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Indian River County, FL Code of Ordinances Page 1 of 6 Section 911.17. - Airport zoning. (1) Title. This section shall be known as the Indian River County Airport Zoning Ordinance. (2) Purpose and intent. The purpose of this airport zoning ordinance is to provide both airspace protection and land use compatibility with airport operations in Indian River County. This section, through establishment of airport overlay zones and corresponding regulations, provides for independent review of development proposals in order to promote the public interest in safety, health, and general welfare in Indian River County as well as to ensure that all publicly licensed airports in Indian River County can effectively function. Therefore, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners deems it necessary to regulate uses of land located within or near the traffic patters of airports through regulation of height of structures and objects of natural growth, and through regulation of land uses within noise impacted areas and runway clear zone areas. There is hereby adopted and established the official airport zoning regulations pursuant to the authority conferred on the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, consistent with Chapters 163 and 333, Florida Statutes. (3) Definitions. All terms defined in the Indian River County Land Development Regulations, Chanter 901, are applicable in this section. (4) Airport zones of influence. Indian River County hereby adopts three (3) airport overlay zones which are shown on the county's official zoning atlas. These zones are established to regulate development in proximity to the following licensed public use airports located within Indian River County: Vero Beach Municipal Airport, Sebastian Municipal Airport, and New Hibiscus Airport. The location of these zones of influence is hereby established by this section. Boundaries of these zones of influence may be changed only by way of an amendment of the official zoning atlas, pursuant to section 902.12 of the land development regulations. All development applications for land within these zones of influence shall comply with the airport zoning regulations of section 911.17. In addition, development within these airport overlay zones shall also comply with applicable underlying zoning district requirements as referenced in Cheater 91 1. Zoning, of the county's land development regulations. Following are the three airport overlay zones: • Airport Height Notification Zone (Subzone A and Subzone B; • Airport Runway Clear Zone; and • Airport Noise Impact Zone. Where a zone of influence overlays a portion of a property, only that portion within the zone spall be affected by the zone regulations. Furthermore, in relation to applying runway clear zone and noise impact zone requirements, use regulations shall apply to the structure or facilities constituting the use and shall not generally apply to acccssory open space, landscape and buffering, stormwater management, or driveway and parking uses. (a) Airport height notification zone and regulations. Establishment of zone. The airport height notification zone is hereby established as an overlay zone on the adopted county zoning atlas. This zone is established to regulate the height of structures and natural vegetation for areas in proximity to the licensed public use airports located within Indian River County. The airport height notification zones, consists of two subzones, defined as follows: Subzone A. The area surrounding each licensed public use airport extending outward twenty thousand (20,000) feet from the ends and each side of all active runways. Subzone B. That area within the unincorporated area of the county not within airport height notification Subzone A. Height notification regulations. All development proposals for land within the height notification zone shall be forwarded to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be reviewed for conformance with the obstructions standards detailed in Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 77 Subpart C. (14 CFR Part 77). A proposed development shall be determined to be a "potential airport obstruction" if the proposed development would result in a structure or natural vegetation having a height greater than an imaginary surface extending outward and upward from the ends and sides of a publicly licensed airport active runway at a slope of one (1) foot vertical to one hundred (100) feet horizontal outward to twenty thousand (20,000) feet for Subzone A or two hundred (200) feet above ground level for Subzone B. Applicants of any development proposal determined by the county to result in a structure(s) that constitutes a "potential airport obstruction" shall be issued a notice of potential airport obstruction during the development proposal review process by the community development director or his designee. No proposal for development will be approved for construction and no permit for construction will be issued for any proposal to construct any structure which is determined by the county to be a "potential airport obstruction" unless a county airport construction permit is granted or unless a county airport obstruction variance is granted. Any proposed development which is not determined to be a "potential airport obstruction" is exempt from any airport height notification zone permitting regulations contained herein. Airport construction permit procedures and criteria for approval. Any applicant affected by a notice of potential obstruction may apply to the community development director for an airport construction permit about:blank 5/31/2017 P40