Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the City Manager, upon written application of a hospital situated within the city, may issue a permit for helicopters to operate from time to time over the city at a height of less than 1,000 feet and elsewhere than within a flight pattern authorized by Federal Aviation Agency, and to descend to, or ascend from, a designated area adjacent to the hospital for the purpose of transporting individuals to or from the hospital for medical treatment. Such a permit shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which issued, but shall be renewed, without application, for further periods of 12 months each, unless the City Manager shall in writing notify the hospital not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of such a period that the permit will terminate at the end of that period. The permit shall issue to the hospital, but shall inure, also, to the benefit of operators of such helicopters, their employees, and co-employees, and of owners and lessees of such helicopters. The provisions of this article shall apply to permits issued under this section, except where, in the judgment of the City Manager, such provisions are inconsistent with this section.
(Ord. 2722, passed - - 1982)