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Kershaw County adopts revised airport hangar rules, adds tax and economic-development conditions for abatements
Summary
County council approved changes to airport hangar lease rules at third reading that require aircraft based in Kershaw County to be taxed locally, set new lease rates and permit case-by-case rent abatement tied to economic development.
Kershaw County Council voted March 25 to adopt revisions to the county airport’s hangar leasing ordinance, formalizing lease rates, adding a requirement that aircraft housed in new private hangars be registered and taxed in Kershaw County, and creating a limited rent-abatement path for projects tied to economic development.
Council members said the changes are intended to modernize an informal, aging set of arrangements at the airport, to protect the county against liability and to create incentives that could attract corporate users. The ordinance passed third reading as amended; one council member abstained on the second amendment during the meeting.
The ordinance package included two amendments the council approved before final passage. The first amendment requires aircraft that are stored in owner-built hangars on county…
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