Airport Restricting Vehicle Usage on Property OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING VEHICLE USAGE
OF HARNETT COUNTY AIRPORT PROPERTY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF HARNETT
COUNTY:
Section 1. Authority.
This ordinance is adopted pursuant to North Carolina General
Statute 153A -275, which statute permits a County, by ordinance, to
adopt reasonable rules and regulations to protect and regulate a
public enterprise belonging to or operated by it.
Section 2. Purpose.
The purpose of this ordinance is to prohibit all vehicular
traffic on or within the runway, taxiways, and their respective
object free areas in the interest of safety. The runway object
free area extends out 200' on either side of the runway centerline
and extends 500' beyond each runway end. The taxiway object free
area extends out 45' on either side of all taxiway centerlines.
Section 3. Exceptions.
Vehicles exempted from this ordinance are airport maintenance
vehicles, crash /fire /rescue or other emergency vehicles, law
enforcement vehicles, vehicles used on approved construction
projects, vehicles used by the State, the County or their
designated agents for the purpose of inspecting the runway,
taxiways, or other Airport facilities, and other exemptions
authorized by the County.
Section 4. Penalty.
If any person shall violate any provision, rule or regulation
of this Ordinance, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction punished as prescribed by North Carolina General Statute
14 -4. Each day that a person shall continue to do any act in
violation of such provision, rule or regulation shall constitute a
distinct and separate offense. Further, this ordinance may be
enforced by injunction and order of abatement as provided for in
N.C.G.S. 153A -123.
Section 5. Severability.
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
Adopted by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners at its regular
meeting of September �D , 1993.
H.L. S rrell, chairman
L Harnett County rd of Commissioners
ATTEST:'
Vanessa W. Young, C1 rk t the Board