Chapter 17.140
AIRPORT ZONE
Sections:
17.140.040 Other considerations.
17.140.050 Additional airport regulations.
Prior legislation: Ord. 12-145.
17.140.010 Purpose.
This zone is intended to keep open and open up collector streets for emergency vehicle travel and maintain the integrity of the Naples transportation system. The ultimate goal is to relocate the existing airport to a new site away from Ashley Valley. In September, 1995, a study was completed titled the Vernal/Uintah County Airport Master Plan – Sunshine Bench Airport Site. Here is an excerpt from Chapter 11, page 26 of that document:
The foregoing site evaluation was presented to the Uintah County Commissioners, Vernal City and Naples City at a public meeting on June 23, 1995. The Commissioner and City Council groups understood the advantages and disadvantages of both sites, and based on the analysis presented, made the decision to select the Sunshine Bench site for a new airport, maintaining the existing airport only as much as necessary in the interim until the new airport is operational. The commissioners and councils felt that the impacts to the communities of Vernal and Naples that would be felt if the present site were maintained and improved, justifies the higher costs of relocating the airport to Sunshine Bench.
[Ord. 14-160 § 1, 2014. LUO § 02-17-001.]
17.140.020 Vital roadways.
Vital roadways such as 500 South and 2500 South shall not be closed. Other collector roads such as: 1000 South, 1500 South, 1750 South, 2000 South, and 1000 East are encouraged to be opened up to increase the integrity of the Naples transportation system. [Ord. 14-160 § 1, 2014. LUO § 02-17-002.]
17.140.030 Permitted uses.
The following uses shall be permitted, upon compliance with the requirements set forth in this title:
(1) Open space (fields, pastures, lawns, etc.).
(2) Any use allowed in the industrial I-1 zone. [Ord. 14-160 § 1, 2014. LUO § 02-17-003.]
17.140.040 Other considerations.
The existing airport shall not expand into any zone outside of the airport zone. [Ord. 14-160 § 1, 2014. LUO § 02-17-004.]
17.140.050 Additional airport regulations.
(1) The airport shall construct an eight-foot-tall solid wall with a Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of at least 30 dB along all lot lines adjoining a residential use.
(2) The airport shall provide cul-de-sac turnarounds compliant with International Fire Code 2012 for every paved street that dead-ends into the perimeter of the airport.
(3) The airport shall maintain a storm water retention system which must be engineered to retain on site storm water for a 24-hour, 100-year storm.
(4) The airport is responsible for providing 20-foot-wide easements for all irrigation and utility lines that exist in part or whole on airport property. [Ord. 15-171 § 1, 2015; Ord. 14-160 § 1, 2014. LUO § 02-17-005.]