subzone is 250 feet in width along a line parallel to and 200 feet beyond the designated threshold of the runway and flares uniformly to a width of 450 feet along a line parallel to and 1,200 feet beyond such threshold. The extended centerline of the runway bisects the subzone. This zone corresponds to the Runway Protection Zone (a.k.a. inner safety zone) for the Santa Paula Airport, identified in the VCACLUP.
(2) KS-OS Outer Safety Subzone. Outer safety subzones are located near each end of the airport runway. Each such subzone is 450 feet in width along a line parallel to and 1,200 feet beyond the designated threshold of the runway and flares uniformly to a width of 950 feet along a line parallel to and 3,700 feet beyond such threshold. The extended centerline of the runway bisects the subzone. This zone corresponds to the Outer Safety Zone for the Santa Paula Airport, identified in the VCACLUP.
(C) Airport-Influenced Overlay Zone (KI). The purpose of the Airport-Influenced (KI) overlay zone is to require less-intense uses and development within the area in which airplane traffic is concentrated. The boundaries of the (KI) overlay correspond to the boundaries of the Traffic Pattern Zone, as identified for the Santa Paula Airport in the VCACLUP.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04)