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e~ K 800 EXHIBIT "B" AIRPORT HAZARD ORDINANCE AN ORDINAIiCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS OF NATURAL GROWTH, IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAS ORD- LEE COUNTY AIRPORT BY CREATING THE APPROPRIATE ZONES A2,D ESTAE- LISHING THE BOUN AIRIES THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE ! RESTRICTIONS AdD BOUNDARIES OF SUCH ZONES; DEFINING CERTAIN TEPiiS USED N E3EIN: REFERRING TO THE SkNNFORD-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT HAZARD 1;AP 4FHICH IS INCORPORATED IN AND MADE A PART OF THISORDINA CE: PROVIDING FOR ENFORCE•fENT; ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF APPEALS; AND II,:POSIi:G PENALTIES. , This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by Chapter 63, Article 4 of the General Statutes of I:orth Carolina. It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the Sanford-Lee County Airport, and property or occupants of land in its vicinity, and also if the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for landing, takeoff, and m anuevering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the Sanford-Lee Cou-nty Airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is declared: (1) that the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the region served by the Sanford-Lee County Airport. (2) that it is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented; and (3) that the prevention of these hazards should be accomplished to the extent legally possible, by the exercise of the police power without compensation. It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which the political subdivision may raise or expend public funds and acquire land or interests in 1 and. SECTION I: SHORT TITLE Pr,~E This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "Sanford- Lee County Airport Hazard Ordinance".