New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Chapter 76 - RULES OF OPERATION FOR ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19:76-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Accident" means a collision between an aircraft or a
					 vehicle, and an aircraft, vehicle, person, stationary object, or other thing
					 that results in property damage, bodily injury, or death; or an entry onto or
					 emerging from an aircraft or vehicle by a person that results in bodily injury
					 or death to such person or some other person, or that results in property
					 damage.
"Advertising" means the action of calling something, such
					 as a commodity for sale or a service offered or desired, to the attention of
					 the public by means of posting, voicing, distributing, or displaying signs,
					 literature, circulars, pictures, sketches, or other forms of printed or written
					 material or video/dynamic signs.
"Aeronautical activities" means any aviation-related
					 commercial activities generally provided to the public at the Airport either by
					 the tenants or invitees, with or without compensation, and may include, but are
					 not limited to, fueling, maintenance, storage, ground, and flight
					 instruction.
"Air carrier" means a person who undertakes directly by
					 lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
"Air cargo operator" means an airline, or other person(s),
					 who engage in the commercial shipping of freight and mail.
"Air operations area" means all space at the Airport where
					 general public users are restricted by fence or posting, or such areas where
					 aircraft are parked or operated, or where operations not open to the general
					 public are conducted; and includes, but is not limited to, the aircraft ramps,
					 aprons, taxiways, runways, and the Federal Aviation Administration
					 facilities.
"Aircraft" means any and all contrivances used or designed
					 for navigation of or flight in the air, including, but not limited to,
					 airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians, and
					 seaplanes.
"Aircraft movement area" means the runways, taxiways, and
					 other areas of the Airport utilized for taxiing, takeoff, and landing of
					 aircraft exclusive of aircraft loading ramps and parking areas over which the
					 control tower, pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85 - 726,
					 as amended, has authority to approve or disapprove the movement of aircraft,
					 vehicles, equipment, or personnel.
"Airport" means the Atlantic City International Airport and
					 all its lands and improvements thereon, including all buildings and
					 appurtenances.
"Airport Director" means the official appointed by the
					 Authority to manage the Airport or his or her duly authorized designees.
"Airport Manager" means that person appointed in accordance
					 with an agreement between the Authority and the contract manager as the on-site
					 supervisor of the Authority-owned and/or controlled property at the Airport, or
					 a duly authorized designee.
"Airport operations coordinators" mean the duly designated
					 personnel of the contract manager responsible for the operation, supervision,
					 and protection of the Airport.
"Airport operations manager" means the person designated by
					 the airport director to be responsible for the daily operating functions of the
					 airfield and terminal.
"Airport personnel" means the authorized Airport employees
					 of the Authority, contract manager, Federal Aviation Administration Technical
					 Center, and other persons connected with the operation, maintenance, and
					 servicing of the Airport, including Transportation Security Administration
					 officers (TSA) and law enforcement officers (LEO).
"Airport service vehicles" means vehicles operated by the
					 contract manager or Authority and routinely used for construction, service,
					 operational activities and inspections, and maintenance of the Airport.
"Apron" or "ramp" means those areas of the Airport within
					 the air operations area designated for the loading, unloading, servicing, or
					 parking of aircraft.
"Authority" means the South Jersey Transportation
					 Authority.
"Baggage handling operators" means the employees of the
					 airline, or other person(s), whose function is to take and deliver the baggage
					 of Airport customers.
"Based aircraft" means any aircraft whose operator leases
					 or subleases tie-down or hangar space at the Airport on a month-to-month or
					 longer-term basis.
"Certificate of Registration" or "Certificate" means the
					 applicant's approval certificate from the Authority for noncommercial
					 expression.
"Commercial activity" means the exchange, trading, buying,
					 hiring, or selling of commodities, goods, services, or property of any kind, or
					 any revenue producing activity at the Airport.
"Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle designed,
					 maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property or persons for
					 a commercial enterprise, regardless of whether the charge for services is paid
					 directly or indirectly by the customer being served. Examples of commercial
					 vehicles include, but are not limited to, on-duty taxicabs, limousines,
					 courtesy vehicles, delivery, and chartered/scheduled buses.
"Concessionaire" means persons conducting commercial
					 activity at the Airport by virtue of an agreement with the Authority.
"Contract manager" means the entity authorized by agreement
					 with the Authority to administer, operate, supervise, and protect the Airport
					 and the general public at the Airport, as required by the provisions of the
					 agreement and this chapter.
"Control tower" means the Airport traffic control facility
					 located at the Airport and operated by the Federal Aviation Administration,
					 which has exclusive jurisdiction over activity on the aircraft movement
					 areas.
"Courtesy vehicle" means any vehicle, other than a taxicab,
					 bus, motor bus service, or limousine, which is operated at no expense to the
					 customer for the transportation of customers and/or baggage between the Airport
					 and designated motel, hotel, auto rental office, or non-Airport-operated
					 parking lot location.
"Crosswalk" means that portion of a roadway included within
					 the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks, intersection,
					 or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by
					 lines or other markings on the surface.
"Customer service department" means the office of persons
					 responsible for assisting and providing information to Airport
					 customers.
"Customer service desk" means the area of the Airport where
					 a person from customer service may be on duty to assist and provide information
					 to Airport customers.
"Dope" means cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate
					 dissolved in volatile flammable solvents.
"Doping" means the application of dope to strengthen and
					 tighten aircraft fabric.
"Driver" means any person who drives, operates, or is in
					 actual physical control of a vehicle or motor vehicle.
"Environmental laws" mean all laws relating to
					 environmental matters, including without limitation, those relating to fines,
					 orders, injunctions, penalties, damages, contributions, cost recovery
					 compensation, losses, or injuries resulting from the release or threatened
					 release of hazardous materials and to the generation, use, storage,
					 transportation, or disposal of hazardous material, including, without
					 limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
					 Liability Act (
					 42
					 U.S.C. §§
											9601 et seq.), the
					 Hazardous Material Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.),
					 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (
					 42 U.S.C. §§
											6901 et seq.), the Clean Air Act of 1970 (
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §§
											7401 et seq.), the Clean Water
					 Act (
					 33 U.S.C.
					 §§
											1251 et seq.), the Safe Drinking
					 Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f-300h-11 et seq.), the Occupational
					 Safety and Health Act of 1970 (
					 29
					 U.S.C. §§
											651 et seq.), and the
					 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (
					 42
					 U.S.C. §§
											11001 et seq.), each as
					 heretofore and hereafter amended or supplemented, and any analogous future or
					 present local, State, or Federal statutes, rules, and/or regulations
					 promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto, and any other present or future
					 law, ordinance, rule, regulation, permit, or permit condition, order or
					 directive regulating to or imposing liability standards of conduct concerning
					 any Hazardous Material by the Federal Government, any state or any political
					 subdivision thereof, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory,
					 or administrative functions.
"Federal regulations" means the regulations contained in
					 Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Transportation Security
					 Administration regulations.
"Fixed-base operator" or "FBO" means any person authorized
					 and required by contract with the Authority, procured pursuant to N.J.S.A.
					 27:25A-1 et seq., to provide aeronautical activities to the public at the
					 Airport.
"Flammable liquids" means any liquid which emits a
					 flammable vapor at or below a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, as
					 determined by flash point from a Tagliabue Open Cup Tester, and shall include
					 any other combustible liquids currently used for aircraft fuels.
"General aviation" means all phases of aviation other than
					 aircraft manufacturing, military aviation, scheduled, nonscheduled, and
					 regulated air carrier operations.
"Ground transportation services" means the transportation
					 of property or persons to and from the Airport by a commercial vehicle.
"Hazardous materials" means a substance or material in a
					 quantity or form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or
					 property, when stored, transported, or used in commerce as defined by the U.S.
					 Department of Transportation.
"Law enforcement officer" or "LEO" means law enforcement
					 officer, as defined by
					 49 CFR
					 1542.217.
"Limousine" means any two axle, four tire, motor vehicle
					 that has livery or omnibus registration plates and either has a wheel base of
					 16 feet or greater or measures 16.5 feet or greater from the second axle to the
					 front bumper and vehicle height is less than 65 inches.
"Loading area" means a designated space for the loading and
					 unloading of aircraft.
"Loading bridges" means a device that is attached to an
					 aircraft to facilitate the loading and/or unloading of the aircraft.
"Local aircraft operations" means aircraft operating in the
					 local traffic pattern or within sight of the control tower; aircraft that are
					 known to be departing for, or arriving from, flight in local practice areas
					 located within a 20-mile radius of the control tower; or aircraft making
					 simulated instrument approaches or low passes at the Airport.
"Marshaller" means a ramp attendant who guides aircraft
					 during ground handling operations.
"Motorbus service" means subscription, tour, charter, and
					 other special motorbus services.
"Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled, wheeled, tracked
					 vehicle, or trailer hitched onto a vehicle, upon which a person or property may
					 be transported, carried, or otherwise moved from point to point, or used for
					 the service and maintenance of equipment or property.
"NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association
					 located at 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, which has established
					 recognized standards of fire protection.
"Operator" means the owner of an aircraft or vehicle or any
					 person who has rented or has possession of an aircraft or vehicle for the
					 purpose of operation by self or agents.
"Operations Department" means the office of the persons
					 responsible for the day-to-day operating functions of the terminal and
					 Airport.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
					 corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic;
					 and including any trustee, receiver, committee, assignee, or other
					 representative or employee thereof; the United States of America or any foreign
					 government or any state or political subdivision thereof; or the United
					 Nations.
"Pre-arranged" means services obtained prior to passenger
					 entry at the Airport and which are not recurring in nature.
"Private vehicle" means a vehicle transporting persons or
					 property, for which no charge, except parking fees, is paid directly or
					 indirectly by the passenger or by any other entity, excepting and excluding any
					 vehicle that is a courtesy vehicle.
"Public vehicle" parking areas means those portions of the
					 Airport designated by the Authority or Operations Department and made
					 temporarily or permanently available to the public for the parking of
					 vehicles.
"Refueling service vehicle" means any vehicle other than
					 cargo tank vehicles, either self- propelled or without motive power, equipped
					 with hose and other necessary devices for transferring fuel into or out of an
					 aircraft, vehicles, or equipment.
"Restricted areas" means areas closed to the general public
					 pursuant to Federal regulations, or Airport directives excluding Airport access
					 roads to private facilities. These areas are defined as areas that are used to
					 perform the everyday activities and operations of the Airport. These areas
					 include, but are not limited to, security identification display areas (SIDA),
					 runways, aprons, taxiways, airfield areas, and Airport access roads. These
					 areas are restricted to use by authorized Airport personnel while engaged in
					 their duties.
"Runway" means an improved surface area reserved
					 exclusively for the landing and taking off of aircraft.
"Security identification display area" or "SIDA" means any
					 area identified in the Airport security program as requiring each person to
					 continuously display on their outermost garment, an airport-approved
					 identification medium unless under airport approved escort.
"Solicitation" or "to solicit" means to directly or
					 indirectly, actively or passively, openly or subtly, ask (or endeavor to obtain
					 by asking), request, implore, plead for, importune, seek, or try to
					 obtain.
"Stop, stopping, or standing" means any stopping or
					 standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid
					 conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a police
					 officer, the Authority, or contract manager personnel, or traffic control
					 signal, sign, or device.
"Taxicab" means and includes any motor vehicle engaged in
					 the business of carrying passengers for hire in accordance with the ordinances
					 of the Township of Egg Harbor.
"Taxicab stand" means an area as identified by the
					 Authority reserved for the exclusive use of taxicabs awaiting
					 passengers.
"Taxiway" means an improved surfaced area used primarily by
					 aircraft to proceed to and from ramp and runway areas.
"Technical Center" means the William J. Hughes Federal
					 Aviation Administration Technical Center located adjacent to the
					 Airport.
"Tenant" means any person leasing space in the terminal or
					 at the Airport pursuant to agreement with the Authority.
"Terminal" means the building(s) designed to accommodate
					 the enplaning and deplaning activities of air carrier passengers.
"Tour operator" means those persons operating a commercial
					 activity who through prior arrangement, are to meet, transport, or arrange for
					 the transportation of a designated group of passengers and their baggage
					 arriving or departing via the Airport.
"Transportation network company" or "TNC" means
					 transportation network company as defined by
					 N.J.S.A.
					 39:5H-2.
"Transportation Security Administration" or "TSA" shall
					 have the definition as located in 49 CFR Part 1500.3.
"Ultra-light vehicles" means a vehicle that is used only
					 for aviation recreation or sport aviation purposes, and satisfies all criteria
					 and requirements of 14 CFR Part 103.
"Unmanned aircraft system" or "UAS" means an unmanned
					 aircraft and associated elements (including communications links and the
					 components that control the unmanned aircraft) that are required for the pilot
					 in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace
					 system.
"Vehicle" means any device in, upon, or by which any person
					 or property is, or may be, transported, carried, or drawn upon land, regardless
					 of the means of propulsion, except any devices moved upon stationary rails or
					 tracks.