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Planning board backs county airport zoning ordinance draft, urges careful implementation
Summary
The board reviewed a model airport zoning ordinance and recommended it to the Board of County Commissioners, while asking staff to refine technical wording and prepare a public lookup tool; the measure is intended to protect airport airspace and public investment, not to regulate general noise from local flight training.
The Planning and Development Board unanimously recommended the Board of County Commissioners adopt a draft airport zoning ordinance that establishes height notification zones, overflight/noise zones and runway protection areas around Flagler Executive Airport.
County planner Adam Mingle reviewed a model ordinance derived from Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) aviation guidance and from state statute (chapter 333). The model creates multiple overlapping “surfaces” — primary, approach, horizontal, conical and transitional — based on Federal Aviation Administration criteria (14 CFR Part 77). Those surfaces define where construction, tall vegetation or temporary obstructions such…
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