§ 20.13.010. Purpose and intent.

These airport hazard regulations are adopted pursuant to Chapter 497 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, which authorizes every political subdivision having an airport hazard area within its territorial limits to adopt, administer and enforce, under the police power, airport zoning regulations for such airport hazard area. In connection therewith, the board finds:

(1)

That the creation or establishment of airport hazards is a public nuisance and an injury to the communities served by the McCarran International Airport and the North Las Vegas Air Terminal (together, the "airports");

(2)

That, in the interest of the public health, public safety and general welfare, creation or establishment of airport hazards affecting the operation of the airports should be reduced or eliminated;

(3)

That airport hazards can be reduced or eliminated by establishing airport hazard areas for the airports and, within such airport hazard areas, establishing regular zones of approach and areas of landing for the airports and by regulating and restricting the height to which structures and trees may be erected and by prohibiting those land uses which could cause a hazard to air traffic;

(4)

That airport hazard areas should be established for the airports, that within such airport hazard areas, certain land uses which could cause a hazard to air traffic should be prohibited, and that the height of structures and trees should be regulated and restricted;

(5)

That the board of county commissioners in adopting these regulations intends to exercise the full extent of its authority under Chapter 497 in creating a uniform, comprehensive method for regulation of land uses to preserve the benefits of air transportation.

(Ord. 1775 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 1599 § 1 (part), 1994)