Arizona Laws 28-8462. Airport hazard; public nuisance; prevention and elimination
A. It is declared that:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-8462
- Airport: means an area of land or water that is designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft and that is utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for those purposes. See Arizona Laws 28-8461
- Airport hazard: means a structure, tree or use of land that obstructs the air space required for flight of aircraft in taking off or landing at an airport or that is otherwise hazardous to aircraft taking off or landing. See Arizona Laws 28-8461
- Political subdivision: means a city, town or county and includes a school district. See Arizona Laws 28-8461
1. The creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and a public injury to the community served by an airport.
2. It is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety and general welfare that the creation or establishment of an airport hazard be prevented.
3. Prevention of an airport hazard should be accomplished to the extent legally possible by exercise of the police power without compensation.
B. The prevention of the creation or establishment of an airport hazard and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation or marking and lighting of an existing airport hazard are public purposes for which a political subdivision may raise and spend public monies and acquire land or interests in land.