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959.13 OTHER AERONAUTICAL RELATED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
   (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.
 
959.14 PROHIBITION.
   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.
 
959.15 INJUNCTION.
   In addition to other remedies which the City may have to enforce this chapter, the City may also seek a court injunction against continued violation of this chapter and any order issued pursuant thereto.
 
959.16 FUEL FLOWAGE FEES.
   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.)
 
959.99 PENALTY.
   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.