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Board reviews wide-ranging revisions to airport minimum standards including vehicle, fuel and flight-school rules
Summary
The advisory board reviewed a lengthy draft update to airport minimum standards that would regulate bicycles and motor vehicles on movement areas, hazardous-material storage, animal access, jet fuel requirements, uniforms/badges and flight-school standards; members asked staff and the consultant to refine language and return with edits.
The Central County Aviation Advisory Board spent a substantial portion of its May meeting reviewing proposed revisions to the airports’ minimum standards, rules and regulations. The draft — prepared by the county consultant and circulated to stakeholders — covers a broad set of operational topics, and board members asked staff to refine the language on several items and return with a revised draft.
Key issues discussed included whether bicycles, scooters and motor vehicles should be allowed on taxiways and ramps without prior permission, how to handle small fuel and oil storage in hangars, whether FBO employees should wear standardized uniforms or ID badges, minimum service hours and whether FBOs should be required to sell Jet A fuel. The board also discussed flight-school requirements, helicopter landing locations, rules for alcohol at events, and guidance on animal access.
On bicycles and personal transport, the board examined language that would prohibit operation on taxiways and runways without prior permission. Participants noted that at some county airports the only way to…
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