§ 7-8. Helistop.

(1)

General.

(a)

Access to the helistop is limited to pilots, passengers, and authorized city personnel.

(b)

Use of the helistop shall be limited to helicopters weighing less than eleven thousand nine hundred (11,900) pounds and having a maximum rotor diameter of forty-six (46) feet.

(c)

All pilots using the helistop shall immediately report any facility safety, maintenance, or operations problems to the airport manager.

(2)

Helistop parking.

(a)

All helicopter aircraft operators shall obtain permission from the airport manager prior to parking in the east parking position.

(b)

No more than one (1) helicopter is permitted in the east parking position at one (1) time.

(c)

All helicopter aircraft operators using the east parking position shall adhere to authorized arrival and departure times.

(d)

All helicopter aircraft operators using the east parking position shall provide an emergency contact number to the airport manager.

(e)

[Reserved.]

(3)

Helicopter operations.

(a)

Take-offs and landings are prohibited from the east parking position.

(b)

Shutting down engine(s) is prohibited in the west takeoff/landing position.

(c)

Prolonged hovering or waiting is prohibited in the west takeoff/landing position.

(d)

Each helicopter aircraft operator is responsible for the safety of his/her aircraft operation and the safety of any passengers and guests.

(e)

Smoking and littering are prohibited on the helistop.

(f)

Pilots using the helistop shall conform to standard flight procedures required and recommended by, among others, the FAA, the State of Florida, and helicopter manufacturers, for operations to and from elevated facilities.

(4)

Disabled helicopter.

(a)

The pilot, aircraft owner, and aircraft operator of any disabled or abandoned helicopter shall be responsible for its immediate repair and removal from the deck. Failure to comply with this rule shall result in the city's removal and impoundment of the disabled or abandoned helicopter at the expense of the aircraft owner and the aircraft operator, if any, jointly and severally, without liability to the city for damages incurred as the result of such removal or impoundment, until all city-incurred charges have been paid.

(b)

The city may authorize appropriately licensed firms to clean up any petroleum spills resulting from a disabled helicopter without liability to the city at the aircraft owner's sole cost and expense.

(5)

Helistop elevator. Use of the helistop elevator without prior permission from the airport manager is prohibited.

(6)

Helistop lobby usage. Access to the helistop lobby is limited to pilots, passengers, and authorized city personnel.

( Ord. No. C-16-15 , § 1, 8-16-16)