(A) Title. The name of this section shall be the “Board of Airport Commissioners of the Town of Seiling, Oklahoma”.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-1)
(B) Composition; appointment; term. The Board of Airport Commissioners shall consist of five persons to be appointed by the town’s Board of Trustees. The term of office of the Commissioners shall be for a period of two years.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-2)
(C) Officers. The Board shall, when so appointed, elect one of its members as Chair and another as Vice Chair, and the Board shall elect a member as Secretary and, thereafter, such officers shall be chosen at the beginning of each subsequent year.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-3)
(D) Powers and duties. The Board of Airport Commissioners shall act in an advisory capacity to the town’s Board of Trustees in planning, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, maintaining, equipping, operating, regulating, protecting and policing airport and air navigation facilities, either within or without the territorial limits of the town, now or hereafter owned by or under the control of the town.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-4)
(E) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
AIR NAVIGATION FACILITY. Any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communications systems or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation and landing of aircraft, or the safe, efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.
AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used or intended for use for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended to be used for airport buildings or other airport facilities located thereon.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-5)