California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 3 - Regulation of Airports
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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,...
- Section 21662.
The department shall have the authority to issue airport site approval permits, amended airport site approval permits, airport permits, and amended airport permits. No charge...
- Section 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...
- Section 21662.4.
(a) Emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes by law enforcement, firefighting, military, or other persons who provide emergency flights for medical purposes are exempt from local...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 the...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 department...
- Section 21669.1.
(a) Land use conversion involving existing residential communities shall generally be considered the least desirable action for achieving compliance with noise standards regulations adopted by the...
- Section 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 be required, and the...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 property rights from the property owner...
- Section 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 be conducted...
Last modified: October 22, 2018