18.15.120 Airport Development Zone (AD)

(1) Purpose. The purpose of the Airport Development Zone is to provide land adjacent to airport facilities for future commercial and industrial uses which may be dependent on air transportation.

(a) Air cargo terminals.

(b) Aircraft sales, repair, service, storage, and schools related to aircraft operations, and facilities essential for the operation of airports, such as fuel storage, hangar use, and fixed base operator (“FBO”) offices.

(c) Terminals (passenger – air, taxi, and bus).

(d) Public and semi-public buildings, structures, and uses essential to the welfare of an area, such as fire stations, pump stations, and water storage.

(e) Ancillary uses with a total floor area no larger than 1,000 square feet.

(f) Uses where the ongoing operations must be directly dependent upon and associated with the airport.

(g) Assembly and manufacture of goods.

(h) Assembly, repair, and storage of heavy vehicles and machinery.

(i) Storage and processing of agricultural products.

(j) Warehouse and freight terminal operations.

(k) Professional offices.

(l) Public utility facilities.

(m) Call centers.

(3) Conditional Uses. None.

(4) Limitations of Use. In the AD Zone, the following conditions shall apply:

(a) Liquid and Solid Wastes. Storage of animal, vegetable, or other wastes which attract insects, rodents, or birds or otherwise create a health hazard is prohibited.

(b) Discharge Standards. Emissions of smoke, flying ash, dust, vapor, gases, or other forms of air pollution that may cause nuisance or injury to human, plant, or animal life, or to property, or that may conflict with any present or planned operations of the airport are prohibited.

(a) Minimum street frontage of lots: 50 feet.

(6) Setback Requirements. None, except:

(a) No building may be closer to a farm zone than the height of the building in the AD Zone.

(a) Maximum height: Two stories or 30 feet, whichever is less, if not equipped with a sprinkler system. Three stories or 45 feet, whichever is less, if equipped with sprinkler system approved by the Fire Marshal. Structures on the airport property necessary for the operation of the airport may be approved for a greater height as part of site plan approval.

(a) Building materials must not produce glare which may conflict with any present or planned operations of the airport.

(b) No use may produce electromagnetic interference which may conflict with any present or planned operations of the airport.

(9) Design Review. All development in the AD Zone is subject to the Design Review Standards.

(10) Parking Regulations. (Requirements of MDC 18.25.040 through 18.25.070 also apply).

(a) Site plan(s) submitted with an application for a building permit must include a parking plan which shows the location and number of parking spaces, circulation patterns, and ingress and egress provisions.

(b) All industrial and commercial uses within an Airport Development Zone must comply with MDC Table 18.25.050-1.

(c) All parking lots must have an all-weather surface.

(d) Adequate provisions for safe and convenient circulation, ingress and egress must be provided.

(11) Sanitation Regulations. Before any structure receives a certificate of occupancy, it must be connected to the City sewer system where the structure is within 300 feet of an existing City sewer.

(12) Water Regulations. Before any structure receives a certificate of occupancy, it must be connected to the City water system unless authorized by the City for connection to an adjoining water system.

(13) Flood Hazard Areas. Any structure proposed to be located in the flood hazard area must meet the standards of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Chapter 18.45 MDC.

(14) Lighting. All lighting must comply with the outdoor lighting standards.

(15) Landscaping. Landscaping must comply with the landscaping standards.

(16) Federal Aviation Administration. Any use or development in the AD Zone must meet all standards as set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration. [Ord. 933 § 3.12, 2019.]