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HILLSBORO AIRPORT Compatibility Study Update PORT OF PORTLAND HILLSBORO AIRPORT Hillsboro, Oregon COMPATIBILITY STUDY UPDATE FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT Prepared By Coffman Associates Airport Consultants In Association With Angelo Eaton and Associates and Mark J. Greenfield November 2005 PORT OF PORTLAND TABLE OF CONTENTS HILLSBORO AIRPORT Hillsboro, Oregon COMPATIBILITY STUDY UPDATE Final Technical Report Executive Summary COMPATIBILITY STUDY UPDATE POTENTIAL NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES ......................................ES-2 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES..........................................................ES-10 POLICY TECHNIQUES .............................................................................ES-14 REGULATORY TECHNIQUES .................................................................ES-15 EXPENDITURE TECHNIQUES................................................................ES-17 Chapter One INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1993 HILLSBORO AIRPORT COMPATIBILITY STUDY............................ 1-2 Operational Measures ............................................................................. 1-3 Community/Land Use Measures ............................................................ 1-6 AIRPORT COMPATIBILITY REGULATIONS, ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................ 1-7 Federal Regulations................................................................................ 1-7 State Regulations.................................................................................... 1-8 Local Regulations.................................................................................. 1-11 Chapter One (Continued) LOCAL LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH TRENDS ........................................................................... 1-18 Land Use Inventory............................................................................... 1-18 Residential Land Use and Growth Trends in the Study Area................................................................................. 1-20 Port of Portland Land Ownership......................................................... 1-22 Noise-Sensitive Land Uses.................................................................... 1-23 Urban Growth Boundary ...................................................................... 1-23 EXISTING AVIATION NOISE CONDITIONS ........................................... 1-24 FUTURE AVIATION NOISE CONDITIONS .............................................. 1-24 COMPATIBILITY MEASURES AT COMPARABLE GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS............................................................ 1-25 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 1-33 Chapter Two AVIATION OPERATIONAL MEASURES POTENTIAL NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES ........................................ 2-3 Aircraft Operating Procedures................................................................ 2-6 Runway Use and Flight Routes ............................................................ 2-11 Facilities Development.......................................................................... 2-21 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES............................................................ 2-27 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 2-31 Chapter Three LAND USE MEASURES POLICY TECHNIQUES ................................................................................. 3-2 Comprehensive Plan................................................................................ 3-3 Coordination Agreements........................................................................ 3-4 Urban Growth Boundaries...................................................................... 3-5 Project Review Guidelines....................................................................... 3-6 REGULATORY TECHNIQUES ..................................................................... 3-7 Compatible Use Zoning ........................................................................... 3-8 Airport Compatibility Overlay Zoning ................................................... 3-8 Airport Use Zoning .................................................................................. 3-9 Development Regulations..................................................................... 3-10 Building Codes....................................................................................... 3-11 Height Restrictions................................................................................ 3-11 Transfer of Development Rights........................................................... 3-12 Chapter Three (Continued) Environmental Zoning.......................................................................... 3-13 Noise Disclosure Regulations................................................................ 3-13 EXPENDITURE TECHNIQUES.................................................................. 3-15 Property Acquisition.............................................................................. 3-15 Sound Insulation ................................................................................... 3-16 Purchase of Avigation Easements ........................................................ 3-16 Purchase Assurance .............................................................................. 3-17 Sales Assistance..................................................................................... 3-18 Development Rights Acquisition........................................................... 3-19 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 3-19 Chapter Four COMPATIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS LAND USE MANAGEMENT ......................................................................... 4-2 Land Use Management Recommendations............................................ 4-3 AVIATION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT.............................................. 4-7 Aviation Operational Management Recommendations......................... 4-8 Program Management Recommendations ........................................... 4-18 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 4-22 TABLES ES-1 BASIC TYPES OF AVIGATION AND HAZARD EASEMENTS .............................................................ES-18 ES-2 POTENTIAL MEASURES TO BE GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY........................................................................ES-20 1A PERMITTED USES WITHIN SCFI ZONE................................... 1-14 1B 2003 LAND USES IN HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA ............................................................................... 1-19 1C 2005 RESIDENTIAL LAND USES IN HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA – CURRENTLY DEVELOPED ......... 1-20 1D NUMBER OF EXISTING (2005) DWELLINGS AND DWELLING TYPES IN HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA ............................................................................... 1-20 1E VACANT RESIDENTIAL IN STUDY AREA AS PERCENT OF OVERALL HILLSBORO BUILDABLE LANDS INVENTORY (BLI)....................................................................... 1-21 Tables (Continued) 1F SIZE OF VACANT RESIDENTIAL LANDS IN STUDY AREA BY CITY OF HILLSBORO LAND USE DESIGNATION ........................................................................... 1-21 1G POTENTIAL NUMBER AND TYPE OF DWELLING UNITS IN THE STUDY AREA.................................................... 1-22 1H SUMMARY OF NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES AT COMPARABLE AIRPORTS................................................... 1-26 2A SUMMARY OF 14 CFR PART 161 STUDIES ................................ 2-5 2B HELICOPTER PATTERN USE BY PRIORITY............................ 2-14 3A BASIC TYPES OF AVIGATION AND HAZARD EASEMENTS ............................................................... 3-17 4A HELICOPTER PATTERN USE BY PRIORITY............................ 4-12 4B POTENTIAL MEASURES TO BE GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY............................................................. 4-23 EXHIBITS ES-1 NBAA NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROCEDURES................................... after page ES-4 ES-2 CURRENT HILLSBORO AIRPORT RUNWAYS ....... after page ES-4 ES-3 POTENTIAL NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE TRACKS.............................................. after page ES-8 ES-4 MASTER PLAN CONCEPT AIRSIDE ...................... after page ES-10 1A GENERALIZED ZONING/PLAN DESIGNATIONS IN THE HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA.......after page 1-14 1B WASHINGTON COUNTY AND CITY OF HILLSBORO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATIONS IN THE HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA .....................after page 1-18 1C 2004 CITY OF HILLSBORO BUILDABLE LAND INVENTORY HIGHLIGHTING RESIDENTIAL LANDS .........................................................................after page 1-22 1D POTENTIALLY NOISE-SENSITIVE USES IN THE HILLSBORO AIRPORT STUDY AREA .....................after page 1-24 1E 2003 NOISE EXPOSURE CONTOURS .......................after page 1-24 1F PROJECTED LONG TERM NOISE EXPOSURE CONTOURS ...........................................after page 1-24 2A NBAA NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROCEDURES ..............................................................after page 2-8 Exhibits (Continued) 2B SCREENING ANALYSIS AIRCRAFT OPERATING PROCEDURES.....................................after page 2-12 2C POTENTIAL NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE TRACKS...............................................after page 2-16 2D SCREENING ANALYSIS RUNWAY USE & FLIGHT ROUTES ...................................................after