Brown Field Municipal Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan

APPENDIX ASTATE LAWS RELATED TO AIRPORT LAND USE PLANNING(3) The identification of essential elements which should be included in the airport land usecompatibility plans.(4) Appropriate criteria and procedures for reviewing proposed developments and determiningwhether proposed developments are compatible with the airport use.(5) Any other organizational, operational, procedural, or technical responsibilities and functions thatthe department determines to be appropriate to provide the commission staff and for which itdetermines there is a need for staff training and development.(c) The department may provide training and development programs for airport land commission staffpursuant to this section by any means it deems appropriate. Those programs may be presented in anyof the following ways:(1) By offering formal courses or training programs.(2) By sponsoring or assisting in the organization and sponsorship of conferences, seminars, or othersimilar events.(3) By producing and making available written information.(4) Any other feasible method of providing information and assisting in the training anddevelopment of airport land use commission staff.21674.7. Airport Land Use Planning Handbook(a) An airport land use commission that formulates, adopts or amends an airport land use compatibilityplan shall be guided by information prepared and updated pursuant to Section 21674.5 and referredto as the Airport Land Use Planning Handbook published by the Division of Aeronautics of theDepartment of Transportation.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to discourage incompatible land uses near existing airports.Therefore, prior to granting permits for the renovation or remodeling of an existing building,structure, or facility, and before the construction of a new building, it is the intent of the Legislaturethat local agencies shall be guided by the height, use, noise, safety, and density criteria that arecompatible with airport operations, as established by this article, and referred to as the Airport LandUse Planning Handbook, published by the division, and any applicable federal aviation regulations,including, but not limited to, Part 77 (commencing with Section 77.1) of Title 14 of the Code ofFederal Regulations, to the extent that the criteria has been incorporated into the plan prepared by acommission pursuant to Section 21675. This subdivision does not limit the jurisdiction of acommission as established by this article. This subdivision does not limit the authority of localagencies to overrule commission actions or recommendations pursuant to Sections 21676, 21676.5,or 21677.A–10Brown Field Municipal Airport Land Use Compatibility PlanJanuary 25, 2010