As the operator and proprietor of the Airport, on behalf of the citizens of the city, it is the policy and intent of the City Council:
(A) To operate the Airport in a businesslike manner with as little cost as possible to the taxpayer through the imposition of fair and reasonable rentals, fees and charges;
(B) To provide for both private and commercial aviation at the Airport to the extent practicable within physical, economical and environmental constraints;
(C) To provide for the range of on-base aeronautical support through private enterprise consistent with the need for the service and the availability of space and physical facilities;
(D) To protect Airport patrons and users from unsafe and inadequate aeronautical service and to maintain and preserve all Airport facilities in a safe, secure and orderly condition;
(E) To promote fair competition, and not to expose those who have lawfully undertaken to provide commodities and services at the Airport to irresponsible, unethical or unauthorized competition;
(F) To permit and provide adequate facilities for owners of general aviation aircraft to work on and service their own aircraft within such limits as may be imposed by this chapter or air regulation for purposes of safety, preservation of airport facilities, and protection of the public interest;
(G) To promote the utility, educational, and recreational aspects of general aviation;
(H) No person shall engage in any business or commercial activity on the Airport, without a business license approved by the City Council. This prohibition shall apply to persons who use the Airport as a base for conducting their activity, but whose office or other place of business is not situated on the Airport. This prohibition does not apply to:
(1) Terminates elsewhere and the Airport is utilized as a temporary stopping place for such purposes as landing, refueling or other aeronautical service, or the embarking or debarking of passengers, except in the case of charter or air taxi airlines;
(2) Company or corporate-owned aircraft where personnel or products are transported free of charge; the trip being merely incidental to the company’s principal business and not, in itself, a major enterprise for profit; and
(3) Casual or isolated transactions such as sales by the owner.
(I) For purposes of this chapter, a BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY includes the following types of activities when done for hire, compensation or reward:
(1) Retail sales of any goods, wares, merchandise or services;
(2) Pilot training and flight instruction;
(3) Sale, rental or charter of aircraft;
(4) Air carrier and air taxi operations;
(5) Sale of aviation petroleum products;
(6) Sale or service of aircraft parts, avionics, instruments or other aircraft equipment;
(7) Repair, maintenance, rebuilding, alteration or exchange of aircraft and aircraft engines, components or other parts; and
(8) Flying clubs.
(Prior Code, § 8-5.13) Penalty, see § 156.99