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Committee advances bill requiring notice for substantial private airports near residences
Summary
House Bill 44 (3rd substitute) was adopted and recommended by the committee; it requires notice to property buyers when a substantial private airport exists within approximately a half-mile of a runway and designates UDOT and local land-use authorities' roles.
Representative Ballard presented the third substitute for House Bill 44, which updates notice requirements for "substantial" private airports. The 3rd substitute narrows the notification distance to 2,500 feet from runway (about a half mile in the transcript description) and clarifies that measurements are made from the runway, not the airport property. The bill designates the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to determine what constitutes a substantial private airport and clarifies that local land-use authorities perform the distance measurement.
Sponsor Ballard said the bill is preventive and intended to reduce future land-use and legal disputes when new residential parcels are sold near private airstrips that may have 20 or more aircraft and appear on aeronautical charts. The substitute does not change local zoning authority or add new building restrictions; it focuses on notice to purchasers of residential parcels.
The committee adopted the 3rd substitute and recommended the bill favorably to the Senate floor by unanimous voice vote. No public opposition was recorded in the hearing.
