§ 8.01. Definitions.

(a)

Defined Terms. The following words and phrases where used herein shall have the meanings herein respectively ascribed to them as follows:

Aeronautical Activities means and includes the landing, taxiing, parking, standing and taking off of aircraft.

Aircraft means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in the air, except for a drone, as defined in section 934.50, Florida Statutes, or a parachute or other contrivance used primarily as safety equipment.

Airport or City Airport means any area of land or water, or easement or other interest therein, or area elevated on any building or other structure now or hereafter located either in the City or located outside the City on property owned, leased, operated, or controlled by the City or the Authority which area is designed for or used for the landing, takeoff, taxiing, parking, or storing of aircraft (whether or not facilities are provided thereat for the shelter, servicing, or repair of aircraft, or for the receiving or discharging of passengers or cargo) together with:

(1)

All appurtenant areas used or suitable for airport buildings or other airport related facilities;

(2)

All appurtenant airport buildings and airport facilities (including, but not limited to the landside and airside buildings and other facilities for the shelter, servicing or repair of aircraft or for the receiving or discharging of passengers or cargo) whether heretofore or hereafter constructed; and

(3)

All appurtenant access roads, service roads and other rights-of-way, whether heretofore or hereafter established.

Air Navigation means the operation or navigation of aircraft in the air space over the City or over any City airport.

Air Navigation Facility means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including airports, restricted landing areas, and any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, marks, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, or restricted landing area, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.

Air Operations Area means any area of an airport used, or intended to be used for landing, takeoff, or surface maneuvering of aircraft, including, but not limited to runways, taxiways, ramps, and aprons.

Airman means any individual, including the person in command and any pilot, mechanic or member of the crew, who engages in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is in charge of the inspection, overhauling or repairing of aircraft.

Authority or Aviation Authority means the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, a public and governmental body, as created by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Act, under Laws of Fla. ch. 57-1658, as amended.

City means the City of Orlando, a municipal corporation located in Orange County, Florida.

City Council means the City Council of the City of Orlando from time to time serving.

Commercial Activity means any activity conducted for compensation, direct or indirect, and any activity incidental thereto. Commercial activity shall include, but not be limited to the operation of a commercial, ground passenger transportation activity by means of a taxicab, bus, courtesy vehicle, limousine or other commercial motor vehicle. The charging of dues or fees by any person, whether or not resulting in a profit or gain, shall be deemed to constitute the receipt of compensation, and any activities conducted by such person in consideration therefor shall be deemed to constitute a commercial activity.

Commercial Operations means all operation of aircraft in connection with a commercial activity and shall include, without limitation, the following:

(1)

Operations by a scheduled air carrier not currently holding a permit from the Authority to regularly conduct scheduled air service at an airport;

(2)

Operation of nonscheduled air service for transportation of freight, express, or passengers, or for charter service;

(3)

Scheduled operations, as further defined herein; and

(4)

The giving of flight instruction.

Control means, when used in reference to any property, the right to grant and deny entry thereon or otherwise to dictate the use thereof.

Curbside means curbs adjacent to any terminal building excluding such portions of such curbs designated by appropriate signs as reserve spaces or parking spaces.

Director means the Executive Director of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, or, in his absence, the Deputy Executive Director of the Authority.

Flying Club means any profit making or nonprofit organization organized or operated for the primary purpose of leasing or owning one or more aircraft for the use of its members.

Helicopter means a rotary wing aircraft that depends principally upon the life generated by one or more power-driven rotors rotating on substantially vertical axes for its support and motion in the air.

Heliport means an airport or portion of an airport that is used for the landing and taking off of helicopters.

Landing Weight means the maximum gross certified landing weight of a particular make, model and type of aircraft, as approved by the Federal Aviation Administration or other governmental agency having jurisdiction.

Mayor means the Mayor of the City of Orlando from time to time serving.

Motor Vehicle means any vehicle, other than aircraft, which is designed to be or capable of being, propelled under its own power.

Parking Area means any area at any City airport designated by the Director by signs as being set aside for the parking of motor vehicles.

Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.

Reserved Parking Space means any parking space designated by the director by one or more signs as being reserved for the parking of motor vehicles operated by the City or the Authority, or their employees, their tenants or patrons, employees or suppliers of their tenants.

Restricted Area means any area at any City airport designated by the Director by one or more signs as being reserved for use by a specified person or class of person and restricted from all others.

Scheduled Operations means all operations of aircraft by scheduled air carriers holding certificates of convenience and necessity from the Civil Aeronautics Board designating Orlando as a service point and holding a valid permit from the Authority authorizing it to conduct such operation at the airport designated therein.

Solicit means to directly or indirectly, actively or passively, openly or subtly, ask (or endeavor to obtain by asking), request, implore, plead for, importune, seek, or try to obtain funds, property, patronage, or anything of economic value.

Solicitation means the act of soliciting.

Taxi means to move an aircraft under its own power when not in flight or actually landing or taking off.

Terminal means a terminal building.

Terminal Building means common use building(s) at a City airport through which passengers regularly pass prior to enplaning or after deplaning from an aircraft, including the landside and airside buildings at Orlando International Airport.

Terminal Complex means the passenger terminal facilities at a City airport, including the terminal building proper and fingers, piers, passenger holding rooms, concourses, operations areas, baggage makeup and baggage claim areas, spectator decks, the parking areas and reserved parking spaces adjacent thereto, and all access roadways and other roadways associated therewith.

Transient Aircraft means an aircraft not using an airport as its principal base of operations.

Vehicle means any device on wheels, treads or runners, or which is propelled across the ground by air pressure, designed or used for the conveying of persons or objects.

(b)

Other Words. Words relating to aeronautical practices, processes, procedures, and equipment shall be construed according to their generally accepted usage in the aviation industry.

(Ord. of 10-2-1972, § 1; Ord. of 5-6-1974, §§ 1, 2; Ord. of 3-15-1982, § 1; Ord. No. 2017-47, § 2, 8-8-2017, Doc. #1708081204)