Laserfiche WebLink
Metadata
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015 Laserfiche. All rights reserved.
, . <br /> c <br /> DATE: 10-5-94 <br /> TO: Chief Sullivan <br /> FROM: Officer Erickson <br /> SUBJECT: Helicopter Restrictions <br /> Per your direction, I researched the laws and regulations that <br /> govern helicopter use. I spoke to the Federal Aviation <br /> Administration (FAA) . I found the FAA does not have any <br /> restriction on helicopter landing and take-off. The FAA inspector <br /> that I spoke with suggested that I check with the State of <br /> Minnesota, Dept. of Transportation, Aeronautics Division. <br /> I called the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation Aeronautics <br /> Division. I spoke with Rick Braunig in the helicopter section <br /> (296-8059) . Rick informed me that the State has very little to <br /> regulate helicopter landing and take-off operations. The only <br /> restriction that the State has in place is a requirement that any <br /> heliport located within a 5 mile radius of any public use airport <br /> must be licensed by the State. <br /> The closest public use airport to Minnetonka Beach is in Maple <br /> Plain. Minnetonka Beach is outside the 5 mile radius from the <br /> Maple Plain airport. The closest limit of that 5 mile radius would <br /> be Coffee Bridge, Bohns Point, and Noerenberg Park. Points <br /> northwest of these locations fall within the 5 mile radius, however - <br /> all of Minnetonka Beach is outside the restricted area. <br /> Rick Braunig told me that generally helicopter use along with <br /> heliport operations, be they private or public, would be restricted <br /> by City Ordinance. In checking I find the vast majority of inetro <br /> cities do not have any helicopter restrictions. Of the cities that <br /> do deal with helicopter usage, they restrict the helicopters <br /> through land use and zoning regulations. <br /> Under local ordinances heliports, public or private, are generally <br /> restricted to business or industrial zones and require conditional <br /> use permits. Some of the cities that I found that do have <br /> restrictions are Minnetonka, Golden Valley, Bloomington and Orono. <br /> The City of Bloomington also has an ordinance that covers air craft <br /> landings as a single special event that requires a permit. Regular <br /> or routine helicopter use is restricted to heliports authorized by <br /> the Bloomington City zoning code. <br /> The City of Orono through its zoning regulations under section <br /> 10.02, paraqraph 3, defines heliport under section 10.50-3(A) (3) , <br /> "heliports are an allowed use by conditional use permit in the <br /> industrial district only�� . This is further restricted to an <br /> accessory use to the primary use of the property. <br /> In that heliports are not listed as an allowed use in any <br />