557.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)    "Helicopter" means an air-borne vehicle used for the transportation of persons or material whose support in the air is normally derived from the vertical lift or force produced by airfoils or wings mechanically rotated about an approximately vertical axis.
   (b)    "Heliport" means an area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, that is used or intended to be used for the landing or taking off of helicopters and may include some or all of the various facilities useful to helicopter operations such as maintenance, refueling and storage facilities.
   (c)    "Helistop" means a heliport without auxiliary facilities, intended to be used only for the taking off and landing of helicopters.
      (Ord. 28-1982. Passed 5-24-82.)