PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FAR PART 150 NOISE COMPATIBILITY STUDY FINAL CHAPTER TWO AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT Airports and aircraft operations generally have direct benefits and impacts on surrounding communities as aviation activity is inherently intertwined with its neighbors. This includes both positive and negative impacts. Identifying and evaluating land uses surrounding an airport is an important step in quantifying potential impacts through the Part 150 process. This evaluation identifies the residential and other noise-sensitive land uses around the Port Columbus International Airport (CMH). A discussion of the land use mapping methodology and zoning information is provided in Appendix D, Land Use Methodology. 2.1 AIRPORT LOCATION CMH is located on the eastern edge of the City of Columbus, to the north of the cities of Bexley and Whitehall and west of the City of Gahanna and Jefferson Township. These jurisdictions generally share both the benefits and the potentially negative impacts of airport operations at CMH, and therefore, are the subject of the land use evaluation in this study. 2.1.1 COLUMBUS REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY CMH is operated by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA), which sets the policies under which the airport is operated. The CRAA is an independent governmental entity responsible for the operation of CMH as well as Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) and Bolton Field Airport (TZR). The creation of the CRAA was a result of a merger between the Columbus Municipal Airport Authority and the Rickenbacker Port Authority (RPA) on January 1, 2003. A Board of Directors is the governing body of the CRAA and is composed of nine business and community leaders. The Mayor of the City of Columbus appoints four members of the Board, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners appoints four members, and one member is appointed jointly by the Mayor and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. All Board members serve four-year staggered terms. 2.1.2 AIRPORT ENVIRONS The airport environs refers to the regional area that may experience broader effects from the noise of aircraft operations. The airport environs for CMH is shown in Exhibit 2-1, and depicts the area of eastern Franklin County, western Licking County, and northwestern Fairfield County, Ohio as well as the jurisdictions contained within. The map includes jurisdictional boundaries, local roads and major highways, the airport property line, and significant geographical features. The airport environs does not follow geographic boundaries, but rather encompasses an area approximately 14 by 9 miles (126 square miles). The area extends approximately four miles to the north and south of the airport, and six miles to the east and west. Landrum & Brown Chapter Two – Affected Environment November 2007 Page 2-1 New Albany Plain Mifflin Township Columbus Mifflin GENERAL STUDY AREA Township V Jefferson A Y Gahanna Township D A S GRANVILLE ST S A C HAVEN Mifflin RD S CORNERS R D CHE N D D RRY RD W R R Township TO S S HUD N N SON ST H E O O D J T M R L A I Y J HER M MITAGE RD N A A V MOCK 270 RD H A B L L A L V D E E A 670 NISON AV W D N E N T N N D A - L E R G E R R R V B U E V O L B A B S 71 C 1 R E AR 0 D GYLE A C D R D D L L Y H M R R O O O R R N R J R A R R Y E Mifflin E I B 8 S E Z TA N Columbus O YLOR RD 2 L R N O Township E R G SEVEN HOLT AV T TEE D G NTH AV S A D R W V 1 N A Y 0 O D I D R T R N A T T Y A Y L S ELEVENTH AV R T D U R N L O B O 8 L N 2 O THIRTE Y U N U ENTH AV T RD W YCRAF A S CLA T U E O LEVENTH AV Port Columbus C O International Airport R E C Y N V SEVE N A NTH AV I V O FIFTH AV D TH A R FIF L A G N D L O E S L B N U K I V R ST D A Columbus AD G RO E B R N D - N K R N E E A W A V N L C A O E A I R V L G I R E 670 B G A L L A A L R M UHL F C AR AV YLAND N C AV W Y T R S D D R Y B 16 D ST X D ROAD I E B R R B V Columbus - N A E N NO E ER C Reynoldsburg V I Truro O MT O RODEB T R AU V GH N RD L A I B Townhsip M D A O H ST O V BROAD E A W V D N A I D W R L B R E FA IRW I AY E S B O LVD V V G X E R R OCKY A DEN R K N D E I M R O ET R L NA RD I A A D J R H P A O Bexley Whitehall Reynoldsburg OAK ST E Y 71 270 Legend 70 Bexley Mifflin Township Columbus Reynoldsburg Gahanna Truro Township Jefferson Township Whitehall Airport Property Boundary 0 7,000' FINAL Exhibit: FAR Part 150 Study 10/8/2007 Prepared by Landrum & Brown Filename: P:\CMH\GIS_EIS_P150\MXD Port Columbus International Airport \EXHIBITS\Part150\ Airport Environs 2-1 2-1_Airport Environs.mxd PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FAR PART 150 NOISE COMPATIBILITY STUDY FINAL The area is of adequate size to depict flight tracks and the jurisdictional boundaries used in this study. The airport environs map extends to the Village of New Albany to the north, Pataskala to the east, I-70 to the south, and downtown Columbus to the west. The jurisdictions in the airport environs include Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking counties; Jefferson, Mifflin, and Truro townships; the cities of Bexley, Columbus, Gahanna, Reynoldsburg, and Whitehall; and the Village of New Albany in Franklin County; Etna and Lima townships and the City of Pataskala in Licking County; and Violet Township in Fairfield County. 2.1.3 GENERAL STUDY AREA (GSA) The General Study Area (GSA) is defined as the area that experiences direct overflights of aircraft at lower altitudes. The GSA was determined by examining the boundaries of previous 65 Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) noise exposure contours (the FAA-defined threshold for significant noise impacts), and by reviewing flight tracks of aircraft operating in the airport vicinity and/or under the control of the CMH Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT). The GSA, shown in Exhibit 2-2, is the map used to show existing and future noise contours, as well as noise abatement alternatives in this document. To the north, the GSA extends past Granville Road in Gahanna and to Agler Road in Columbus. To the east, the GSA extends to Franklin/Licking County border. To the south, the GSA extends past East Broad Street/State Route 16, almost to US Route 40, and to the west, the GSA extends to I-71, north of downtown Columbus. 2.1.4 EXISTING LAND USES IN THE GENERAL STUDY AREA Land uses in the GSA were identified, mapped, and categorized in terms of the general land use classifications presented in Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150, which includes residential (single and multi-family), commercial, public/institutional, and agriculture/open space. These uses were identified based on each county’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database (where available), previous Part 150 studies, additional land use surveys provided by the CRAA or local jurisdictions, and was supplemented as necessary by field verification. Appendix D, Land Use Methodology, provides additional detailed information regarding the classification and identification of land uses. Exhibit 2-3, depicts the existing land uses within the GSA. The area for which existing land uses were identified involves two levels of delineation: 1) the area directly adjacent to the airport and the areas directly in line with the east/west orientation of the runways that may be affected by specific localized impacts of noise abatement measures; and 2) the regional area that may experience the broader incompatibilities of aircraft overflight and noise impacts. To the immediate east and within previous 65 DNL noise exposure contours, land uses are characterized by commercial/industrial areas, interspersed with low density to medium density residential areas. To the west of CMH, land uses are dominated by medium density residential. 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