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Ohio Rev Code § 4561.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.32 | Department of Transportation to Adopt Rules and Conduct Studies or Investigations.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department of transportation shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, any rules necessary to administer sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code and shall adopt rules based in whole upon the obstruction standards set forth in 14 C.F.R. 77.21 to 77.29, as amended, to uniformly regulate the height and location of structures and objects of natural growth in any airport's clear zone surface, horizontal surface, conical surface, primary surface, approach surface, or transitional surface. The rules shall provide that the department may grant a permit under section 4561.34 of the Revised Code that includes a waiver from full compliance with the obstruction standards. The rules shall also provide that the department shall base its decision on whether to grant such a waiver on sound aeronautic principles, as set out in F.A.A. technical manuals, as amended, including advisory circular 150/5300-13, "airport design standards"; 7400.2c, "airspace procedures handbook,"; and the U.S. terminal procedures handbook.(B) The department may conduct any studies or investigations it considers necessary to carry out sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.33 | Application for Permit.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|(A) An applicant for a permit required by section 4561.31 of the Revised Code shall file with the department of transportation an application made on forms the department prescribes, which shall contain the following information:(1) A description of the structure or object of natural growth for which the permit is sought, its location, and the planned date of commencement of installation;(2) A statement explaining the need for the structure or object;(3) A statement of the reasons why the proposed location is best suited for the structure or object;(4) Any additional information the applicant considers relevant or the department requires.An application for an amended permit shall be in the form and contain the information the department prescribes.In lieu of an application prescribed by the department, an applicant may file a copy of the federal aviation administration's form 7460-1, notice of proposed construction or alteration.(B) An applicant shall file an application not less than thirty days nor more than two years prior to the planned date of commencement of installation or substantial change. This period may be waived by the department for unforeseen emergencies.(C) If the structure or object in the application could have a potential impact on a military installation, as such an impact is described in the airfield land use compatibility study of that military installation, the applicant shall send, within seven days after the filing of his application, a copy of the application to the commander of the installation and the appropriate branch of the United States department of defense.(D) It is not necessary that ownership of, option for, or other possessory right to a specific site be held by the applicant before an application may be filed under this section.(E) If the department has reason to believe that any person is commencing to install a structure or object of natural growth for which a permit appears to be required under section 4561.31 of the Revised Code, but concerning which no application for a permit under section 4561.34 of the Revised Code has been filed, the department shall issue an order to such person to appear before the department and show cause why a permit need not be obtained.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.34 | Granting or Denial of Permit - Issuance of Opinion.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|(A) The department of transportation, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall grant or deny a permit for which an application has been filed under section 4561.33 of the Revised Code. In determining whether to grant or deny a permit, the department shall determine whether the height and location of a structure or object of natural growth, as set forth in the permit application, will be an obstruction to air navigation based upon the rules adopted under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code if installed as proposed. In the case of an application to substantially change an existing structure or object, the department shall determine whether the change in the height or location of the structure or object, as set forth in the application, will create such an obstruction. The consideration of safety shall be paramount to considerations of economic or technical factors. In making a determination under this division the department shall render its decision upon the record, but may consider findings and recommendations of other governmental entities and interested persons concerning the proposed structure or object; however, those findings and recommendations are not binding on the department.(B) The department may grant a permit under this section subject to any modification of the height or location of a structure or object the department considers necessary. In the absence of such modification or unless it grants a waiver from compliance with the obstruction standards, the department shall deny a permit if it determines, in accordance with division (A) of this section, that a proposed structure or object or a change to an existing structure or object, as set forth in the application, would be an obstruction to air navigation based upon the rules adopted under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code.(C) In rendering a decision on an application for a permit, the department shall issue an opinion stating its reasons for the action taken. The department shall serve upon the applicant and each party, as provided in division (C) of section 4561.33 of the Revised Code, a copy of its decision regarding a permit and the opinion.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.341 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.341 | Office of Aviation to Review Application.

Effective: June 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly|Pursuant to any consultation with the power siting board regarding an application for certification under section 4906.03 or 4906.10 of the Revised Code, the office of aviation of the division of multi-modal planning and programs of the department of transportation shall review the application to determine whether the facility constitutes or will constitute an obstruction to air navigation based upon the rules adopted under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code. Upon review of the application, if the office determines that the facility constitutes or will constitute an obstruction to air navigation, it shall provide, in writing, this determination and either the terms, conditions, and modifications that are necessary for the applicant to eliminate the obstruction or a statement that compliance with the obstruction standards may be waived, to the power siting board under section 4906.03 or 4906.10 of the Revised Code, as appropriate.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.35 | Specifying Terms and Conditions of Permits.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|The department of transportation shall specify all of the following in each permit granted under section 4561.34 of the Revised Code:(A) The terms and conditions regarding the height and location of the structure or object of natural growth that the department considers necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft in landing or taking off at any airport, the safety of persons occupying or using such area, and the security of property, including any modifications to the height or location of the structure or object of natural growth set forth in the permit application. If the department modifies the location of all or part of a proposed structure or object, it shall provide notice of the relocation to the municipal corporation or township and the county to which the structure or object is being relocated, and the persons residing in the area of the relocation, by whatever means the department considers appropriate.(B) The obstruction markers, markings, lighting, or other visual or aural identification, if any, that must be installed on or in the vicinity of the structure or object of natural growth as a condition of the permit. Any such identification shall conform as much as practicable to federal guidelines and standards. As a condition of the permit, the department shall require that any required lighting be maintained in operable condition.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.36 | Waiving Obstruction Standards.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|(A) The department of transportation shall not issue any permit under sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code that will result in the creation of an obstruction to air navigation based upon the rules adopted under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code, unless the department waives compliance with the obstruction standards included in those rules.(B) Sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code do not authorize the department to restrict the height or location of structures or objects of natural growth under those sections for any reason other than to ensure the safety of aircraft in landing and taking off at an airport, the safety of persons occupying or using the area, and the security of property.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.37 | Nonconforming Uses.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|Sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code shall not be construed to require the removal or lowering of or the making of any other change in any structure or object of natural growth not conforming to rules or orders of the department of transportation under those sections when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use; except that, if ordered by the department, the owner of a nonconforming structure or object that is permanently out of service or partially dismantled, destroyed, deteriorated, or decayed shall demolish or remove that structure or object; and, if any nonconforming use is voluntarily discontinued for two years or more, any future use of the premises shall be in conformity with sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.38 | Chapter Prevails Over Other Laws.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|With respect to any structure or object of natural growth for which a permit is required under section 4561.34 of the Revised Code, rules adopted or orders issued under sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code and the terms and conditions of any permit issued under those sections prevail in the event of a conflict with any airport zoning regulation adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code, any local regulation under section 4905.65 of the Revised Code, any zoning regulation otherwise applicable to the structure or object, or the terms or conditions of any permit issued under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.39 | Enforcement Actions.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the department of transportation may institute in any court of competent jurisdiction an action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any alleged violation or threatened violation of sections 4561.30 to 4561.39 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted or order issued under them. The court may grant such relief as may be necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 4561.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics|Section 4561.99 | Penalty.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly|Whoever violates any provision of sections 4561.021 to 4561.13 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section that contains the provision violated shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.01 | Airport Definitions.

Effective: June 30, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly|As used in sections 4563.01 to 4563.21 of the Revised Code:(A) "Airport" means any area of land designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and for that purpose possessing one or more hard surfaced runways of a length of not less than three thousand five hundred feet, and designed for the storing, repair, and operation of aircraft, and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes, and any area of land designed for such purposes for which designs, plans, and specifications conforming to the above requirements have been approved by the office of aviation of the division of multi-modal planning and programs of the department of transportation and for which not less than seventy per cent of the area shown by such designs and plans to constitute the total area has been acquired. An airport is "publicly owned" if the portion thereof used for the landing and taking off of aircraft is owned, operated, leased to, or leased by the United States, any agency or department thereof, this state or any other state, or any political subdivision of this state or any other state, or any other governmental body, public agency, or public corporation, or any combination thereof.(B) "Airport hazard" means any structure or object of natural growth or use of land within an airport hazard area that obstructs the air space required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at any airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.(C) "Airport hazard area" means any area of land adjacent to an airport that has been declared to be an "airport hazard area" by the office of aviation in connection with any airport approach plan recommended by the office.(D) "Political subdivision" means any municipal corporation, township, or county.(E) "Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.(F) "Structure" means any erected object, including, without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.02 | Airport Hazard a Public Nuisance.

Effective: October 5, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly|The creation or establishment of an airport hazard shall be a public nuisance.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.03 | Airport Zoning Boards.

Effective: October 15, 1959|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 663 - 103rd General Assembly|(A) When an airport is publicly owned and all airport hazard areas appertaining to such airport are located inside the territorial limits of one political subdivision, the legislative authority of the political subdivision shall constitute the airport zoning board. Such legislative authority, acting as the airport zoning board, may adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations for such airport hazard area. Airport zoning regulations may divide an airport hazard area into zones, and, within such zones, regulate and restrict land uses which by their nature constitute airport hazards, and regulate and restrict the height to which structures may be erected or objects of natural growth may be allowed to grow. An obstruction of air space in an airport hazard area rising to a height not in excess of forty feet above the established elevation of the airport, or three feet for each one hundred feet or fraction thereof its location is distant from the nearest point in the perimeter of the airport, whichever is greater, shall be prima facie reasonable.(B) When an airport is publicly owned and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located in more than one political subdivision, the board of county commissioners of each county in which such airport or such airport hazard area may exist, shall constitute the airport zoning board, which shall have the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations as provided in division (A) of this section. The board shall elect its own chairman.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.031 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.031 | Zoning Regulations.

Effective: September 17, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly|Within the approach, transitional, inner horizontal, and conical areas at a publicly owned airport, an airport zoning board constituted under section 4563.03 of the Revised Code may adopt, administer, and enforce zoning regulations, in addition to its regulations adopted under section 4563.03 of the Revised Code, in order to ensure the safety of persons occupying or using such areas and the security of property located within such areas. Airport zoning regulations may divide such approach, transitional, inner horizontal, and conical areas into zones, and within such zones, regulate and restrict land use in order to minimize injury, loss of life, and hazards to the safety of persons or to the security of property within such zones, and may include regulations governing population density and concentration of persons within such zones.Prior to initial zoning under this section, the procedures set forth in sections 4563.05, 4563.06, and 4563.08 of the Revised Code for establishing the boundaries of the various zones and adopting the regulations therefor, shall be followed. "Approach area," "transitional area," "inner horizontal area," or "conical area," respectively, means any area of land adjacent to an airport and within an airport hazard area, which has been declared to be an "approach area," "transitional area," "inner horizontal area," or "conical area" by the office of aviation, based upon the approach plan for the airport. No zone established under this section may include any area outside such approach, transitional, inner horizontal, and conical areas.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.032 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.032 | Adopting Federal Obstruction Standards.

Effective: October 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly|Any airport zoning board that adopts, administers, and enforces airport zoning regulations for an airport hazard area under section 4563.03 of the Revised Code shall adopt, as regulations, the rules adopted by the department of transportation under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code that are based in whole upon the obstruction standards set forth in 14 C.F.R. 77.21 to 77.29, as amended, to uniformly regulate the height and location of structures and objects of natural growth in any airport's clear zone surface, horizontal surface, conical surface, primary surface, approach surface, or transitional surface.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.04 | Conflict Between Zoning Regulations.

Effective: October 5, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly|In the event of conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and any other zoning regulations applicable to the same area, whether the conflict be with respect to the height of structures or objects of natural growth, the use of land, or any other matter, and whether such other regulations were adopted by the political subdivision which adopted the airport zoning regulations or by some other political subdivision, the limitation or requirement best calculated to insure safety shall govern.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.05 | Airport Zoning Commission.

Effective: October 5, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly|Prior to initial zoning of any airport hazard area under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a commission, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a city planning commission, township zoning commission, or county rural zoning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4563.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4563 | Airports|Section 4563.06 | Adoption of Airport Zoning Regulations - Procedure.

Effective: October 5, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly|No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under sections 4563.01 to 4563.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, except by action of the legislative body of the political subdivision, after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least thirty days notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision in which the airport hazard area to be zoned is located.