10-44-120 SPECIALIZED COMMERCIAL FLYING SERVICES

A. Commercial Services and Activities.

      1. Commercial glider operations;
      2. Nonstop sightseeing flights that begin and end at the same Airport within a fifty (50) mile radius of Airport;
      3. Crop-dusting, seeding, spraying;
      4. Aerial photography, survey or mapping;
      5. Power line or pipeline patrol;
      6. Fire fighting;
      7. Any other operations specifically excluded from Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

B. Capital Improvements.

      1. For each of the above-listed activities or services, an Operator shall provide a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space for office, restrooms, customer lounge and telephone Facilities for customer use.
      2. Asphalt or cement-paved surfaced, on-site auto Parking space sufficient to accommodate Operator’s activities and operations shall also be provided.
      3. In case of crop-dusting, aerial application or other commercial use of chemicals, Operator shall provide centrally drained, paved area adequate for all Aircraft loading, unloading, washing and servicing. This area must be built and operated in full compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado Department of Health regulation governing such activities. Operator shall also provide for the safe storage and containment of all chemical material. Such Facilities will be in a location on the Airport which will provide the greatest safeguard to the public.

C. Equipment.

      1. The Operator shall provide and have based on his or her leasehold, either owned or under written lease to the Operator, not less than one airworthy Aircraft, suitably equipped for, and meeting all the requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration with respect to the type of operation to be performed.
      2. In the case of crop-dusting or aerial application, the Operator shall provide tank Trucks for the handling of liquid spray and mixing liquids. The Operator shall also provide adequate ground Facilities and Equipment for the safe containment, storage, handling and safe loading of all noxious chemicals and materials in compliance with EPA and Colorado Department of Health.

D. Scope of Services/Standards.

      1. The Operator must provide, by means of an office or a telephone, a point of contact for the public desiring to utilize Operator’s services.
      2. The Operator shall have in his or her employ, and on duty during the required operating hours, trained Personnel in such numbers as may required to meet the Minimum Standards herein set forth in an efficient manner, but never less than one Person holding a current Federal Aviation Administration commercial certificate, properly rated for the Aircraft to be used and type of operation to be performed.

E. Insurance. The Operator performing the services under this category shall purchase and, for the period of operations hereunder, maintain insurance in the types, amounts and forms enumerated in the document entitled “Minimum Insurance Requirements” as published by the Director of Aviation, and as the same may be modified from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners (unless expressly amended in a written lease, license or permit approved by the BOCC) including, the following types:

      1. Aircraft liability,
        • a. Bodily injury,
        • b. Passenger liability,
        • c. Property damage;
      2. Hangar keeper’s liability, including taxiing, as applicable;
      3. Products liability. (§ 10.44.120 repealed reenacted Ord. 028-05)