HomeMy WebLinkAbout025628 ORD - 01/20/2004AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 9,
AVIATION, SECTION 9-54, TO CHANGE THE LANDING FEE AND
THE DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 9,
Aviation, Section 9-54 is amended as follows:
"Section 9-54. Landing fees for commercial aircraft.
For purposes of this section "commercial aircraft" shall mean any aircraft,
scheduled or unscheduled, with a gross certificated landinR wei~lht ~reater than
12,500 lbs. wh!ch that uses the airport for commercial purposes. "Operator" shall
mean the person, company, or other entity which owns or is legally responsible
for the conduct of the commercial activity for which owns or is legally responsible
for the conduct of the commercial activity for which the aircraft is utilized.
No commercial aircraft shall use the airport for the purpose of carrying
passengers, freight, or mail for hire unless monthly reports and fees are timely
filed and paid to the airport as provided by this section.
Monthly reports on landings shall be filed by the fixed base operator servicing the
aircraft with the office of the director of aviation on such forms as provided by the
department of aviation. The operator of each commercial aircraft shall pay
landing fees equal to:
(1)
A landing fee established by contract between the operator and the
airport; or
(2)
A landing fee for nonscheduled commercial aircraft equal to one hundred
twenty-five fifty (!50) (125) per cent of the highest landing fee effective for
scheduled commercial aircraft operating pursuant to a contract with the
airport.
Landing fees may sh3!! be waived by the director of aviation upon evidence that
a flowage fee for fuel purchased at the airport for the commercial aircraft
exceeds the landing fees assessed against said aircraft."
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SECTION 2. If, for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of the City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, phrase,
word and provision hereof shall be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication of this ordinance shall be made in the official publication of
the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on th~s the ["3 Day of .Ja,~.cu:c~q ,2004, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Rex A. Kinnison
Melody Cooper
Jesse Noyola
Henry Garrett ~ Mark Scott
Bill Kelly ~_
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,'l-_h~.t the foregc)j,~g ordinance was read for the second time and passed
O~O*~ day of V~j/lt~, 2004, by the following vote: finally on this the
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Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly ~ ~.~
PASSED AND APPROVED this thJ(:~
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
Rex A. Kinnison O~
Melody Cooper
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
Dayof ~.~ ~O.u-O..~ .._, 2004.
APPROVED: January 8, 2004
Lisa Aguih(~
Assistant City Attomey
for City Attorney
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana
Hinoiosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit
Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at
Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee,
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak,
Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the
publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed
is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World
Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 26TH day(s} of JANUARY,
2004.
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Subscribed and sworn to me on the date
JANUARY 27, 2004.
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ROSA MARIA FLORES
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}/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Monday, Januan/26, 2004
OF ORDINANCE NO.
025628
Amending the Code of
Ordinances City o
Corpus Christi,
Chapter 9, Aviation,
Section 9-54 to change
the landing fee and the
definition of
commercial aircraft.
This ordinance was
passed and approved
by Ihe City Council o
the City of Corpus
Chdsti on its second
reading on January 20,
2004.
/s/Armando Chapa