§ 104.001. DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now or hereafter used or designed for navigation or flight in the air including but not limited to, airplanes, lighter than air aircraft, helicopters, gliders, amphibians and sea planes, including component parts.

(1)

Small aircraft shall have a gross weight of less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds.

(2)

Large aircraft shall have a gross weight of more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds.

AIRPORT HAZARD. Any manmade structure or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land near an airport which is hazardous to the use of such airport for the landing and take-off of aircraft.

AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN. The plan of an airport showing the layout of existing and proposed airport facilities.

AIRPORT MANAGER. Person (or designee) retained by the owner to oversee activities at the airport. This person will be the village authority designated to have jurisdiction over all airport issues and will be the one who requests assistance from other village offices.

AIRPORT OPERATION HAZARD ZONE. The territory outside the airport flying within a distance of two (2) miles of the perimeter of the airport premises.

AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS. The provisions of this ordinance.

CHARTER FLIGHTS. Those flights on which cargo and/or passengers are carried for hire.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. Any and all activity, including commercial aviation activity, conducted at or from the airport by any person in which any product is sold or exchanged or any service is provided to users of the airport and its facilities for monetary gain or exchange of goods or services.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION ACTIVITY. Any and all activity conducted at or from the airport by any person in furtherance of commercial aviation, including a fixed base operation, maintenance, storage, repair or servicing of aircraft or the component parts of aircraft, aircraft sales, the provision of scheduled or non-scheduled air carrier passenger, charter flights, freight, express package, courier, or mail service, student flight instruction, communications, aerial photography and mapping, or any other commercial flight operation.

COMMERCIAL OPERATING PERMIT. A written instrument under which the manager grants to a person the authority to engage in a temporary commercial activity at the airport.

COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. Any photography for any purpose at, from or of the airport which would be construed as a commercial activity.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Any vehicle of the police or fire departments, ambulances or any vehicle transporting an airport official or employee in response to an emergency call on the airport.

FIXED BASE OPERATION. An operation conducted at the airport under an existing airport lease to furnish some or all of, but not limited to, the following services: storage and/or tie-down of aircraft, the repair and/or maintenance of aircraft, the sale of new and/or used aircraft, aircraft parts or equipment, the repair sale and/or maintenance of aircraft radios, instruments and/or electronic equipment, aircraft charter, rental and/or lease, flight instruction, and the sale of aviation fuels and other petroleum products.

FLYING CLUB. A not-for-profit corporation organized and/or operated for the purpose of providing flight instruction for its members only, and/or providing aircraft for use by its members only.

FUEL STORAGE FARM. Those portions of the airport designated temporarily or permanently by the manager as areas in which gasoline, jet fuel, or any other type of fuel incidental to the operation of the airport may be stored.

MOTOR VEHICLE. Automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, tractors, refuelers and any other device that is self-propelled.

NOTAM. Notice to airmen as from time to time issued by the manager and published by the FAA.

OPERATIONAL AREA AND AIRPORT OPERATIONAL AREA ("AOA"). That area of the airport, including runways and taxiways, designated by the manager to be used or intended to be used for aeronautical activity, including the landing, take-off, runup, or surface maneuvering of aircraft and which areas have not been leased to anyone for their exclusive use, and other areas adjacent to the runways and taxiways.

OPERATOR. Any person responsible for or in control of, any aircraft on, or in the vicinity of the airport for any purpose whatsoever.

OWNER. The Village of Schaumburg, a municipal corporation.

PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, company, (including any assignee, receiver, trustee or similar representative thereof), the United States of America, any foreign government, or any state or political subdivision thereof.

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Any aircraft or motor vehicle fuel or lubricant.

PUBLIC AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA. Those portions of the airport designated and made available temporarily or permanently by the manager to the public for the parking or storage of aircraft.

PUBLIC AIRCRAFT FACILITIES. The following facilities as from time to time provided and made available by the owner for public use by all aircraft and their operators:

(1)

Runways for the purpose of the landing and taking-off of aircraft.

(2)

Taxiways for the purpose of the ground movement of aircraft.

(3)

Aircraft parking areas for the purpose of temporarily parking and storing aircraft; for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers, baggage, freight, mail, and other cargo onto or from aircraft, and for the purpose of performing operations incidental to the immediate arrival and departure of aircraft.

(4)

The area in the vicinity of the ramp or apron except that portion under lease to operators (and any future additions thereto and improvements thereto), which space is provided for the purpose of loading and unloading passenger, baggage, freight, mail, and other cargo onto or from aircraft for the purpose of performing operations incidental to the immediate preparation of aircraft for departure, such as servicing with fuel and preflight inspection, and for the purpose of parking mobile equipment actively used in connection with the foregoing.

(5)

Any other area provided by the owner for public use by aircraft operators.

PUBLIC APRON AREAS. Those portions of the airport designated and made available by the manager to the public for the loading or unloading of passengers and/or cargo onto or from the aircraft.

PUBLIC VEHICULAR PARKING AREA. Those portions of the airport designated and made available by the manager to the public for the parking of vehicles.

REFUELER. Any vehicle used on the airport for the refueling of aircraft and the use of which is authorized by permits issued by the manager.

REFUELING. The transporting and dispensing of aviation petroleum products on the airport for the purpose of fueling and defueling of an aircraft at the airport.

THE SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (AIRPORT). All land lying within the property boundaries depicted on an approved airport layout plan containing all landlord improvements owned by the Village of Schaumburg and designated for use as an air navigational facility. The facilities and boundaries of which may be modified from time to time. This facility does not include leased park district land and is not included in this definition.

THE SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION. The official airport advisory commission is comprised of two (2) members of the village, two (2) members of the park district and one (1) member each from the Village of Roselle, Hoffman Estates and Hanover Park.

TURBO JET AIRCRAFT. Any and all aircraft which are not propeller driven and which accomplish motion entirely as a direct reaction of the thrust of an engine.

TURBO PROP AIRCRAFT. Any and all aircraft which accomplish motion by means of a gas turbine engine having a turbine driven propeller whose thrust may or may not be supplemented by that of hot exhaust gases issuing in a jet from the engine itself.

VEHICLE. Automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, tractors, refuelers, bicycles, pushcarts and any other device other than aircraft in or upon which any person or property is or may be transported, carried or drawn upon land.

(Ord. 95-115, passed 10-10-1995; Am. Ord. 15-044 , passed 5-26-2015)