Iowa Code 329.10 – Airport zoning requirements
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1. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirement or restriction which is not necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 329.10
- Airport: means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and take-off of aircraft and utilized, or to be utilized, in the interest of the public for such purposes. See Iowa Code 329.1
- Airport hazard: means any structure or tree or use of land which would exceed the federal obstruction standards as contained in 14 C. See Iowa Code 329.1
- Municipality: means any county or city of this state. See Iowa Code 329.1
- Operate: means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use, or control the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in any manner, whether or not the all-terrain vehicle is moving. See Iowa Code 321I.1
- Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to an all-terrain vehicle. See Iowa Code 321I.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Structure: means any object constructed or installed by humans, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines, including the poles or other structures supporting the same. See Iowa Code 329.1
- Tree: means any object of natural growth. See Iowa Code 329.1
2. a. Airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may require, at the municipality‘s expense, the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration of any structure or tree, or a change in use, not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended.
b. Airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may require a property owner to permit the municipality at its own expense to install, operate, and maintain on the property markers and lights as necessary to indicate to operators of aircraft the presence of the airport hazard.
3. All such regulations may provide that a preexisting nonconforming structure, tree, or use, shall not be replaced, rebuilt, altered, allowed to grow higher, or replanted, so as to constitute a greater airport hazard than it was when the airport zoning regulations or amendments to the regulations were adopted.