For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) “Airport” shall mean each and every airport and all airport property owned, operated, or controlled by the County. “Airport” shall include all improvements, facilities, and appurtenances, including all roads and access ways within the boundaries of the airport. “Airport” shall include the Yolo County Airport as particularly described in the certain deeds recorded in the office of the County Recorder at Book 285, Page 35, and Book 567, Page 386, Official Records.
(b) “Aircraft” shall mean any machine or contrivance used for flying, whether heavier or lighter than air, whether self-propelled or not, excluding parachutes.
(c) “Aircraft ground movement area” shall mean the runways, taxiways, and parking aprons of the airport.
(d) “Airport Director” shall mean the person designated by the Board as having primary jurisdiction for administering the provisions of this chapter, applicable rules and regulations, and the leases and/or contracts concerning airports in the County.
(e) “Based aircraft” shall mean any aircraft assigned a reserved parking space, tie-down space, or hangar space, whether or not such assignment is made under a written lease with the County.
(f) “Board” shall mean the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo, State of California.
(g) “Competent aircraft operator” shall mean a person holding a valid pilot’s license of any class from the Federal Aviation Agency or a person who has the requisite skill and knowledge to perform ground operations limited to the maintenance and surface movement of aircraft.
(h) “County” shall mean the County of Yolo, State of California.
(i) “FAA” shall mean the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States of America, as defined in the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, or any subsequent and successor body to that agency created for the control and operation of aviation and its related functions.
(j) “Fixed base operator” shall mean any person, firm, or corporation providing aircraft servicing, maintenance, storage, aircraft sales, lease, or rentals, flight instruction, or other activities of a similar nature at the airport pursuant to a lease or contract or sublease or sub-contract with the County; provided, however, “fixed base operator”, shall exclude parachuting and/or skydiving activities or providers.
(k) “Fire Department” shall mean the West Plainfield Fire District or any successor in function.
(l) “Maintain aircraft” shall mean any form of service, maintenance, or repair of aircraft.
(m) “Operate aircraft” shall mean the self-propelled, pushed, or towed movement of aircraft on the ground or the movement of aircraft in flight.
(n) “Owner” shall mean the registered and/or legal owner of an aircraft according to the files and records of the FAA.
(o) “Person” shall mean an individual, corporate entity, or public agency.
(p) “Regularly situated” shall mean an aircraft based at the airport for a period in excess of ten (10) days. For the purposes of this subsection, aircraft are based at the airport all of any day in which the aircraft is situated at the airport for a period exceeding eight (8) hours. (§ 1, Ord. 773, eff. April 14, 1977)