most anti-aviation city in the nation

some disturbing news was revealed at the last eaa mtg, when one of the
members got up and passed out a copy of the latest city ordinance,
amending what a residential dweller could do and have at their
dwelling. enclosed is a copy of the admendment. the interesting point
is how specifically the homebuilder was targeted, without ever being
mentioned in the doucument. the part about the airboats was just an
oportunity for the council members who have a problem with airboaters,
to jump on board for a free ride. the disturbing issue is how the
whole thing was put togeather with the most obscure notification
imaginable. it was published in a local financial paper that has
minimal circulation in the mainstream populace(the name escapes me at
the moment.), however, it qualifies as public notice media.

now! the ripple effect. joe flyer has been working on his $30k plus
kit for the last however many years and now finds out he has a garage
of illegal junk, that he can never finish, legally, due to the stroke
of a pen. if u read it closely, u realize it includes model planes
also.
so now all the hobby shops can no longer sell model air plane kits to
residents of the city(which btw, includes all the county, since the
city limits is the county line.(makes the police and sheriff depts, one
and the same.) the individual responsible for causing this piece of
trash ordinance, is an eaa chapt member who lives next door to a
busy-body that can't stand to see him working on his project at his
home. due to here relentless resentment of his activites next door, he
has paid numerous fines and court costs for not removing his project
from his property. this new amendment is the final straw to shut him
down. it would be curious to know as to how she found a receptive ear
on the city council, to pen and pass such discriminatory legislation.
fore warned is fore armed. don't let this happen in your town.

Introduced by Council Member Lake Ray and amended on the floor of the
council:

Ordinance 2006-543-e
An ordinance amending chapter 656 (zoning
code), part 4 (supplementary regulations),
subpart b (miscellaneous regulations),
ordinance code, establishing section 656.420
(parking, storage, construction and repair of flying craft
and airboats in residential districts, and
amending part 16 (definitions), section
656.1601 (definitions, ordinance code to
include a definition for flying craft;
providing an effective date.

Whereas, parking or storing flying craft and airboats in unenclosed
spaces, including a carport, is not an operation in keeping with the
character of a residential neighborhood, and
Whereas, repairing, testing, operating, constructing, modifying or
altering flying aircraft and airboats anywhere on a residential lot is
not an operation in keeping with the character of a residential
neighborhood, now thereof.

Be it ordained by the council of the city of Jacksonville:
Section 1. Creation of section 656.420, chapter 656 ordinance code.
Chapter 656 (zoning code), part 4 (supplementary regulations),
ordinance code is amended to create a new section 656.420 (parking,
storage, repair and operation flying craft and airboats in residential
districts) to read as follows:

Chapter 656 zoning code

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Part 4. Supplementary Regulations

Subpart A. Performance standards and development criteria

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Sec. 656.420. Parking, storage, repair and operation of flying craft
and airboats in residential districts.

(a) Flying craft and airboats shall not be parked or stored, other
than in completely enclosed buildings, on residentially-zoned property,
including residential PUD districts and properties with a residential
component in a mixed-use PUD district. Airboats may however, be parked
or stored in the water adjacent to, on docking facilities of, or in a
yard fronting a navigable waterbody of, a residential PUD district and
a property in the residential portion of a mixed-use PUD district.

(b) Repairing, testing, operation, constructing, modifying or altering
flying craft and airboats shall be prohibited in all residential
districts, including residential PUD districts and properties with a
residential component in a mixed-use PUD district.

Section 2. Amendment to section 656.1601, Ordinance Code.

Section 656.1601, Ordinance Code, is hereby amended as follows:

Chapter 656 zoning code

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Part 16. definitions

Sec.656.1601. Definitions.

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(this does not apply to the aviation issue)Floor area means, except as
specifically indicated in relation to particular districts and uses,
the sum of the gross horizontal area of several floors of a building
measured from the exterior faces of the exterior wall or from the
centerline of the walls separating two buildings, excluding attic areas
with a headroom of less than seven feet, unenclosed stairs or fire
escapes, elevator structures, cooling towers, areas devoted to air
conditioning, ventilating, heating or other building machinery and
equipment, parking structures and basements space where the ceiling is
not more than an average of 48 inches above the general finished and
grade level of the adjacent portion of the lot.

(this does apply to the aviation issue)Flying craft means any vehicle
designed for navigation in the air or through outer space, including
but not limited to airplanes, helicopters and hot air balloons.

***

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon
signature by the mayor or upon becoming effective without the mayor's
signature.
Form approved:


/a/ Dylan T. Reingold

Office of General Counsel
Legislation Prepared by: Dylan Reingold