Ordinance Number 304307 ORDINANCE NO. 304 REGULATING AIRPORT USE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DEFINING AND REGULATING THE USE AND HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE CAPISTRANO AIRPORT RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Landing Report Required. A. All pilots of transient aircraft shall register with the City Manager upon landing at the Capistrano Airport, and shall fill out a report in a form prescribed by him. Transient aircraft shall mean all aircraft not based in San Juan Capistrano. SECTION 2. Landing Permit. A. All owners of locally -based aircraft shall obtain a landing permit to be affixed on each such aircraft in a manner prescribed by the City Manager. B. All pilots of transient aircraft shall upon landing pay a nominal landing permit fee as set by resolu- tion of the City Council. The landing permit shall be affixed to each such aircraft in a manner prescribed by the City Manager. Each permit shall be valid for a period of 24 hours or until such time as the aircraft shall leave the Capistrano Airport, whichever is later. C. Law enforcement aircraft are exempt from the pro- visions of this Section during an emergency, or with the prior approval of the City Manager. SECTION 3. Records Required. The airport operator shall monthly provide the City Manager with a current list of all aircraft, and the names of their owners, that are either using or renting space adjacent to the runway or taxiway. In addition, the monthly report shall include a listing of all transient air- craft, and the names and addresses of their pilots. SECTION 4. Prohibited Landings and Takeoffs. A. No aircraft shall use the runway for "touch and go" landings. B. No transient aircraft shall use the runway or taxi- way for flight instruction purposes. C. No aircraft shall use the runway or taxiway for any purpose, if the aircraft has an unladen weight in excess of 12,500 pounds or is powered by a jet engine. D. Law enforcement aircraft are exempt from the pro- visions of this Section during an emergency, or with the prior approval of the City Manager. SECTION 5. Hours of Operation. No aircraft shall land on or take off from the runway before dawn or 7:00 A.M., whichever is later, or after dark or 8:00 P.M., whichever is earlier, except during a bonafide emergency or with the prior approval of the City Manager. -1- SECTION 6. Departure Pattern, After a takeoff to the southwest on Runway 23, all aircraft shall proceed straight ahead to the flood control channel, and then execute a left turn, following the center of the flood control channel towards the ocean at the best rate of climb until outside the City limits or above one thousand feet elevation. After a takeoff to the northeast on Runway 5, all aircraft shall execute a climbing left turn at the best rate of climb, and either follow the center of Interstate 5 in a northerly direction or follow the center line of San Juan Creek in an easterly direc- tion, until outside the City limits or above one thousand feet elevation. SECTION 7. Landing Pattern Elevation. The landing pattern elevation is one thousand feet. SECTION 8. Revocation of Landing Permit. Upon a determination by the City Manager that an aircraft has been operated in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, the owner and/or pilot of the aircraft shall be issued a warning citation stating that any future violation will result in a permanent revocation of permission to land at the Capistrano Airport. B. Upon a determination by the City Manager that an additional violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance has occurred after a warning citation, the owner and/or pilot of the aircraft shall be notified that any annual or daily landing permit for that aircraft has been revoked, and that future permission to land at the Capistrano Airport shall be denied. C. Any landing permit shall be surrendered to the City Manager upon a determination of a second violation as provided in Section 8-B hereinabove. D. A warning citation or the revocation of a landing permit shall be in addition to any penalties as provided in Section 9 hereinafter. SECTION 9. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 10. Severance Clause. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if any Section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part. -2- SECTION 11. Repeal ofConflictingOrdinances. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage, as provided by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of July , 1976, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Sweeney, McDowell, Friess, Heckscher, and Mayor Nash NOES: None ABSENT: None DOUGLAS . NASH. MAYOR ATTEST: ITY CLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ) I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 304 , adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of July , 1976. (SEAL) MARY AN HANOVER, CITY CLERK -3-