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BOOK 9 PAGE 51 9 PROPOSED AIRPORT HAZARD ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS OF NATURAL GROWTH, IN THE VICINITY OF THE SANFORD- LEE COUNTY AIRPORT BY CREATING THE APPROPRIATE ZONES AND ESTAB- LISHING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES OF SUCH ZONES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS USED HEREIN: REFERRING TO THE SANFORD-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT HAZARD MAP WHICH IS INCORPORATED IN AND MADE A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE: PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF APPEALS; AND IMPOSING PENALTIES. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by Chapter 63, Article 4 of the General Statutes of North 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 manuevering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the Sanford-Lee County 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 land. SECTION I: SHORT TITLE This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "Sanford- Lee County Airport Hazard Ordinance".