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Flagler County presents airport zoning draft; council seeks answers on noise, safety and growth
Summary
County staff briefed the Palm Coast City Council on a draft airport zoning ordinance required by Florida Statutes Chapter 333 and on airport surfaces, noise contours and the runway protection zones. Council members pressed for parcel counts, updated noise contours in the upcoming airport master plan, and information on tower manning and radar.
Adam Mangle, Growth Management Director for Flagler County, briefed the Palm Coast City Council on March 3 about draft airport zoning regulations that the county is developing to comply with Florida Statutes chapter 333 and FDOT guidance.
Mangle said the statutes require local governments whose boundaries fall within airport hazard areas to adopt airport-protection zoning and procedures for permitting structures or other obstructions that could interfere with aircraft operations. “Airport zoning requirements are found in chapter 333 Florida Statutes,” he said during his presentation.
The county’s draft ordinance would create two mapped areas: an airport height-notification zone (a set of overlapping surfaces including horizontal and conical surfaces that trigger federal notice or permitting if an object or structure extends into them) and an airport overflight zone (which combines runway protection zones and noise contours and includes tighter limits on specified land uses). Mangle showed maps of the…
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