CHAPTER 4. Airports and Air Navigation Facilities [21601. - 21690.29.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.

§§ 21601–21690.29 · 96 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Assistance to Political Subdivisions §§ 21601–21605 · 4 sections

   • § 21601 The department may make available its engineering and other technical services, with or without charge, to any political subdivision or person desiring them in…
   • § 21602 (a) Subject to the terms and within the limits of special appropriations made by the Legislature, the department may render financial assistance by grant or…
   • § 21603 Upon the request of any political subdivision or political subdivisions acting jointly, the department may act as agent in accepting, receiving, receipting…
   • § 21605 No proprietor of any permitted airport which is open to the public and has received public funds shall close or suspend operation of the airport, or close an…
2. ARTICLE 2. State Airports and Air Navigation Facilities §§ 21631–21646 · 9 sections

   • § 21631 From appropriations or other money made available for the purpose, the department, on behalf of and in the name of the state, may plan, establish, construct,…
   • § 21632 (a) The department may also acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities, but it shall not acquire any airport or air navigation facility owned or…
   • § 21633 For the purposes of this article, the department, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, may acquire real or personal property, or any…
   • § 21636 The department may dispose of any property, airport, air navigation facility, or portion or interest, acquired pursuant to this article, by sale, lease, or…
   • § 21637 In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the state, the department may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements…
   • § 21638 The department shall call for bids for the operation of any state-owned airport and shall lease the airport for a term not to exceed five years to the highest…
   • § 21639 The department shall grant no exclusive right for the use of any airport or air navigation facility under its jurisdiction. This section shall not be construed…
   • § 21640 To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of any personal property by the department or its agents in connection with…
   • § 21646 It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to release or fly or cause to be released or flown, within five miles of any airport, any moored balloon, kite,…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Non-Public-Use Airports §§ 21650–21650.2 · 3 sections

   • § 21650 “Airport” for the purposes of this article means an airport not open to the general public.
   • § 21650.1 An airport shall be marked as required by rule of the department with letters or symbol selected by the department to designate that the airport is not open to…
   • § 21650.2 Nothing shall prevent an airport from applying for and receiving a permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 21661) of this chapter.
4. ARTICLE 2.6. Hazard Elimination; Flight Disturbance §§ 21652–21653 · 2 sections

   • § 21652 (a) Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or…
   • § 21653 Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may provide, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise,…
5. ARTICLE 2.7. Regulation of Obstructions §§ 21655–21659 · 5 sections

   • § 21655 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the proposed site of any state building or other enclosure is within two miles, measured by air line, of that…
   • § 21656 No person shall erect or add to the height of any structure within the boundaries of this state which will result in a structure that extends more than 500…
   • § 21657 The department may refuse issuance of a permit under Section 21656 if it determines that the erection of or addition to a structure would obstruct the airspace…
   • § 21658 No public utility shall construct any pole, pole line, distribution or transmission tower, or tower line, or substation structure in the vicinity of the…
   • § 21659 (a) No person shall construct or alter any structure or permit any natural growth to grow at a height which exceeds the obstruction standards set forth in the…
6. ARTICLE 3. Regulation of Airports §§ 21661–21669.6 · 20 sections

   • § 21661 This article does not apply to any temporary seaplane landing site, ultralight vehicle flightpark, or to airports owned or operated by the United States. To…
   • § 21661.5 (a) No political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person may submit any application for the construction of a new airport to any local,…
   • § 21661.6 (a) Prior to the acquisition of land or any interest therein, including tide and submerged lands or other lands subject to the public trust for commerce,…
   • § 21662 The department shall have the authority to issue airport site approval permits, amended airport site approval permits, airport permits, and amended airport…
   • § 21662.1 (a) At or as near as practical to the site of a medical emergency and at a medical facility, an officer authorized by a public safety agency may designate an…
   • § 21662.4 (a) Emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes by law enforcement, firefighting, military, or other persons who provide emergency flights for medical…
   • § 21662.5 Notwithstanding Section 21006 or Section 21661 or any other provision of law to the contrary, no helicopter may land or depart in any area within 1,000 feet,…
   • § 21663 It is unlawful for any political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person to operate an airport unless an appropriate airport permit…
   • § 21664 Any political subdivision or person planning to construct, establish, or expand an airport shall apply for the appropriate permit from the department prior to…
   • § 21664.5 (a) An amended airport permit shall be required for every expansion of an existing airport. An applicant for an amended airport permit shall comply with each…
   • § 21666 The department shall issue a permit if it is satisfied that all of the following requirements have been met: (a) The site meets or exceeds the minimum airport…
   • § 21668 The department may revoke any airport permit if it determines that any of the following conditions are present: (a) There has been an abandonment of a site or…
   • § 21668.2 In lieu of revoking an airport permit pursuant to Section 21668, the department may suspend any airport permit, or may require suspension of operations of a…
   • § 21669 The department shall adopt noise standards governing the operation of aircraft and aircraft engines for airports operating under a valid permit issued by the…
   • § 21669.1 (a) Land use conversion involving existing residential communities shall generally be considered the least desirable action for achieving compliance with noise…
   • § 21669.2 In its deliberations, the department shall be governed by the following guidelines: (a) Statewide uniformity in standards of acceptable airport noise need not…
   • § 21669.3 Any regulations designed to establish a noise monitoring program at an airport entering service after November 30, 1971, shall go into effect on the date the…
   • § 21669.4 (a) The violation of the noise standards by any aircraft shall be deemed a misdemeanor and the operator thereof shall be punished by a fine of one thousand…
   • § 21669.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Avigation easement” means a less-than-fee-title transfer of real…
   • § 21669.6 Hearings under this article required by the provisions of Sections 21666, 21668, 21668.2, and 21669, or regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions, shall…
7. ARTICLE 3.5. Airport Land Use Commission §§ 21670–21679.5 · 22 sections

   • § 21670 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) It is in the public interest to provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in this…
   • § 21670.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the board of supervisors and the city selection committee of mayors in the county each makes a…
   • § 21670.2 (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to the County of Los Angeles. In that county, the county regional planning commission has the responsibility for…
   • § 21670.3 (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to the County of San Diego. In that county, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, as established…
   • § 21670.4 (a) As used in this section, “intercounty airport” means any airport bisected by a county line through its runways, runway protection zones, inner safety…
   • § 21670.6 Any action brought in the superior court relating to this article may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with…
   • § 21671 In any county where there is an airport operated for the general public which is owned by a city or district in another county or by another county, one of the…
   • § 21671.5 (a) Except for the terms of office of the members of the first commission, the term of office of each member shall be four years and until the appointment and…
   • § 21672 Each commission shall adopt rules and regulations with respect to the temporary disqualification of its members from participating in the review or adoption of…
   • § 21673 In any county not having a commission or a body designated to carry out the responsibilities of a commission, any owner of a public airport may initiate…
   • § 21674 The commission has the following powers and duties, subject to the limitations upon its jurisdiction set forth in Section 21676: (a) To assist local agencies…
   • § 21674.5 (a) The Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a program or programs to assist in the training and development of the staff of airport land…
   • § 21674.7 (a) An airport land use commission that formulates, adopts, or amends an airport land use compatibility plan shall be guided by information prepared and…
   • § 21675 (a) Each commission shall formulate an airport land use compatibility plan that will provide for the orderly growth of each public airport and the area…
   • § 21675.1 (a) By June 30, 1991, each commission shall adopt the airport land use compatibility plan required pursuant to Section 21675, except that any county that has…
   • § 21675.2 (a) If a commission fails to act to approve or disapprove any actions, regulations, or permits within 60 days of receiving the request pursuant to Section…
   • § 21676 (a) Each local agency whose general plan includes areas covered by an airport land use compatibility plan shall, by July 1, 1983, submit a copy of its plan or…
   • § 21676.5 (a) If the commission finds that a local agency has not revised its general plan or specific plan or overruled the commission by a two-thirds vote of its…
   • § 21677 Notwithstanding the two-thirds vote required by Section 21676, any public agency in the County of Marin may overrule the Marin County Airport Land Use…
   • § 21678 With respect to a publicly owned airport that a public agency does not operate, if the public agency pursuant to Section 21676, 21676.5, or 21677 overrules a…
   • § 21679 (a) In any county in which there is no airport land use commission or other body designated to assume the responsibilities of an airport land use commission,…
   • § 21679.5 (a) Until June 30, 1991, no action pursuant to Section 21679 to postpone the effective date of a zoning change, a zoning variance, the issuance of a permit, or…
8. ARTICLE 4. Aeronautics Fund §§ 21680–21688 · 15 sections

   • § 21680 (a) The Aeronautics Fund is hereby continued in existence as the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund. The moneys deposited to the credit of…
   • § 21681 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Own and operate” means that the public entity shall own the property in fee…
   • § 21682 (a) The department shall establish individual revolving fund subaccounts for eligible airports in the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund.…
   • § 21682.5 The department shall pay, from the Aeronautics Account to the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund, a sum equal to…
   • § 21683 Any public entity may apply to the department each year for the allocation of funds for the acquisition or development of airports. The commission may,…
   • § 21683.1 (a) At the discretion of the commission, any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under Section 21682, may be used to provide…
   • § 21683.2 Any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under Section 21682 and Section 21683.1, shall be used at the discretion of the…
   • § 21684 (a) No payment shall be made to a public entity pursuant to this article unless the public entity has established a special aviation fund in which all payments…
   • § 21684.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21683, any balance remaining in the fund after the payments made under Section 21682 may be used by the department to…
   • § 21684.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article inasmuch as they require matching funds the department may allocate funds to public agencies for the…
   • § 21684.6 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, inasmuch as they require matching funds, the department may allocate funds to a county or a city for the…
   • § 21685 Any public entity may pay any part of the money in its special aviation fund to a state college or branch of the University of California located within its…
   • § 21686 It shall be the duty of any public entity receiving payments or allocations under this article to periodically audit its books and records as deemed necessary…
   • § 21687 (a) (1) If an airport, for which payments have been made from the Aeronautics Account, ceases to be open to the general public for more than one year, the…
   • § 21688 (a) No payments shall be made from the Aeronautics Account for expenditure on any airport or for the acquisition or development of any airport, if the…
9. ARTICLE 4.5. Airport Facilities and Concessions §§ 21690.5–21690.10 · 6 sections

   • § 21690.5 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The proper operation of California’s publicly owned or operated airports is essential to the welfare of the…
   • § 21690.6 The provisions of this article shall apply to any airport owned or operated by a political subdivision, including a charter city.
   • § 21690.7 The governing bodies of publicly owned or operated airports shall manage airport facilities and grant airport concessions in furtherance of the development of…
   • § 21690.8 The Legislature recognizes that to further the policies and fulfill the objectives stated in this article, it is often necessary that publicly owned or…
   • § 21690.9 Before entering any exclusive or limited agreement in connection with the management of any airport facility or the operation of any airport concession, the…
   • § 21690.10 Nothing in this article shall excuse any local agency from complying with applicable state or local requirements for competitive bidding or public hearings…
10. ARTICLE 5. Los Angeles International Airport Relocation and Development §§ 21690.20–21690.29 · 10 sections

    • § 21690.20 The Legislature hereby finds that Los Angeles International Airport is one of the important air terminals of the world, making a significant contribution daily…
    • § 21690.21 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “Airport” means Los Angeles International…
    • § 21690.22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is authorized to: (a) Assist homeowners displaced by the expansion of the airport to relocate in…
    • § 21690.23 The department is authorized to expend any available funds, including state and federal funds, for the purpose of purchasing homes from homeowners displaced by…
    • § 21690.24 Upon establishment of a program for additional payments to homeowners by the department pursuant to this article, the affected property owners may petition as…
    • § 21690.25 Upon establishment by the department of a program for such additional compensation, the mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the city council, five…
    • § 21690.26 The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and any action taken by a majority thereof shall constitute the action of the board. The…
    • § 21690.27 The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles is directed to pay any sum awarded by the board pursuant to Section 21690.26.
    • § 21690.28 The provisions of this article are available only to persons who own residential property which has been or is being condemned or sold for airport purposes.…
    • § 21690.29 If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions…