(A) An AIRCRAFT shall be defined as PERMANENTLY BASED at an airfield when it is continuously operated out of and based on such an airfield or landing strip for more than 45 continuous days, or when it is based at said airfield or landing strip for more than 90 days in any 12-month period. An aircraft that is inoperable or not currently licensed as airworthy, as that term is defined under the Federal Aviation Regulations, shall not be deemed permanently based, even if it is at said airfield or landing strip for more than 45 days continuous or 90 days in any 12-month period. Airfields or landing strips shall only be allowed within agricultural districts. All airfield or aircraft landing strips, at which there are permanently based aircrafts belonging to more than three different owners shall be allowed as a special use only after a report by the Planning Commission as to its effect on existing or future development in the zoning district.
(B) Prior to approval, the Planning Commission must determine that:
(1) Such use will not adversely affect existing or future development of the district;
(2) The take-off and landing pattern within 200 feet of the end of the runway does not pass over an occupied structure;
(3) The landing strip and areas upon which airplanes taxi are at least 50 feet from any property line;
(4) The safety of the citizens of the township is not adversely affected;
(5) The airport must be of such size, with the runways so located, that the operation thereof, in accordance with the standards and requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, will not require limitation of the heights of structures on adjacent land to less than the height limit specifically prescribed for the district in which such land is situated; and
(6) Every land area used by any aircraft under its own power shall be provided with a dustless surface.
(Ord. passed 7-12-2012, § 8.12) Penalty, see § 154.999