Aviation ZoningDistrict Study Committeemembers
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• Ron Massa, committee chair • Matt Sherman • William Cotton
• Chris Lee • Ed LeBlanc • JoAnn Anderson • Randy Adams
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The committee will address: • Airpark operations • Development in and around zoning district
• Airport economic viability
The airpark has a 4,000-foot runway that gives 30 homes direct access to the site. (Grace Dickens/Community Impact Newspaper)
SOURCE: CITY OF LAKEWAY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Lakeway appointsmembers to aviation zoning committee
according to a release from the city. Following this, the city began to closely monitor the activities of the airpark and determined there were several violations of the aviation zoning district ordinance. The Aviation Zoning District ordinance has undergone several changes since its introduction, with the most recent in 2010. In 2003, the ordinance prohibited commercial operations, including flight instruction, airplane rental and transportation of passengers. The 2010 amendment changed the language of the ordinance to redefine commercial operations as “any business activity established to financially profit” from the provision of services or aircraft operations.
The committee will meet to analyze issues related to the aviation zoning district, such as public safety issues, airpark operations, air safety and other relevant issues, according to city documents. The committee will make recommendations to the zoning and planning commission, and then to council concerning amendments to the zoning district. The Aviation Zoning District Study Committee was created in February by the council. Problems arose in September when Lakeway Mayor TomKilgore received a report on ordinance violations dating to 2016 from representatives of two airpark neighbors,
BY GRACE DICKENS
Lakeway City Council appointed seven community members to the Aviation Zoning District Study Committee during its March 31 meeting in response to recent controversy surrounding Lakeway Airpark. Each member of the City Council and the mayor recommended one person to be part of the commit- tee. Mayor TomKilgore nominated Ron Massa as the chair of the committee, to be joined by Matt Sher- man, William Cotton, Chris Lee, Ed LeBlanc, JoAnn Anderson and Randy Adams.
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