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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 6883 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE MEACHAM FIELD JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD; PROVIDING THAT THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND EXERCISE THE DUTIES AUTHORIZED BY THE AIRPORT ZONING ACT; PROVIDING FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS BY THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING A TERM FOR THE APPOINTED MEMBERS AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, a municipal corporation, owns, controls and operates Meacham Field, a municipal airport situated within the corporate boundaries of the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; and WHEREAS, Meacham Field is designed and set aside for the land- ing and taking off of aircraft and is utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes; and WHEREAS, it is the declared findings of the Legislature of the State of Texas as expressed in the Airport Zoning Act (Article 46e, as amended, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas) that airport hazards endanger the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking-off and maneuver- ing of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein; and WHEREAS, the area of land and water surrounding Meacham Field and embracing such area as shall finally be determined by the Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board constitutes an Airport Hazard Area upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided in the Airport Zoning Act; and WHEREAS, the Airport Zoning Act further provides, in part, that the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance to the community served by the airport in question; that it is therefore necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented; and that this should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible by exercise of the police power; and WHEREAS, the Meacham Field Airport Hazard area is located in part within the corporate boundaries of the City of Fort Worth, in part within the corporate boundaries of other incorporated municipalities and in part in unincorporated area in Tarrant County, Texas; and WHEREAS, It is further provided in part in the Airport Zoning Act that where an airport is owned or controlled by a political subdivi- sion and any airport hazard is located outside the territorial limits of said political subdivision, the political subdivision owning or con- trolling the airport and the political subdivision within which the air- port hazard is located may create by ordinance or resolution duly adopted, a Joint Airport Zoning Board, which board shall have the power to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the air- port hazard area; and WHEREAS, the Airport Zoning Act provides that each such joint board shall have as members two (2) representatives appointed by each political subdivision participating in its creation; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth has deter- mined and finds that there should be created a Joint Airport Zoning Board for the Meacham Field Hazard Area so that the airport hazard area located on and about Meacham Field may be regulated under the provisions of the Airport Zoning Act; NOW THEREFORE; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1 There is hereby created a Joint Airport Zoning Board, to be known as the Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board, which shall have the powers and exercise the duties set forth in the Airport Zoning Act (Article 46e, as amended, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas). SECTION 2 The Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board shall consist of seventeen (17) members: two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Blue Mound, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Haslet, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Lake Worth, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of River Oaks, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Saginaw, two (2) to be appointed by the City Council of the City of Sansom Park, two (2) to be appointed by the Commissioners Court of Tarrant County, and the seventeenth (17th) member shall be elected by a majority of the members so appointed and said seventeenth (17th) member shall serve as Chairman of the Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board. SECTION 3 That Ralph G. Campbell, Sr. and G. L. "Dane Moody are hereby appointed as the City of Fort WorthTs member representatives on the Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board, their terms to expire at mid- night on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1475, or when their successors are appointed and qualified. - 2 - SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ity Attorney Passed and adopted this day of c 1973. - 3 - City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication ®RM111M DATE EFEREN"NUMBER New SUBJECT: New Joint Airport Zoning PAGE ""00CK 8/6/73 G-2236 I Board for Meacham Field for 1 wu The runway construction and other airport improvements at Meacham Field are being made with the assistance of federal matching funds. PRCSTON Final payment of these matching funds after completion of the project will be dependent, in part, on revision of the airport hazard area zoning for protection of the new approaches. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued guidelines, complete with sample documents, to guide sponsors in the steps necessary for final payment on an airport project. One of the steps requested by FAA is creation of an'Airport Zoning Board and appointment of member representatives by ordinance adopted by the cities in the hazard area and by order of the County Commissioners Court. The current board members were appointed by resolution. An ordinance providing for creation of the new Board and appointment of members by Fort Worth has. been prepared to conform to FAA guide- lines and has been approved by the Fort Worth City Attorney. Similar ordinances will be prepared for adoption by Blue Mound, Haslet, Lake Worth, River Oaks, Saginaw and Sansom Park; the other cities within the airport hazard area. The new Board shall have the same power as the existing Board to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applica- ble to the airport hazard area and shall also have such additional powers as are enumerated in the Texas "Airport Zoning Act" including control over such hazards as height, glare, dust and other hazards to aircraft. Mr. Ralph G. Campbell, Sr. , and Mr. G. L. -Dan Moody are the current Fort Worth representative members.. for the airport zoning board. The prbposed ordinance creating the new airport zoning board pro- vides for ordinance confirmation of these appointments. Recommendation It is recommended that the ordinance be adopted creating the new Joint Airport Zoning Board for Meacham Field and confirming the appointment of the Fort Worth member representatives, Ralph G. Campbell, Sr. , and G., L. 'Dan Moody. RNL:bmc SUBMITTED BY: 01EMSITION BY COUNCI4: P CESSED BY APP OV D � Q HER (DESCRIBE) CITY SECRETARY DATE 'Oe� CITY MANAGER