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Recommendation to approve Update to Long Beach Airport Minimum Standards for Aeronautical Activities. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Section 16.44.130 of the Long Beach Municipal Code requires the Airport Director to establish reasonable administrative regulations relating to all aeronautical activities at the Long Beach Airport (Airport), which historically has been accomplished by City Council-approved Minimum Standards for Aeronautical Activities (Minimum Standards). Minimum Standards are widely used throughout the aviation industry with the stated goal of protecting the level and quality of services offered to commercial and noncommercial users at airports. Within this framework, Minimum Standards that are appropriately developed and implemented promote safety, protect airport users, enhance the availability of services, support orderly development of land, and ensure efficiency of operations. The Airport has twice developed or updated Minimum Standards, first in 1998 and again in 2008. While certain activities and characteristics of an airport remain fairly consistent over time, there are evolving practices and emerging trends that compel airport operators to review their Minimum Standards periodically to ensure that operational, safety and business practices stay current with trends in the industry.
Because the last update was completed in 2008, it is appropriate to review and modify (as needed) the Airport’s Minimum Standards. Unlike the prior update, which included a substantive rewrite and resulted in a very thorough base document, the current update accomplishes the following: makes various administerial corrections to ensure consistency throughout the document; adds an aeronautical user group previously left out (Commercial Hangar Operator); deletes commercial airline operators’ information (more appropriately covered under Airport Rules and Regulations); adds new requirements related to fuel storage and reporting; and, adds a “Definitions” sec...
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