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Department approval - 74 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5701

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                                CHAPTER 57
                    OBSTRUCTIONS TO AIRCRAFT OPERATION

     Sec.
     5701.  Department approval.
     5702.  Commencement of proceedings for summary offenses.
     5703.  Disposition of fines, fees and forfeitures.

        Enactment.  Chapter 57 was added October 10, 1984, P.L.837,
     No.164, effective immediately.
        Cross References.  Chapter 57 is referred to in section 5301
     of this title.
     § 5701.  Department approval.
        (a)  Obstructions to aircraft within approach area.--A person
     who erects and maintains any smokestack, flag pole, elevated
     tank, radio station tower, antenna, building, structure, any
     object of natural growth or other obstruction to the operation
     of aircraft within an approach area that extends above an
     inclined plane without first obtaining prior approval thereof
     from the department commits a summary offense. Each day a
     violation of this subsection continues constitutes a separate
     offense.
        (b)  Structures in close proximity to airport.--A person who
     erects a new structure or adds to an existing structure in
     violation of guidelines or regulations adopted by the Federal
     Aviation Administration of the United States Department of
     Transportation, or who erects the structure with respect to the
     airport without, in either event, first obtaining prior approval
     from the department, commits a summary offense.
        (c)  Definition.--As used in this section the term "approach
     area" includes all that area lying within and above an inclined
     plane, starting at each end of each runway or landing strip of a
     public-use airport, as described by guidelines or regulations
     adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United
     States Department of Transportation.

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