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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3126 Airport Layout Plan Update 2004-2025 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ASHLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADOPT THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT - AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE 2004-2025, AS A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT TO THE CITY OF ASHLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Annotated to show deletions and additions to the code sections being modified. Deletions are bold lined thirouo and additions are in bold underline. WHEREAS, Article 2. Section 1 of the Ashland City Charter provides: Powers of the City The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto, shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall have perpetual succession. WHEREAS, the above referenced grant of power has been interpreted as affording all legislative powers home rule constitutional provisions reserved to Oregon Cities. City of Beaverton v. International Ass'n of Firefi~4_hters, Local 1660, Beaverton Shop 20 Or. App. 293; 531 P 2d 730, 734 (1975); and WHEREAS, the City of Ashland Planning Commission considered the above-referenced recommended amendments to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan at a duly advertised public hearing on March 8, 2016 and, following deliberations, recommended approval of the amendments by a vote of 6-0; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland conducted a duly advertised public hearing on the above-referenced amendments on April 19, 2016; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland, following the close of the public hearing and record, deliberated and conducted first and second readings approving adoption of the Ordinance in accordance with Article 10 of the Ashland City Charter; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland has determined that in order to protect and benefit the health, safety and welfare of existing and future residents of the City, it is necessary to amend the Ashland Comprehensive Plan in manner proposed, that an adequate factual base exists for the amendments, the amendments are consistent with the comprehensive plan and that such amendments are fully supported by the record of this proceeding. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Ordinance No. Page 1 of 3 SECTION 1. The above recitations are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 2. The City of Ashland Comprehensive Plan Appendix A entitled "Technical Reports and Supporting Documents" is hereby amended to add by reference to Chapter X - Transportation, the Airport Layout Plan Update 2004-2025 attached hereto and as Exhibit A. SECTION 3. The City of Ashland Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element [Chapter X] Ashland Municipal Airport segment [Section 10.21.011 is hereby amended to include reference to the most recent Airport Master Plan update as follows: 10.21 Air Transportation Ashland Municipal Airport (10.21.01) Ashland Municipal Airport is located on approximately 94 acres, 3 miles northeast of downtown Ashland at the extreme eastern boundary of the city limits. Airport elevation is at 1,894 feet mean sea level (MSL). Access to the airport is provided by Dead Indian Memorial Road, which connects to East Main Street. Interstate 5 is located one-half mile west of the airport, with access provided via Greensprings Highway. The airport is bordered on the east, west and south by sloping valley lands surrounded by rising mountainous terrain. The Ashland Municipal Airport is classed as a general aviation airport by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). General aviation includes every type of civil flying other than the certified air carriers - business, commercial, instructional and personal. Ashland Municipal Airport is owned and operated by the City of Ashland under the Department of Public Works. The City holds an operating agreement with a fixed base operator to administer tie-down and hangar rents, fuel flowage fees, etc. The airport was established at its current site in the 1940s. The airstrip was developed by Sumner Parker, a local pilot, and leased to the City of Ashland for use as a public airport. The City continued to lease the property and make improvements to the airfield into the 1960s. In 1964, the City purchased the airstrip and the property surrounding it, and received Federal approval of the site. At that time, the airport was renamed Ashland Municipal Airport - Sumner Parker Field. For a complete description of existing airport facilities, see the Airport Master Plan. The City, itionwith the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT+, Company to update the Air-poirt A4aster Plan to determine airport faeffities req.. ed to sen,e the vieinity through the year- 2012. The City Couneil adopted the plan a n11ppoirting d"e"ment to the Compr-ehernsiye plan on A4ar-eh 2, r 1993; ra »The City, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Aviation (ODA) and with financial assistance through the Airport Improvement Program of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), conducted an update of the Airport Master Plan to Ordinance No. Page 2 of 3 determine airport facilities required to serve the vicinity through the year 2025. The City Council adopted the plan as a supporting document to the Comprehensive Plan on May 3, 2016. Aviation demand forecasts from the Airport Master Plan indicate that demand for aviation services will increase during the current planning period. airport operations will grow at a relatively modes-t rate through the year . Based on the forecasts and an inventory of the existing facilities, the plan includes an airport layout and capital improvement plan for recommended airport improvements to meet forecast aviation demand during the 20-year planning period. Recommended improvements include the development of new hangar facilities, aircraft storage and business-oriented aviation activity, addition of airport security fencing around the perimeter of the airport, construction of a helicopter landing area, provision of a non-precision instrument approach, and upgrading of runway edge lighting from low to medium intensity. The Airport Master Plan is the ruling document concerning airport development and is hereby adopted by reference. Any transportation system improvements involving air transportation or development which may impact or be impacted by the Ashland Municipal Airport should consult the Airport Master Plan for the City of Ashland, October 49W2005. SECTION 4. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this ordinance are severable. The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses. SECTION 5. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Comprehensive Plan and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", or another word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, provided however that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Sections 1, 4-5) need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors. The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X, Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the day of , 2016, , 2016. and ly PASSED and ADOPTED this J- ay of 71~ arbara M. Christensen, City Recorder SIGNED and APPROVED this '0114daY of X&I '2016. ~ff~ Stromberg, Mayor Reviewed as to form:- David Lohman, City Attorney Ordinance No. Page 3 of 3 Exhibit A Appendix A: Technical Reports and Supporting Documents City of Ashland, Oregon Comprehensive Plan Periodically, the City may choose to conduct studies and prepare technical reports to adopt by reference within the Comprehensive Plan to make available for review by the general public. These studies and reports shall not serve the purpose of creating new city policy, but rather the information, data and findings contained within the documents may constitute part of the basis on which new policies may be formulated or existing policy amended. In addition, adopted studies and reports provide a source of information that may be used to assist the community in the evaluation of local land use decisions. Chapter II, Introduction and Definitions The following reports are adopted by reference as a supporting document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter II, Introduction and Definitions. 1. Croman Mill Site Redevelopment Plan (2008) by Ordinance 3030 on August 17, 2010 2. Normal Neighborhood Plan Framework (2015) by Ordinance 3117 on December 15, 2015. Chapter IV, Environmental Resources The following reports are adopted by reference as a support document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter IV, Environmental Resources. 1. City of Ashland Local Wetland Inventory and Assessment and Riparian Corridor Inventory (2005/2007) by Ordinance 2999 on December 15, 2009. Chapter VI, Housing Element The following reports are adopted by reference as a support document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter VI, Housing Element. 1. City of Ashland: Housing Needs Analysis (2012) by Ordinance 3085 on September 3, 2013 Chapter VII, Economy The following reports are adopted by reference as a support document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter VII, The Economy. 1. City of Ashland: Economic Opportunities Analysis (April 2007) by Ordinance 3030 on August 17, 2010 Chapter X, Transportation The following reports are adopted by reference as a support document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter X, Transportation. 1. Ashland Municipal Airport - Airport Layout Plan Update 2004-2025 Chapter XII, Urbanization The following reports are adopted by reference as a support document to the Ashland Comprehensive Plan, Chapter XII, Urbanization. 1. City of Ashland: Buildable Lands Inventory (2011) by Ordinance 3055 on November 16, 2011.