DEPARTMENT: Aviation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Russell J. Handy
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Update to the Rules and Regulations for the San Antonio Airport System
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance updating the Rules and Regulations for the San Antonio Airport System and amending Chapter 3 of the City Code of San Antonio. The Rules and Regulations require periodic updates to ensure it remains current and inclusive of the best practices and standards.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Rules and Regulations for the San Antonio Airport System sets forth the standards that all persons, businesses, and tenants conducting operations at San Antonio International Airport and Stinson Municipal Airport must abide by and provides the Aviation Department the authority to enforce these standards. The first version was adopted by City Council in December 1984 through City Ordinance No. 59939.
The most recent comprehensive revision was approved by City Council in January 2011 through Ordinance 2011-01-20-0048. This revision included a reorganizing and rewriting of several items which had not been updated since 1997. At that meeting, the Aviation department committed to updating the document every one to two years in order to ensure the document is inclusive of new or updated regulations and best practices. City Council has since authorized revisions in January 2013 and April 2015.
The proposed substantive revisions include updates to language and policies to reflect: current compliances with new or updated regulations; new programs or services at the airport system; and other changes that restructure the guidelines for the establishment of certain fees. Other changes are minor, technical modifications updating language in the rules and regulations chapter.
I. New Operating Policies/Programs
A. General Aviation Federal Inspection Station
In 2017, the City and U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened the General Aviation Federal Inspection Station on the north side o...
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