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Airport board orders enforcement of hangar-use rules tied to FAA grant assurances
Summary
Following a manager-led review, the board directed staff to notify tenants that hangars must be used for aviation purposes under FAA grant assurances and to begin inspections and enforcement, including eviction for noncompliance; the chair will sign the notice.
Airport manager Bob told the board the airport’s rules-and-regulations manual is decades out of date and that enforcement of FAA grant-assurance requirements is overdue. He described recent incidents — large evening gatherings and non-aviation storage in hangars — and recommended updating rules and enforcing the lease.
"The FAA regulation is it should be primarily used for aviation-related purposes," Bob said, noting that failure to comply with grant assurances could trigger repayment of federal grants. He told the board he had purchased a camera to record hanger inspections and conversations so enforcement would have clear evidence.
Board members emphasized the need for fair, evenhanded enforcement. A board member asked that enforcement be applied to everyone who is out of compliance. "Every single person who's not complying is going to be evicted," one board member said during discussion of consistent application.
The board directed staff to draft a simple, chair-signed letter notifying all tenants that inspections will occur, that noncompliance must be cured within 30 days, and that failure to do so will trigger eviction. Taylor and others asked staff to ensure the process is consistent and transparent to avoid targeted enforcement claims.
Next steps: staff will prepare the letter with the chair and the authority's attorney, Bob will begin inspections (wearing and retaining camera footage as evidence), and the authority will proceed under the lease and grant assurances where tenants fail to cure noncompliance.
