Compilation of State Airport Authorizing Legislation (2012) / Chapter Skim
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32 Landowners near an airport may also assert that airport operations constitute a nuisance, meaning that an ordinary person would consider flight impacts such as noise, vibration, and lighting to interfere with an owner's use of property to such a degree that the interference requires a remedy. State statutes can help airport entities defend these claims.
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33 through business activities to support their overall operations. This approach differs from that of entities engaged in conducting general government.
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34 Leasing Airport Lands. As with airport charges, leasing airport lands is generally subject to a variety of federal and state requirements that reflect both the commercial and governmental aspects of airport activities.
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35 Airport leases also are subject to a number of "governmental" kinds of requirements due to the nature of airport entities. These leases are subject to state laws that apply to all government contracts (as discussed in the following section)
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36 B Police and Security State laws authorize police and security functions at airports.
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37 moval of crashed aircraft once investigative processes are complete.341 States may address ground conditions as well. For example, they may exempt airfield vehicles from licensing requirements, prohibit unauthorized snowmobiles and recreational vehicles, and require the owners of livestock and fowl to keep them from entering an airport.342 In nonaeronautical areas, states may authorize an airport entity to control vehicle and pedestrian traffic or impose parking conditions, such as by specifying requirements for handicapped parking or free parking.343 States also may empower airports to address emergency or dangerous conditions.
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38 profit-conscious fee for these licenses.350 Another court considering advertising issues determined that an airport entity may adopt a policy disallowing a competing parking lot from placing advertisements in airport facilities.351 State efforts to regulate airport services also may focus on airport buildings. For example, states may prohibit smoking in airports or permit certain airports to operate separately ventilated smoking areas.352 The Wisconsin state legislature has adopted a restroom equity act requiring airports to maintain adequate facilities to ensure that women have the same speed of access to toilets as men.353 Laws in various states may impose requirements for the placement of art, litter receptacles, automated external defibrillators, or public pay phones with communications devices for communication-impaired persons.354 E
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