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ORDINANCE NO. ______
AIRPORT HAZARD ZONING ORDINANCE
A
n ordinance regulating and restricting the height of structures and objects of natural
growth, and otherwise regulating the use of property, in the vicinity of the acadiana
regional airport by creating the appropriate zones and establishing the boundaries
thereof; providing for changes in the restrictions and boundaries of such zones; defining
certain terms used herein; referring to the acadiana regional airport zoning map which
is incorporated in and made a part of this ordinance; providing for enforcement; establishing
a board of appeal; and imposing penalties.
This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 6, Section
17, of the 1974 Louisiana State Constitution. It is hereby found that an airport hazard
endangers the lives and property of users of Acadiana Regional Airport, and property
or occupants of land in its vicinity, and also if the obstruction type, in effect
reduces the size of the area available for the landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of
aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of Acadiana Regional Airport
and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is declared:
1.
That the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an
injury to the region served by Acadiana Regional Airport; and
2.
That it is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety and general
welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented; and
3.
That the prevention of these hazards should be accomplished, to the extent legally
possible, by the exercise of police power without compensation.
It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of
airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and
lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which a political subdivision
may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or interests in land.
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