Chapter 12.28
HELICOPTER LANDING AREAS

Sections:

12.28.010    Permit required for landing.

12.28.020    Permit—Issuance conditions.

12.28.030    Permit—Application—Hearing.

12.28.040    Permit—Term—Revocation.

12.28.010 Permit required for landing.

No helicopter shall land on any property in the town, except in an emergency landing, without the operator thereof, or the owner or lessee of the property on which a landing is to be made, first obtaining a use permit allowing such a landing. (Ord. 177 § 1, 1950)

12.28.020 Permit—Issuance conditions.

No use permit shall be issued unless there first be a determination by the city council that the landing of a helicopter on such property can be done without endangering the general welfare and safety of the residents of such property and of the surrounding properties. (Ord. 177 § 2, 1950)

12.28.030 Permit—Application—Hearing.

Application for such a use permit shall be filed with the planning commission, which commission shall set a date for a public hearing on the application. Notice of such hearing must be given to all property owners residing within one thousand five hundred feet of the property on which the landings are to be made. Within thirty days after such public hearing the planning commission shall file its recommendation as to the granting of the use permit with the city council, who will thereafter set a public hearing of the application before the council, notice of which shall be given in such a manner as may be directed by the city council. In the event the planning commission recommends against the issuance of a use permit, the city council cannot authorize the issuance of such a use permit except by a four-fifths vote. (Ord. 177 § 3, 1950)

12.28.040 Permit—Term—Revocation.

A use permit issued under this chapter shall be revocable upon thirty days’ notice by the city council, and shall only be issued for a period of one year. (Ord. 177 § 4, 1950)