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Vacaville Municipal Code Page 1/20 Title 14 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CODE Title 14 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CODE Divisions: 14.01 ADMINISTRATION 14.02 DEFINITIONS 14.03 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 14.04 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS 14.05 PLANNED GROWTH 14.09 ZONING 14.11 SUBDIVISIONS 14.12 DEDICATION AND IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS 14.13 TRAFFIC IMPACT MITIGATION 14.14 SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPACT MITIGATION 14.15 BENEFIT DISTRICTS 14.17 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS 14.18 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT 14.19 GRADING 14.20 CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE STANDARDS 14.25 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES 14.26 URBAN STORM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL 14.27 WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING The Vacaville Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1914, passed April 11, 2017. Vacaville Municipal Code Page 2/20 Chapter 14.09.134 Supplemental Standards, Airport, Helistop, and Heliport Land Use Compatibility Chapter 14.09.134 Supplemental Standards, Airport, Helistop, and Heliport Land Use Compatibility Sections: 14.09.134.010 Purpose. 14.09.134.020 Applicability. 14.09.134.030 Consideration of Airport Impacts. 14.09.134.040 Referral to the Solano County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC). 14.09.134.050 Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Areas. 14.09.134.060 Uses Within the Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Areas. 14.09.134.070 Height Limitations. 14.09.134.080 Open Land Areas Around Nut Tree Airport. 14.09.134.090 Non-Conforming Uses. 14.09.134.100 Repeal of Requirements. 14.09.134.110 Heliports, Helistops, and Helicopters. 14.09.134.010 Purpose. The Nut Tree Airport and the Travis Air Force Base Airport, also referred to as Travis Airport, are important to the economic prosperity of the City of Vacaville. Consideration must be given to the operations of the Nut Tree and Travis Airports when development is proposed in order to ensure that a compatible balance of uses is maintained. The provisions of this chapter are established to achieve the following purposes: A. To provide for the safe and orderly development of the Nut Tree Airport and the Travis Air Force Base by protecting users of the airport from hazardous encroachments into areas of avigational operation and preventing the creation of hazardous encroachments into defined airspaces; B. To ensure the continued viability of the Nut Tree Airport as a general aviation facility and protect the substantial public investment in the facility; C. To ensure the continued vitality of Travis Air Force Base as a military facility and to protect the substantial public investment in the facility; D. To comply with the requirements of the California Public Utilities Code to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the reasonable reduction of the public’s exposure to hazards associated with the operation of airport facilities; E. To implement the policies of the Nut Tree Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and the Travis Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan; F. To protect persons and property in the vicinity of the Nut Tree Airport, the Travis Airport and Heliports and Helistops from unreasonable hazards or impacts associated with airport operations; G. To implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the Zoning Ordinance, the Development Code, and the General Plan. H. To provide standards which regulate the location and construction of helistops and heliports to ensure the safe and orderly use of such facilities and to ensure that such uses are compatible with surrounding land uses. (Ord. 1709, Amended, 11/05/2004; Ord. 1680, Amended, 01/10/2003) 14.09.134.020 Applicability. The provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows: A. Nut Tree Airport. All properties in the vicinity of the Nut Tree Airport which may be affected by aircraft operations, as well as areas where aircraft operations may be affected by other uses, shall be referred to as the Nut The Vacaville Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1914, passed April 11, 2017. Vacaville Municipal Code Page 3/20 Chapter 14.09.134 Supplemental Standards, Airport, Helistop, and Heliport Land Use Compatibility Tree Airport Compatibility Areas, which includes the areas depicted in Figures 14.09.134-1, Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Map, and Figure 14.09.134-2, FAA Airspace Plan and Height Limits Map, of this chapter. Projects located within the Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Areas shall comply with the standards of this chapter. B. Travis Airport. Areas which may be affected by aircraft operations associated with the Travis Airport, as well as areas where aircraft operations may be affected by other uses, shall be referred to as Travis Air Force Base Area of Influence, which includes the area depicted in Figure 14.09.134-3, of this chapter. Projects located within the Travis Air Force Base Area of Influence shall comply with the standards of this chapter. C. Certain provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to projects located within the Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Areas or the Travis Air Force Base Area of Influence or projects involving helicopters, heliports or helistops. Other provisions of this chapter shall be applicable only to projects within the Nut Tree Compatibility Areas. D. The standards are minimum requirements and shall not be construed to prevent the City Council, the Planning Commission, or the Director from imposing, as part of a project approval, specific conditions which may be more restrictive, in order to meet the intent of these regulations. E. Where there exists a conflict between any of the standards of limitation prescribed in this chapter and any other provisions of this Title, the more stringent standard of limitation shall prevail. (Ord. 1709, Amended, 11/05/2004; Ord. 1680, Amended, 01/10/2003) 14.09.134.030 Consideration of Airport Impacts. Approvals made pursuant to this Title shall be consistent with applicable land use, height, and other standards adopted within this chapter. Public notice of potential impacts associated with airport operations shall be provided as follows: A. Nut Tree Airport Compatibility Areas. As part of the review of an application for a subdivision, design review, conditional use permit, planned development, or any other approval pursuant to this Title, the decision-maker shall consider the impact of the project upon present or planned airport operations. All such applications shall be reviewed for consistency with the provisions of this chapter and may be conditioned to ensure such consistency. The following conditions of approval shall be applied to any approved project: 1. Dedication of Overflight Easements. Prior to the issuance of building permits for any new construction or the recording of any subdivision map or waiver thereof, an overflight easement shall be provided to Solano County. The overflight easement shall permit the right of flight in the airspace above the property, including the generation of noise associated with such flight, and shall provide for the regulation of the release or creation of electrical emissions which could interfere with aircraft operations. The overflight easement shall be provided in a form approved by the City Attorney and the Solano County Counsel and shall be recorded on the title of the subject property. 2. Notice to Purchasers Required. No building permit shall be issued for any new dwelling unit intended for sale, rental, or lease until the Director approves the form, content, and method of notice by which the initial purchasers, renters, or lessees of residential property within an airport compatibility area will be informed that the area is subject to aircraft overflight. Said notices shall include, but not be limited to, a map showing the airport compatibility area, the most recent noise contours forecast, and current and anticipated flight paths. 3. Interference with Avigation Activity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no use shall be allowed within an airport compatibility area which may produce hazards to aircraft in flight, including the following: a. Glare or distracting lights which could be mistaken for airport lights; b. Sources of smoke; c. Sources of electrical interference with aircraft communication or navigation; The Vacaville Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1914, passed April 11, 2017. Vacaville Municipal Code Page 4/20 Chapter 14.09.134 Supplemental Standards, Airport, Helistop, and Heliport Land Use Compatibility d. Uses, such as landfills or certain agricultural uses, which attract birds; or e. Any other hazard or endangerment to the landing, takeoff, or maneuvering of aircraft using or intending to use the airport. B. Travis Air Force Base Area of Influence. As part of the review of an application for a subdivision, design review, conditional use permit, planned development, or any other approval pursuant to this Title, the decision-maker shall consider the impact of the project upon present or planned airport operations. All such applications shall be reviewed for consistency with the provisions of this chapter and may be conditioned to ensure such consistency. The following conditions of approval shall be applied to any approved project: 1. Dedication of Overflight Easements in the Height Review Overlay Zone. Prior to the issuance of building permits for any new construction or the recording of any subdivision map or waiver thereof, an overflight easement shall be provided to Solano County for any project within the Height Review Overlay Zone as depicted in Figure 14.09.134-3 of this chapter. The overflight easement shall be provided in a form approved by the City Attorney and the Solano County Counsel, shall be recorded on the title of the subject property, and include the following provisions: a. Provide the right of flight in the airspace above the property b. Allow the generation of noise and other impacts associated with aircraft overflight c. Restrict the height of structures, trees and other objects d. Permit access to the property for the removal or aeronautical marking of objects exceeding the established height limit e.