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1/24/2020 RCW 14.08.120: Specific powers of municipalities operating airports.
<br />RCW 14.08.120
<br />Specific powers of municipalities operating airports.
<br />In addition to the general powers conferred in this chapter, and without limitation thereof, a
<br />municipality that has established or may hereafter establish airports, restricted landing areas, or other air
<br />navigation facilities, or that has acquired or set apart or may hereafter acquire or set apart real property
<br />for that purpose or purposes is authorized:
<br />(1) To vest authority for the construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment,
<br />operation, and regulation thereof in an officer, a board, or body of the municipality by ordinance or
<br />resolution that prescribes the powers and duties of the officer, board, or body; and the municipality may
<br />also vest authority for industrial and commercial development in a municipal airport commission
<br />consisting of at least five resident taxpayers of the municipality to be appointed by the governing board
<br />of the municipality by an ordinance or resolution that includes (a) the terms of office, which may not
<br />exceed six years and which shall be staggered so that not more than three terms will expire in the same
<br />year, (b) the method of appointment and filling vacancies, (c) a provision that there shall be no
<br />compensation but may provide for a per diem of not to exceed twenty-five dollars per day plus travel
<br />expenses for time spent on commission business, (d) the powers and duties of the commission, and (e)
<br />any other matters necessary to the exercise of the powers relating to industrial and commercial
<br />development. The expense of the construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment,
<br />industrial and commercial development, operation, and regulation are the responsibility of the
<br />municipality.
<br />(2) To adopt and amend all needed rules, regulations, and ordinances for the management,
<br />government, and use of any properties under its control, whether within or outside the territorial limits of
<br />the municipality; to provide fire protection for the airport, including the acquisition and operation of fire
<br />protection equipment and facilities, and the right to contract with any private body or political subdivision
<br />of the state for the furnishing of such fire protection; to appoint airport guards or police, with full police
<br />powers; to fix by ordinance or resolution, as may be appropriate, penalties for the violation of the rules,
<br />regulations, and ordinances, and enforce those penalties in the same manner in which penalties
<br />prescribed by other rules, regulations, and ordinances of the municipality are enforced. For the purposes
<br />of such management and government and direction of public use, that part of all highways, roads,
<br />streets, avenues, boulevards, and territory that adjoins the limits of any airport or restricted landing area
<br />acquired or maintained under the provisions of this chapter is under like control and management of the
<br />municipality. It may also adopt and enact rules, regulations, and ordinances designed to safeguard the
<br />public upon or beyond the limits of private airports or landing strips within the municipality or its police
<br />jurisdiction against the perils and hazards of instrumentalities used in aerial navigation. Rules,
<br />regulations, and ordinances shall be published as provided by general law or the charter of the
<br />municipality for the publication of similar rules, regulations, and ordinances. They shall conform to and
<br />be consistent with the laws of this state and the rules of the state department of transportation and shall
<br />be kept in conformity, as nearly as may be, with the then current federal legislation governing
<br />aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder and the rules and standards issued from
<br />time to time pursuant thereto.
<br />(3) To create a special airport fund, and provide that all receipts from the operation of the airport
<br />be deposited in the fund, which fund shall remain intact from year to year and may be pledged to the
<br />payment of aviation bonds, or kept for future maintenance, construction, or operation of airports or
<br />airport facilities.
<br />(4) To lease airports or other air navigation facilities, or real property acquired or set apart for
<br />airport purposes, to private parties, any municipal or state government or the national government, or
<br />any department thereof, for operation; to lease or assign to private parties, any municipal or state
<br />government or the national government, or any department thereof, for operation or use consistent with
<br />the purposes of this chapter, space, area, improvements, or equipment of such airports; to authorize its
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