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For the purpose of this title, certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as set forth in this chapter, unless it is apparent from the context that another meaning is intended.

1. “Air carrier” means any person who undertakes directly, by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation of persons or things, under authority or certification.

2. “Airport” means each airport and all airport property, owned, operated and controlled by the city of Bakersfield, California, including all improvements, facilities and appurtenances, as well as the airspace above such land and the designated approaches thereto.

3. “Airport operations manager” means a person duly appointed by the city manager to manage city owned airports and/or any duly authorized representative.

4. “Air traffic” means aircraft in operation anywhere in the air space and on those areas of the airports normally used for the movement of aircraft.

5. “Aircraft parking area” means those areas designated for parking of aircraft.

6. “Auto rotation” means a rotorcraft flight condition in which the lifting rotor is driven entirely by action of the air when the rotorcraft (helicopter) is in motion.

7. “Aerobatic” means maneuvers intentionally performed by an aircraft involving an abrupt change in its attitude, an abnormal attitude, or an abnormal acceleration, or deceleration.

8. “Aircraft operating area” (AOA) means that surface of the airport normally reserved for the use of aircraft for ground transportation, i.e., runways, taxiways, infields, clear zone areas, over run areas, tie-downs and hangar areas.

9. “Based aircraft” means any aircraft which utilizes the airport as a base of operations and is assigned a permanent parking space, tie-down or hangar space on the airport or adjoining property, for the period of at least one month, by virtue of a lease agreement.

10. “City” means the city of Bakersfield, California.

11. “Code of Federal Regulations” (CFR) means CFR Aeronautics and Space, Parts 1-199.

12. “Commercial activity” means the use of the airport for any revenue producing activities, expressed or otherwise and regardless of type of compensation.

13. “Commercial vehicle” means any vehicle used or maintained for ground transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation or profit.

14. “Driveway” means any street or roadway either improved or unimproved within the boundaries of the airport set aside or designated for use by traffic.

15. “Federal” means the United States of America.

16. “Fixed based operator” (FBO) means any person who rents, leases, or owns facilities located at the airport, who by virtue of the specific type of aviation related activity requires the occupancy of site with contiguous aircraft apron and direct access to the AOA and is engaged in such a business for the purpose of commercial activity.

17. “Local” means the city of Bakersfield the county of Kern, California.

18. “Maintenance” means inspection, overhaul, repair preservation and the replacement of parts, including preventative maintenance as defined and outlined in the CFR part.

19. “Night” means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight as published in the American Air Almanac, converted to local time.

20. “Person” means an individual, or group of individuals, firms, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or governmental entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative of any of them.

21. “Parking area” means any of the airport property set aside for the parking of vehicles.

22. “State” means the state of California.

23. “Traffic” means pedestrians and vehicles, either individually or together, using any driveway.

24. “Traffic pattern” means the flow of traffic prescribed for aircraft landing or take-off at the airport.

25. “Transient aircraft” means all aircraft not permanently based at the airport (as opposed to based aircraft).

26. “Word construction” the following word construction shall apply throughout this ordinance:

a. Words importing the singular shall include the plural;

b. Words importing the plural shall include the singular;

c. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender.

27. “Penalties” all regulations marked (I) shall be considered infractions. All regulations marked (M) shall be considered misdemeanors.

“Penalties”

a. Any person violating any of the provisions of this title or refusing to comply with the rules, regulations, and permits authorized under this chapter with the exception of sections marked (I) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

b. Any person who violates the provisions of sections marked (I) of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by:

i. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation;

ii. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation within one year;

iii. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation within one year. (Ord. 3051 § 1, 1986)