Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 25 - Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission › Chapter 30 - Aircraft Pilot and Passenger Protection Act › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 25:30-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Airport elevation"
is the highest point of an
				  airport's usable runways measured in feet from mean sea level;
"Airport reference point"
is the geometrical
				  center of all usable runways;
"Applicant"
is an individual, firm, partnership,
				  corporation, association, or body politic and includes a trustee, receiver,
				  assignee, or other similarly authorized representative of any of them;
"Approach surface"
is an imaginary surface
				  shaped like a trapezoid:
(A) longitudinally centered on the extended runway centerline
				  at a public use airport,
(B) beginning two hundred (200) feet beyond the end of each
				  runway pavement and at the runway end elevation,
(C) having an inner-edge width of one thousand (1,000) feet
				  expanding outward uniformly to a width of sixteen thousand (16,000) feet at the
				  outer edge, and
(D) sloping upward for a distance of ten thousand (10,000)
				  feet at a slope of fifty (50) to one (1), with an additional forty thousand
				  (40,000) feet at a slope of forty (40) to one (1);
"Commission"
means the Oklahoma Aeronautics
				  Commission or a successor agency;
"Conical surface"
is an imaginary surface
				  extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a
				  slope of twenty (20) to one (1) for a horizontal distance of four thousand
				  (4,000) feet;
"FAA"
means the Federal Aviation Administration
				  or a successor agency;
"Horizontal surface"
is an imaginary horizontal
				  plane one hundred fifty (150) feet above the airport elevation, the perimeter
				  of which is constructed by swinging arcs of ten thousand (10,000) feet radii
				  from a point located on the extended runway centerline two hundred (200) feet
				  beyond each end of runway pavement and connecting the adjacent arcs by lines
				  tangent to those arcs;
"Incompatible purpose"
means the use of a
				  building structure, or area as a residence, educational center (including all
				  types of primary and secondary schools, preschools, and child-care facilities),
				  place of worship, place of public assembly, hospital, medical inpatient
				  treatment facility, nursing/convalescent home, retirement home, transportation
				  facility, storage facility, above-ground utility facility, or similar
				  use;
"Legal representative"
means a person who is
				  authorized to legally bind an entity;
"Permit"
means a permit issued by the Commission
				  under this act;
"Person"
means an individual, firm, partnership,
				  corporation, association, or body politic and includes a trustee, receiver,
				  assignee, or other similarly authorized representative of any of them;
"Primary surface"
is a surface longitudinally
				  centered on a runway. When the runway has a specially prepared hard surface,
				  the primary surface extends two hundred (200) feet beyond each end of that
				  runway; but when the runway has no specially prepared hard surface, or planned
				  hard surface, the primary surface ends at each end of that runway. The
				  elevation of any point on the primary surface is the same as the elevation of
				  the nearest point on the runway centerline. The width of the primary surface is
				  one thousand (1,000) feet;
"Public-use airport"
means a structure or an
				  area of land or water that is designed and set aside for the landing and taking
				  off of aircraft, is utilized or to be utilized by and in the interest of the
				  public for the landing and taking off of aircraft and is identified by the FAA
				  as a public-use airport. Public-use airport shall include any military airport
				  operated by a branch of the armed services of the United States government.
				  Public-use airport shall not include any privately owned airport for private
				  use as identified by the FAA, or any airport owned by a municipality with a
				  population exceeding five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the most
				  recent Federal Decennial Census;
"Runway"
means the portion of an airport
				  designated as the area used for the landing or takeoff of aircraft;
"Runway protection zone"
is a trapezoidal zone
				  centered along the extended runway centerline, beyond each end of the primary
				  surface, two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet long, with an inner width of
				  one thousand (1,000) feet and an outer width of one thousand seven hundred
				  fifty (1,750) feet. The function of the runway protection zone is to enhance
				  the protection of people and property on the ground;
"Structure"
means any constructed or installed
				  object or area, including, but not limited to, buildings, towers, wind
				  turbines, smokestacks, electronic transmission or receiving towers, and
				  antennae and overhead transmission lines. The term does not include:
(A) any aviation navigational aids that are fixed by
				  function, or
(B) any construction or installed object on property owned by
				  the federal government; and
"Total structure height"
means the elevation of
				  the ground above mean sea level at the structure's location, plus the height of
				  the structure above ground level in feet, plus the applicable survey type
				  adjustment, as described in Appendix A, provided the survey adjustment is in
				  accordance with Federal Aviation Administration standards.
Added at 28 Ok Reg 77,
				  eff 9-17-10 (emergency); Added at 28 Ok Reg 766, eff 5-26-11; Amended at 29 Ok
				  Reg 457, eff 5-11-12