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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 10206-1999 - Amending Chapter 5 Amending Subsection 5-11 - 10/28/1999First Reading Oct. 14, 1999 Item Ro. 2S II ORDINANCE NO. 10206 Second. :Reading Oct. 28, 1999 Item Ro. 13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, BY AMENDING THE LANGUAGE OF SUBSECTION 5-11 SO AS TO PERMIT THE PERFORMANCE OF AEROBATICS OVER THE CITY OF LUBBOCK SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, Section 5.11 of the Code or Ordinance prohibits the performance of aerobatics, and further prohibits the owner of any aircraft from permitting the performance of aerobatics in an aircraft over the City of Lubbock; and WHEREAS, the office of the Director of Aviation has determined that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to permit the performance of air shows and fly-ins within the City in order to promote the benefits of aviation activities within the City; and WHEREAS, air shows and fly-ins frequently include the performance of aerobatics; and WHEREAS, the office of the Director of Aviation has recommended that an exception to the prohibition against aerobatic flight be created subject to restrictions set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds it to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City ofLubbock to allow aerobatics to be performed over the City of Lubbock subject to the restrictions set forth herein; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Subsection 5-11 ofthe Code or Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 5-11. Aerobatics. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform aerobatics or, being the owner of any aircraft, to permit the performance of aerobatics, in an aircraft over the city at any altitude. It is an exception to the application of this section that aerobatic events occur under the following conditions: ( 1) The event is approved by the City Council, (2) The event is coordinated with the federal aviation administrator's flight standards district office, and a waiver is obtained for same, and (3) The event is conducted solely within airspace for which the waiver was sought. SECTION 2. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable as provided by Section 1-4 of the Code or Ordinances of the City of Lubbock. SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided by law and this Ordinance shall become effective ten days after its last publication. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the City Council on first reading this 14th Passed by the City Council on second reading this 28th ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~ttomey JK:cp/ Airport-Acrobatics.ord ccdocs/August 30, 1999 2 day of October , 1999. day of'l"'t'----' 1999.