HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1968-007AORDINANCE NO. 6$-7A
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF
AIRCRAFT OVER THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
0 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Council hereby finds that it is necessary for the safety,
health and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Tamarac
that aircraft flying within the corporate limits of said City be
regulated in order to prevent the ever-present danger to the safety,
health and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Tamarac.
SECTION 2. DEFINITION.
Aircraft as used in this Ordinance means any airplane, flying
machine, or other contrivance now known or hereafter invented,
used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
SECTION 3. MINIMUM HEIGHT LIMITS FOR AIRCRAFT.
No person, firm or corporation shall fly or permit any aircraft
to be flown within the corporate limits of the City of Tamarac,
Florida, except at a height sufficient to permit a reasonably safe
emergency landing, which in no case shall be less than 1500 feet,
provided that the provisions of this section may be deviated from
when special circumstances render a departure necessary to avoid
immediate danger or when such departure is required because of
stress of weather conditions or other unavoidable cause.
SECTION 4. OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TO BE SUBJECT TO AIR TRAFFIC
RULES OF FEDERAL CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY.
No person, shall operate any aircraft over or within the City
of Tamarac in violation of any valid air traffic or other rule or
regulation established by the Civil Aeronautics Authority or the
Federal Aviation Agency, or the successors thereof.
SECTION 5. NOISE BY AIRCRAFT OPERATION.
Unnecessary noise by operators of aircraft within or over the
corporate limits of the City of Tamarac is hereby prohibited.
SECTION 6. VIOLATION PENALTIES.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined by not more than $500.00
40 or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 7. SEPARABILITY.
It is the intention of the Council for the City of Tamarac
that each separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
independent of all other provisions herein, and it is further
the intention of the Council that if any provision of this
Ordinance be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall
remain valid and enforceable.
SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall become in full force and effect immed-
iately upon its final passage.
PASSED ON FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, THIS 17th DAY OF JUNE,
1968.
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