Effective 28 Aug 1992

67.1200. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.1200 to 67.1222, the following terms mean:

(1) "AICUZ study", the air installation compatibility use zone study for the military airport;

(2) "Airport hazard", any structure or tree or use of land which would exceed the federal obstruction standards as contained in 14 CFR, sections 77.21, 77.23 and 77.25, as revised March 4, 1972, and which obstruct the air space required for the flight of military aircraft and landing or takeoff at a military airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of military aircraft;

(3) "Airport hazard area", any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided by sections 67.1200 to 67.1222;

(4) "Compatible land use", any use of land adjacent to a military airport that will protect the owners, occupants, or users of the land from levels of noise or vibrations created by the operations of the airport, including the taking off and landing of military aircraft, that may endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the owners, occupants, or users of the land, and protect military airport users from airport hazards;

(5) "Controlled compatible land use area", an area located outside military airport boundaries and within the sound level exposure are above 65 ldn as established by the current AICUZ study for the military airport;

(6) "Ldn", the level of average noise energy received during the day and night at a given location, measured in decibels;

(7) "Military", any unit or organization authorized for the purpose of the national defense by the United States or the state of Missouri;

(8) "Military airport", any area of land designed and set aside for the landing and takeoff of military aircraft and used, or to be used, in the interest of the public for such purposes, and owned or operated by a federal defense agency;

(9) "Obstruction", any tangible, inanimate physical object, natural or artificial, protruding above the surface of the ground;

(10) "Person", any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof;

(11) "Political subdivision", a township containing all or part of a military airport which is located in a county with a population of more than forty thousand inhabitants but less than fifty thousand inhabitants, which adjoins a county of the first classification with a charter form of government containing all or part of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;

(12) "Structure", any object constructed or installed by man, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines, including the poles or other structures supporting the same.

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(L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 12)