Okaloosa County BOCC — November 15, 2016 — Policy on the Non-Aeronautical Use of Airport Hangars — reading text

Airport Layout Plan or otherwise 1. Impede the movement of the should only agree to lease terms that approved for non-aviation use by the aircraft in and out of the hangar or allow the hangars to be recovered on a FAA. This policy generally refers to the impede access to aircraft or other 30 days’ notice for aeronautical use of hangars since they are the type aeronautical contents of the hangar. purposes. In each of the above cases, the of aeronautical facility most often 2. Displace the aeronautical contents airport sponsor is required to charge involved in issues of non-aviation use, of the hangar. A vehicle parked at the non-aeronautical fair market rental fees but the policy also applies to other hangar while the vehicle owner is using for the non-aeronautical use of airport structures on areas of an airport the aircraft will not be considered to property, even on an interim basis. (64 designated for aeronautical use. This displace the aircraft. 3. Impede access to aircraft or other FR 7721). policy applies to all users of aircraft hangars, including airport sponsors, aeronautical contents of the hangar. b. FAA approval of a month-to-month municipalities, and other public 4. Are used for the conduct of a non- leasing plan: An airport sponsor may entities, regardless of whether a user is aeronautical business or municipal obtain advance written approval month- an owner or lessee of the hangar. agency function from the hangar to-month leasing plan for non- (including storage of inventory). aeronautical use of vacant facilities from I. General 5. Are stored in violation of airport the local FAA Office of Airports. When The intent of this policy is to ensure rules and regulations, lease provisions, there is no current aviation demand for that the federal investment in federally building codes or local ordinances. vacant hangars, the airport sponsor may obligated airports is protected by e. Hangars may not be used as a request FAA approval of a leasing plan making aeronautical facilities available residence, with a limited exception for for the lease of vacant hangars for non- to aeronautical users, and by ensuring sponsors providing an on-airport aeronautical use on a month-to-month that airport sponsors receive fair market residence for a full-time airport basis. The plan must provide for leases value for use of airport property for non- manager, watchman, or airport that include an enforceable provision aeronautical purposes. The policy operations staff for remotely located that the tenant will vacate the hangar on implements several Grant Assurances, airports. The FAA differentiates a 30-day notice. Once the plan is including Grant Assurance 5, Preserving between a typical pilot resting facility or approved, the sponsor may lease vacant Rights and Powers; Grant Assurance 22, aircrew quarters versus a hangar hangars on a 30-day notice basis Economic Nondiscrimination; Grant residence or hangar home. The former without further FAA approval. If the Assurance 24, Fee and Rental Structure; are designed to be used for overnight airport sponsor receives a request for and Grant Assurance 25, Airport and/or resting periods for aircrew, and aeronautical use of the hangar and no Revenues. not as a permanent or even temporary other suitable hangar space is available, residence. See FAA Order 5190.6B II. Standards for Aeronautical Use of the sponsor will notify the month-to- paragraph 20.5(b) Hangars f. This policy applies regardless of month tenant that it must vacate. a. Hangars located on airport property whether the hangar occupant leases the A sponsor’s request for approval of an must be used for an aeronautical hangar from the airport sponsor or interim use or a month-to-month leasing purpose, or be available for use for an developer, or the hangar occupant plan should include or provide for (1) aeronautical purpose, unless otherwise constructed the hangar at the occupant’s an inventory of aeronautical and non- approved by the FAA Office of Airports own expense while holding a ground aeronautical land/uses, (2) information as described in Section III. lease. When land designated for on vacancy rates; (3) the sponsor’s b. Aeronautical uses for hangars aeronautical use is made available for procedures for accepting new requests include: construction of hangars, the hangars for aeronautical use; and (4) assurance 1. Storage of active aircraft. built on the land are subject to the that facilities can be returned to 2. Final assembly of aircraft under sponsor’s obligations to use aeronautical aeronautical use when there is renewed construction. facilities for aeronautical use. aeronautical demand for hangar space. 3. Non-commercial construction of In each of the above cases, the airport amateur-built or kit-built aircraft. III. Approval for Non-Aeronautical Use of Hangars sponsor is required to charge non- 4. Maintenance, repair, or aeronautical fair market rental fees for refurbishment of aircraft, but not the A sponsor will be considered to have the non-aeronautical use of airport indefinite storage of nonoperational FAA approval for non-aeronautical use property, even on an interim basis. (64 aircraft. of a hangar in each of the following FR 7721). 5. Storage of aircraft handling cases: equipment, e.g., towbars, glider tow a. FAA advance approval of an c. Other cases: Advance written equipment, workbenches, and tools and interim use: Where hangars are release by the FAA for all other non- materials used in the servicing, unoccupied and there is no current aeronautical uses of designated maintenance, repair or outfitting of aviation demand for hangar space, the aeronautical facilities. Any other non- ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES aircraft. airport sponsor may request that FAA aeronautical use of a designated c. Provided the hangar is used Office of Airports approve an interim aeronautical facility or parcel of airport primarily for aeronautical purposes, an