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A General Fixed Base Operator shall be a primary business commercial operator providing:
(a) Three or more of the above SFBO activities; or
(b) Two or more of the above SFBO activities plus aircraft fueling services, who shall be authorized to do business or to provide goods or services for compensation at the Airport. If a person offers three or more of the SFBO activities, the person has the option of engaging in fuel dispensing operations; provided, the GFBO complies with the requirements contained in division (d) of this section.
(c) Any business wanting to be an GFBO shall meet the minimum requirements set out below:
(1) Land. The leasehold for multiple activities shall contain space to provide for use area requirements established for the service to be offered (use spaces need not be additive where combination use can be reasonably and feasibly established).
(2) Building(s). Lease or construct a building(s) to provide properly lighted and heated space for office, public lounge, public telephone, briefing and/or classroom and public restrooms. All SFBO activities used to meet GFBO status shall conform to the space and use requirements of the specific SFBO activity engaged in.
(3) Personnel. The personnel required for each SFBO operation shall be required. However, multiple responsibilities may be assigned qualified personnel to meet these personnel requirements.
(4) Aircraft. All requirements for the specific SFBO activities shall be met. Multiple use of aircraft, where appropriate, can be used to meet these requirements. However, if aircraft are required for any of the SFBO operations used to obtain GFBO status, then a minimum of two properly certificated aircraft shall be owned or under the direct control by lease and based on the lessee's leasehold.
(5) Equipment. All equipment specifically required for each activity shall be provided.
(6) Services. All services specifically required for each activity shall be provided during the hours of operation.
(7) Hours of operation. The hours of operation shall be eight hours a day, five days a week.
(d) If the GFBO proposes to provide fuel dispensing operations, the person shall provide as a minimum the following services and facilities in addition to the requirements of the SFBO activities undertaken to obtain GFBO status:
(1) Land. The leasehold shall contain sufficient space to provide for buildings, aircraft parking area equipped with six tiedowns and aviation fueling equipment.
(2) Personnel. One properly trained person shall be on duty during operating hours.
(3) Aircraft service equipment. Shall comply with fueling precautions and procedures of the Municipal Airport.
(4) Flight line services. The following services shall be provided by the GFBO at a minimum:
A. Fuel, park, and tiedown of aircraft.
B. Wash aircraft.
C. Inflate tires.
D. Sell lubricating oil.
E. Sell fuel anti-ice fluid.
F. Provide transportation for aircraft occupants from parking ramp to office.
(5) Fueling facilities. Applicant shall construct or lease two metered filter-equipped fuel storage tanks for dispensing aviation gasoline and jet fuel on the Airport premises in areas designated by the Airport Layout Plan. The storage tanks shall have a minimum capacity of 8,000 gallons for aviation gasoline and 10,000 gallons for jet fuel. If mobile dispensing trucks are used, each truck shall have a minimum capacity of 1,000 gallons for gasoline and 1,000 gallons for jet fuel. Separate dispensing pumps and meters for each grade of fuel is required.
(6) Hours of operation. Fueling service shall be provided seven days per week, a minimum of twelve hours per day.
(7) Fuel commitment. Persons wanting to fuel aircraft shall demonstrate that they have a commitment from a fuel supplier to supply all fuel. Such commitment shall be in writing from the fuel supplier and shall specify the types and volumes of fuel available to the applicant.
(8) Fuels required. One of the following aviation gasoline grades shall be provided:
100/130 octane avgas
100 octane low-lead avgas (100 LL)
One of the following jet fuel grades shall be provided:
JP-4
JP-5
Jet-A
If fuels other than those required in this section are offered, then the requirements pertaining to tank capacity need not apply to these additional fuels.
(a) Any person wanting to engage in the other aeronautical related commercial activities other than those listed as specialty commercial aeronautical activities or dispensing of fuel and which support aeronautical activities shall comply with these requirements listed in this section. Activities which fall under this definition may include the following:
(1) Banner towing and aerial advertising;
(2) Aerial photography or survey;
(3) Firefighting or fire patrol;
(4) Power line or pipeline patrol;
(5) Agricultural aerial applications;
(6) Professional services where aeronautical activity is more than incidental to the services;
(7) Aircraft inspections which must be performed by a FAA licensed inspector and made pursuant to applicable Federal Aviation Regulations.
(b) These commercial activities shall not be credited toward General Fixed Base Operator or Specialty Fixed Base Operator status.
(c) Each applicant wanting to engage in other commercial aeronautical activities shall make application pursuant to Section 959.06 and provide to the Airport Manager in writing the following:
(1) A full description of the proposed other aeronautical related commercial activity;
(2) If needed, a copy of any waiver to any FAR's required or used in the proposed operations;
(3) If needed, a copy of any restrictions placed on any aircraft not certificated in the standard airworthiness category.
(d) The space and terms of the lease shall be negotiated between the applicant and the City. However, it is the City's intent to control commercial activities in or from the Airport to assure that such activities are in the best interest of the public.
No person shall perform commercial aeronautical activities or other aeronautical related commercial activities on the premises of the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport unless such activities are performed under the authority of a valid license issued pursuant to Section 959.06 of this Chapter.
General Fixed Base Operators and Specialty Fixed Base Operators shall pay to the City a Fuel Flowage Fee of ten cents (10¢) per gallon on each gallon of fuel pumped from a fuel tank owned by the City and leased to the General Fixed Base Operator or the Specialty Fixed Base Operator. The City Manager may promulgate regulations specifying times for payment of the Fuel Flowage Fee, for reporting of fuel flowage by the General Fixed Base Operators and the Specialty Fixed Base Operators and for audits of such reports. All fuel measuring devices used by General Fixed Base Operators and the Specialty Fixed Base Operators in connection with pumping fuel from a fuel tank owned by the City and leased to the General Fixed Base Operator or the Specialty Fixed Base Operator must be certified accurate in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
(Ord. 08-222, Passed 7-15-08; Ord. 16-282, Passed 10-11-16.)
Except as otherwise provided, whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.