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74 PA Cons Stat § 5503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 55 - Legal Status of Air Navigation|Section 5503 - Law applicable to crimes and torts

§ 5503. Law applicable to crimes and torts. (a) General rule.--All crimes, torts and other wrongs committed by or against a pilot or passengers, while in flight over or above the lands and waters of this Commonwealth, shall be governed by the law of this Commonwealth. The issue of whether damage occasioned by or to an aircraft, while over this Commonwealth, constitutes a tort, crime or other wrong by or against the owner of the aircraft shall be determined by the law of this Commonwealth.  (b) Liability for injury to passengers.--The liability of the owner or pilot of an aircraft carrying passengers, for injury or death to the passengers, shall be determined by the law applicable to torts on the lands or waters of this Commonwealth arising out of similar relationships.  (c) Liability for collision of aircraft.--The liability of the owner of one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to pilots or passengers on either aircraft, for damage caused by collision, on land or in the air, shall be determined by the law applicable to torts on the lands or waters of this Commonwealth.  (d) Liability of insurer.--No insurer shall deny coverage under an exclusion in an agreement where there is no causal connection between the exclusion and any loss resulting from any accident.  (e) Rental insurance disclosure.-- (1) Every person who, in the ordinary course of his business, rents an aircraft to another person, shall deliver to such renter a written notice stating the nature and extent of insurance coverage provided, if any, for the renter against loss of or damage to the hull of the aircraft, or against liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of the aircraft. The notice shall contain the name of the person giving the notice and shall be in such form as required by the department.  (2) Every person subject to the requirements of paragraph (1) shall, in addition thereto, conspicuously post in every place he conducts business, a statement setting forth the nature and extent of insurance coverage.  (3) Any person who fails to deliver the notice in accordance with paragraph (1) commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5504 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 55 - Legal Status of Air Navigation|Section 5504 - Law applicable to contracts

§ 5504. Law applicable to contracts. All contractual and other relations entered into by pilots or passengers, while in flight over or above the lands or waters of this Commonwealth, shall be governed by the laws applicable to similar relations entered into on the lands of this Commonwealth.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 57 - Obstructions to Aircraft Operation|Section 5701 - Department approval

§ 5701. Department approval. (a) Obstructions to aircraft within approach area.--A person who erects and maintains any smokestack, flag pole, elevated tank, radio station tower, antenna, building, structure, any object of natural growth or other obstruction to the operation of aircraft within an approach area that extends above an inclined plane without first obtaining prior approval thereof from the department commits a summary offense. Each day a violation of this subsection continues constitutes a separate offense.  (b) Structures in close proximity to airport.--A person who erects a new structure or adds to an existing structure in violation of guidelines or regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, or who erects the structure with respect to the airport without, in either event, first obtaining prior approval from the department, commits a summary offense.  (c) Definition.--As used in this section the term "approach area" includes all that area lying within and above an inclined plane, starting at each end of each runway or landing strip of a public-use airport, as described by guidelines or regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 57 - Obstructions to Aircraft Operation|Section 5702 - Commencement of proceedings for summary offenses

§ 5702. Commencement of proceedings for summary offenses. In cases where the alleged violation of this chapter is designated a summary offense, proceedings shall be instituted under applicable law within 30 days after the commission of the alleged violation. If the proceedings are instituted against a person prima facie guilty of an offense and it subsequently appears that another person was the violator, proceedings may be instituted against the other person within 30 days after his identity has been discovered.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5703 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 57 - Obstructions to Aircraft Operation|Section 5703 - Disposition of fines, fees and forfeitures

§ 5703. Disposition of fines, fees and forfeitures. All fines, fees and forfeitures collected under this part for violations thereof, and all bail forfeited, shall be paid to the Department of Revenue and transmitted to the State Treasury and credited to the Aviation Restricted account by the magisterial district judge or other officer imposing or receiving them. A magisterial district judge who fails to pay the fines, fees and forfeitures to the Department of Revenue commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5901 - Harrisburg International Airport

§ 5901. Harrisburg International Airport. All right, title and interest in certain property located in Lower Swatara Township and the Borough of Middletown, Dauphin County, formerly known as Olmsted Air Force Base, presently known as Harrisburg International Airport and more fully described in the act of April 25, 1929 (P.L.755, No.319), entitled "An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the tracts of lands and buildings occupied by the Army Air Depot and Flying Field located in and adjacent to the Borough of Middletown, Dauphin County," which has been acquired by the Commonwealth from the Federal Government shall vest in the Commonwealth and shall be under the administration and control of the department for the uses and purposes set forth in this section.    References in Text. The act of April 25, 1929 (P.L.755, No.319), referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of October 10, 1984 (P.L.837, No.164). The subject matter is now contained in Chapter 59 (relating to airport operation and zoning).
74 PA Cons Stat § 5902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5902 - Other airports

§ 5902. Other airports. All right, title and interest in certain properties known as Capital City Airport, located in York County, and Grand Canyon, located in Tioga County, shall be under the administration and control of the department for the uses and purposes set forth in this part.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5904 - Airport authorities

§ 5904. Airport authorities. Any airport authority, except an authority located within a county of the first or second class, is hereby empowered to employ such persons as are necessary to provide for the safety and well-being of persons and property at the airport. The persons who are so employed shall have the power to act in accordance with the provisions of Title 75 (relating to vehicles). The persons who are so employed shall also be subject to the provisions of the act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), referred to as the Municipal Police Education and Training Law. All fines forfeited, recognizances and other fines imposed, lost or forfeited, shall be payable to the airport authority.    References in Text. The act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), referred to as the Municipal Police Education and Training Law, referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of December 12, 1996 (P.L.1158, No.177). The subject matter is now contained in Subchapter D of Chapter 21 of Title 53 (relating to municipal police education and training).
74 PA Cons Stat § 5905 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5905 - Certain State-owned airport

§ 5905. Certain State-owned airport. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all right, title and interest in the property known as Mid-State Airport located in Centre County, containing 496.68 acres, more or less, including the present access road from L.R.504 to and into Mid-State Airport, shall be transferred to and held within the jurisdiction and control of the Department of General Services for all purposes, and the Department of General Services shall have the same powers and duties with respect to Mid-State Airport as it has with respect to other real estate under its jurisdiction, with the exception that the facilities currently owned, used and operated at Mid-State Airport by the Department of Environmental Resources for wild fire attack operations and full access thereto by land and by air shall remain, without charge of any kind, in the Department of Environmental Resources, it being intended that nothing herein shall diminish the ability of the Department of Environmental Resources to continue its wild fire air attack operations as conducted at and out of Mid-State Airport prior to the effective date hereof. Because this involves a transfer of State forest and State park lands, no future use of Mid-State Airport shall impair in any way the integrity of the adjacent State forest and State park lands and their ecosystems. If at any time the jurisdiction and control of the land herein transferred entails significant maintenance and operation responsibilities for the Department of General Services, then and thereafter the jurisdiction and control of the land shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation.    Transfer of Powers. Section 302(h) of Act 18 of 1995, which created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall exercise the powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Environmental Resources by section 5905.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5911 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5911 - Short title of subchapter

§ 5911. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Airport Zoning Act.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5912 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5912 - Power to adopt airport zoning regulations

§ 5912. Power to adopt airport zoning regulations. (a) General rule.--In order to prevent the creation or establishment of airport hazards, every municipality having an airport hazard area within its territorial limits shall adopt, administer and enforce, under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in this subchapter and in applicable zoning law unless clearly inconsistent with this subchapter, airport zoning regulations for such airport hazard area. The regulations may divide the area into zones and, within the zones, specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which structures may be erected or objects of natural growth may be allowed to grow. A municipality which includes an airport hazard area created by the location of a public airport is required to adopt, administer and enforce zoning ordinances pursuant to this subchapter if the existing comprehensive zoning ordinance for the municipality does not provide for the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which structures may be erected or objects of natural growth may be allowed to grow in an airport hazard area.  (b) Joint airport zoning board.--Where any airport hazard area appertaining to an airport is located outside the territorial limits of the municipality encompassing the airport, all of the municipalities involved may, by ordinance or resolution, create a joint airport zoning board which shall have the same power to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard area in question as that vested by subsection (a) in the municipality within which the area is located. Each joint airport zoning board shall have as members two representatives appointed by each municipality participating in its creation and, in addition, a chairman elected by a majority of the members so appointed.  (c) Definition.--As used in this section the word "airport" does not include facilities designated as heliports and which can be used only by rotary wing aircraft, nor airports which are private airports.    Cross References. Section 5912 is referred to in section 5102 of this title.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5913 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5913 - Relation to other zoning regulations

§ 5913. Relation to other zoning regulations. (a) Incorporation.--In the event that a municipality has adopted or hereafter adopts a comprehensive zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations applicable to the same area or portion thereof may be incorporated in and made a part of the comprehensive zoning regulations and be administered and enforced in connection therewith.  (b) Conflict.--In the event of conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted under this subchapter and any other regulations applicable to the same area, whether the conflict be with respect to the height of structures or trees, the use of land or any other matter, and whether the other regulations were adopted by the municipality which adopted the airport zoning regulations or by some other municipality under this subchapter or otherwise, the more stringent limitation or requirement shall prevail.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5914 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5914 - Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations

§ 5914. Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations. (a) Notice and hearing.--No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended or changed except by action of the municipality or the joint airport zoning board after a public hearing in relation thereto at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. The notice shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or municipalities affected. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days or less than 14 days from the date of the hearing.  (b) Airport Zoning Planning Agency.--Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area, the municipality or joint airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a planning agency, to be known as the Airport Zoning Planning Agency, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. The planning agency shall make a preliminary report and, after notice given in the same manner as is provided in subsection (a), shall hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report. The municipality or the joint airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of the planning agency. Where a planning agency already exists, it may be appointed as the Airport Zoning Planning Agency.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5915 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5915 - Airport zoning requirements

§ 5915. Airport zoning requirements. (a) Reasonableness.--All airport zoning regulations adopted under this subchapter shall be reasonable; none shall impose any requirement or restriction unless it is reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this subchapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each municipality and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other factors, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put and adaptable.  (b) Nonconforming uses.--No airport zoning regulations adopted under this subchapter may require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or any object of natural growth not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in section 5916 (relating to permits and variances).  (c) Model ordinance.--A municipality shall adopt, either in full or by reference, any provision of any model zoning ordinance or other similar guidelines suggested or published by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation regarding airport hazard areas.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5916 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5916 - Permits and variances

§ 5916. Permits and variances. (a) Permit.--Any airport zoning regulations shall require that a permit be obtained before any new use or structure may be established or constructed and before any existing use or structure may be substantially changed, but no permit may be required to make maintenance repairs to or to replace parts of existing structures which do not enlarge or increase the height of an existing structure. However, all regulations shall provide that before any nonconforming structure may be replaced, substantially altered or rebuilt or tree allowed to grow higher or replanted, a permit must be secured from the municipality authorizing the replacement or change. Applications for permits shall only be granted unless to do so would allow the establishment or creation of an airport hazard or permit a nonconforming structure or object of natural growth or nonconforming use to be made or become higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulation was adopted, or than it is when the application for a permit is made.  (b) Variance.--Any person desiring to erect any structure or increase the height of any structure or permit the growth of any object of natural growth or otherwise use his property in violation of airport zoning regulations may apply to the board for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. A variance shall only be granted after the requirements of section 5919 (relating to notice to department) are satisfied. A variance may be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but would do substantial justice and would be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations and this subchapter. Any variance may be granted subject to any reasonable conditions that the board may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.  (c) Hazard marking and lighting.--In granting any permit or variance under this section, the board shall, if it deems the action advisable to effectuate the purpose of this subchapter and reasonable in the circumstances, so condition the permit or variance as to require the owner of the structure or object of natural growth in question to permit the municipality, at its own expense, or require the person or persons requesting the permit or variance, to install, operate and maintain thereon such markers and lights as may be required by guidelines or regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.    Cross References. Section 5916 is referred to in section 5915 of this title.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5917 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5917 - Administrative appeals

§ 5917. Administrative appeals. (a) Right of appeal.--Any person aggrieved or taxpayer affected by any decision of the municipality or joint zoning hearing board may appeal to the board as provided by law.  (b) Stay of proceedings.--An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the municipality or joint zoning hearing board certifies to the board, after the notice of appeal has been filed with it, that, by reason of the facts stated in the certificate, a stay would in its opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In such cases proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by order of the board or notice to the municipality or joint zoning appeal board.  (c) Board of appeals.--All airport zoning regulations shall provide for a board to hear and decide appeals, special exceptions and requests for variances. Where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, it may be appointed as the board. Otherwise, the board shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years by the authority adopting the regulations and to be removable by the appointing authority, for cause, upon written charges and after public hearing.    Cross References. Section 5917 is referred to in section 5102 of this title.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5918 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5918 - Judicial review

§ 5918. Judicial review. Any person aggrieved or taxpayer affected by any decision of a board may appeal to the court of common pleas as provided by law. In cases where applicable law does not provide an appeal from a municipality to a board, a person or taxpayer may appeal from a decision of a municipality or joint airport zoning board, as provided by law for similar zoning proceedings.    Cross References. Section 5918 is referred to in section 5919 of this title.
74 PA Cons Stat § 5919 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 59 - Airport Operation and Zoning|Section 5919 - Notice to department

§ 5919. Notice to department. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or board which decides to grant a permit or variance under this subchapter shall notify the department of its decision. This notice shall be in writing and shall be sent so as to reach the department at least ten days before the date upon which the decision is to issue. Nothing in this section shall be construed as impairing the rights of any person under section 5918 (relating to judicial review).    Cross References. Section 5919 is referred to in section 5916 of this title.