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Planning and Building Department, Airports Division, recommending the Board, pursuant to Board Policy A-3, provide conceptual approval to amend the El Dorado County Ordinance Code Chapter 18 - Airports to delegate to the County of El Dorado Director of Planning and Building the authority to enter into Temporary Use Agreements for portable airport hangars with users at the Placerville and Georgetown Airports.
FUNDING: Placerville and Georgetown Airport Enterprise Funds - Fee Revenue.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Staff requests conceptual approval for an ordinance change related to the County Airports as set out below.
The County operates the Georgetown and Placerville Airports (County Airports) but does not own the portable hangars that are located on the County Airports. Those hangars are owned by private airport users, so hangar owners must enter into a ground lease with the County for the use of Airport property, in accordance with County Ordinance Code ยง 3.08.021. Each new ground lease includes language required by the County, as well as specific insurance documentation required by Risk Management and provisions required by the Federal Aviation Administration for federally-obligated airports.
The County currently has a backlog of users who do not have a ground lease with the County. The Airports Division is processing the backlog of leases as expeditiously as possible; however, the Airports Division is aware that many users who own a portable hangar located on a County Airport want to access the site immediately. The Airports Division wanted to explore options that would allow the users access, while protecting the users and the County until such time as ground leases have been executed.
Government Code Section 25537(c) authorizes the Board, by ordinance, to delegate to a County officer the authority to execute a license to use County property if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The license does not exceed 10 years.
(2) The licens...
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