7.40.010 Aeronautical activities.
A. A person who engages in any aeronautical activity on the airport or operates an aircraft departing from or arriving in the airspace above the airport shall comply with FAA regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto.
B. Upon observance by the airport superintendent, or city employees, or the owner or flight crew of an aircraft, that any person exhibits an intent to board and/or operate an aircraft while he or she is physically incapacitated or mentally irresponsible by virtue of intoxication or the effects of drugs, or if any person attempts to board or operate an aircraft illegally, they shall endeavor to contact the Palmer emergency dispatch center by dialing 911.
C. A person who witnesses a violation of these airport regulations shall promptly report the violation to the airport superintendent.
D. If the airport superintendent, or designee, believes the conditions of the airport or any portion of the airport are unsafe for aircraft operations, the airport superintendent, or designee, shall issue a NOTAM closing the airport or portion of the airport to aircraft operations. When the airport superintendent, or designee, determines that the airport or closed portion of the airport has returned to a condition permitting the safe operation of aircraft, the airport superintendent, or designee, shall issue a NOTAM reopening the airport or portion of the airport to aircraft operations.
E. A disabled aircraft and any parts thereof on a movement area of the airport shall be promptly removed from the movement area unless applicable law requires, or the airport superintendent or other person having jurisdiction orders, the removal to be delayed pending investigation of an accident. The owner bears financial responsibility for such removal.
F. No person shall abandon an aircraft anywhere on the airport.
G. An aircraft that the airport superintendent determines is abandoned or derelict on the airport shall be subject to impound and removal by the city under PMC 7.60.040 at the sole expense and risk of the owner of the aircraft.
H. A person may not conduct an aircraft show or other aeronautical demonstration on the airport without the prior written approval of the airport superintendent.
I. No person shall operate an aircraft on the airport unless that person holds the valid license, certificate, or rating issued and required by the FAA for the operation of the aircraft. Said documents shall be exhibited to the airport superintendent or to a police officer upon demand. (Ord. 19-005 § 3, 2019; Ord. 17-003 § 4, 2017)