Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 03 - MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.03.02 - Martin State Airport › Section 11.03.02.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Words not
				specifically defined in this regulation which relate to aeronautical practices,
				processes, and equipment, will be construed according to their general usage in
				the aviation industry.
B. Terms
				Defined.
(1) "Abandon" means forsake, desert,
				give up and surrender one's claim or right.
(2) "Administration" means the Maryland
				Aviation Administration of the Department of Transportation, established
				pursuant to the Transportation Article, §
										5-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(3) "Aircraft" means
				any contrivance now known or hereafter designed, invented, or used for
				navigation or flight in the air or space, except a parachute or other
				contrivance used primarily as safety equipment.
(4) "Air operations area" means any area of
				the Airport used or intended to be used for landing, taking off, or surface
				maneuvering of aircraft.
(5)
				"Airport" means Martin State Airport, owned by the State and operated by the
				Maryland Aviation Administration, as now existing or as the same may hereafter
				be developed.
(6) "Airport
				Director" means the Airport Director, Maryland Aviation Administration, Martin
				State Airport, or the Airport Director's designated representative.
(7) "Authorized" means acting under or
				pursuant to a written contract, permit, or other evidence of right issued by
				the Maryland Aviation Administration.
(8) "Bus" means a motor vehicle operated by
				an appropriately authorized agency on a fixed route and predetermined schedule
				to and from the Airport.
(9)
				"Combustible liquid" means any liquid that has a closed cup flash point at or
				above 100°F.
(10) "Commercial
				activity" means the sale, exchange, trading, buying, merchandising, hiring,
				marketing, promotion, or selling of commodities, goods, services, or property
				of any kind, or any revenue-producing activity, on the Airport.
(11) "Control tower" means an air traffic
				control tower located at the Airport.
(12) "Courtesy car" means a car operated to
				and from the Airport by hotel, motel, public parking firms, car rental
				companies, or other business specifically for the transportation or convenience
				of their patrons or for the execution of any part of a private business
				transaction.
(13) "Curbside" means
				the curb of the roadway adjacent to the Terminal Building.
(14) "Department" means the Department of
				Transportation.
(15) "Domestic
				animal" means any animal of a species usually domesticated in the United States
				and customarily found in the home.
(16) "Executive Director" means the Executive
				Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration, whose office is established
				pursuant to Transportation Article, §
										5-202.1, Annotated
				Code of Maryland, or the Executive Director's duly authorized
				representative.
(17) Fire Marshal.
(a) "Fire marshal" means an individual from
				the Airport Fire Marshal's Office or a fire prevention inspector who is
				employed by the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department.
(b) "Fire marshal" includes any designated
				representative of the State Fire Marshal's Office.
(18) "Fire Prevention Code" means the State
				Fire Prevention Code as defined in COMAR 29.06.01.
(19) "Flammable liquids" means any liquidthat
				has a closed cup flash point below 100°F.
(20) "Garbage" means any refuse, food, trash,
				or rubbish.
(21) "Grounding or
				bonding" means providing a conductive path to equalize the potential static
				electricity between fueling equipment and aircraft by use of a cable.
(22) "IBC" has the meaning stated in COMAR
				05.02.07.03B(7).
(23) "Industrial waste" means any waste
				product, liquid, gaseous, or solid, derived from industrial activity.
(24) "Labeled" means equipment or materials
				to which has been attached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an
				organization:
(a) That is acceptable to the
				authority having jurisdiction and is concerned with product
				evaluation;
(b) That maintains
				periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials;
				and
(c) By whose labeling the
				manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in
				a specified manner.
(25)
				"Law enforcement officer" means any person vested with a police power of arrest
				under federal, State, county, or city authority, and identifiable by uniform,
				badge, or other indicia of authority.
(26) "Limousine" means any motor vehicle
				having a rated seating capacity of six or more persons, not including the
				driver, operating to and from the Airport according to a valid certificate
				issued by the appropriate governmental agency.
(27) "Listed" means equipment, materials, or
				services included in a list published by an organization:
(a) That is acceptable to the authority
				having jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation of products or
				services;
(b) That maintains
				periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials;
				and
(c) Whose listing states that
				either the equipment, material, or service meets identified standards or has
				been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.
(28) "Motor vehicle" means a device in, upon,
				or by which a person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon land,
				except a device moved by human or animal power, and except aircraft and devices
				moved exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(29) "Movement area" means the runways,
				taxiways, and other areas of the Airport that are used for the taxiing,
				takeoff, and landing of aircraft, except loading ramps and parking
				areas.
(30) "NFPA" has the meaning
				stated in COMAR
				29.06.01.05B(5).
(31) "Officer" means a law enforcement
				officer.
(32) "Oil" means any
				substance of vegetable, animal, or mineral origin with an oily consistency,
				easily liquefiable on warming and soluble in ether but not in water.
(33) "Operator" means a person who is in
				actual physical control of an aircraft or a motor vehicle.
(34) "Owner" means a person who holds the
				legal title to an aircraft or motor vehicle; or, if the aircraft or motor
				vehicle is the subject of a conditional sale or lease with the right of
				purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement, and with
				the immediate right of possession of an aircraft or motor vehicle on the
				Airport, or, if a mortgagor of an aircraft or motor vehicle is entitled to the
				possession, then the conditional vendee, lessee, or mortgagor shall be
				considered the owner for the purpose of these regulations.
(35) "Parking lot" means any designated
				parking area such as employee and public areas, including parking
				structures.
(36) "Person" means any
				individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint
				stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, committee, assignee, or
				other representative or employee thereof.
(37) "Regulations" means these regulations as
				they may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
(38) "Restricted area" means Airport areas
				with access limited to authorized persons only.
(39) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse,
				sludge, solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials which are
				by-products of commercial activity, as defined by COMAR 26.03.03 and
				26.13.02.
(40) "State" means the
				State of Maryland.
(41) "Sunset" or
				"sunrise" means the time of sunset or sunrise at the Airport as published by
				the United States National Weather Service.
(42) "Taxicab" means any motor vehicle that
				carries persons for a fare, usually determined by a meter, and that is
				appropriately licensed as a taxicab by a proper governmental
				authority.
(43) "Terminal" or
				"terminal building" means any passenger terminal facility at the Airport,
				including all roadways and parking facilities associated with the
				facility.
(44) "Toxic material"
				means any material, liquid, gaseous, or solid substance, containing a poisonous
				agent.
(45) "Traffic" means
				pedestrians and vehicles, either singly or together, using any Airport area,
				while they are using it.
(46)
				"Weapon" means a gun, knife (other than a pocketknife, maximum 4-inch blade),
				blackjack, slingshot, metal knuckles, aerosol irritant projector, or any
				explosive device except when properly packaged for shipment.
(47) "Wild animal" means any animal of a
				species not usually domesticated in the United States or customarily found in
				the home.