Country By Default
12-20-2007, 07:08 PM
This is why Boone County looks so backword to the rest of the state. Now maybe the article doesn't explain why the BCZB doesn't want the airport expanded but it does make the county look stupid...IMO
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County commissioners want to ground airport
By Rod Rose/The Lebanon Reporter
Lebanon — Hamilton County is reneging on an agreement to give Boone County veto power over runway expansion at Indianapolis Executive Airport, claim the Boone County Commissioners.
“They had committed not to move ahead with any of those without commissioner approval,” commissioners president Charles Eaton said at the board’s meeting Monday. The commissioners authorized sending a letter to the Hamilton County Aviation Authority, alleging the agency broke its word over limiting runway expansion.
Earlier this month, the airport authority voted to study expanding the main 5,500-foot runway to 7,500 feet. At its Oct. 29 meeting, the aviation board discussed extending the main runway to 8,350 feet, and building a 4,370-foot crosswind runway.
A change to the Boone County Zoning Ordinance in August 2004 prohibits the HCAA from extending its 5,500-foot main runway without Boone County’s approval. The ordinance also bans construction of an east-west, or “crosswind,” runway.
The Boone County Commissioners claim the airport must have their approval before a main runway can be extended to no more than 7,000 feet.
However, Indiana law appears to give Hamilton County trump over Boone County’s ordinance.
Montgomery Aviation manages the Indianapolis Executive Airport for Hamilton County. In a 2006 dispute over the location of the $14 million Union Elementary School, Montgomery Aviation argued that three sections of Indiana law — IC 8-22-2-5(c); 8-22-2-9(c) and 8-22-2-10(a) — give Hamilton County undisputed authority of improvements to the airport.
The law states that state law “shall prevail” over county zoning.
The laws may also give a board of aviation authority “to protect the approaches of an airport,” even though the airport is in another county. In 2006, Jack Lawson, a former attorney for the Boone County Area Plan Commission, said a judge would have to decide if the HCAA has authority to control development surrounding the airport.
Such control might mean the airport board could order Union Elementary School demolished.
Ray Van Sickle opened what was then called Terry Airport in 1957. It was later renamed Boone County Airport. Van Sickle sold the airport to Hamilton County in 2003, for $6 million.
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County commissioners want to ground airport
By Rod Rose/The Lebanon Reporter
Lebanon — Hamilton County is reneging on an agreement to give Boone County veto power over runway expansion at Indianapolis Executive Airport, claim the Boone County Commissioners.
“They had committed not to move ahead with any of those without commissioner approval,” commissioners president Charles Eaton said at the board’s meeting Monday. The commissioners authorized sending a letter to the Hamilton County Aviation Authority, alleging the agency broke its word over limiting runway expansion.
Earlier this month, the airport authority voted to study expanding the main 5,500-foot runway to 7,500 feet. At its Oct. 29 meeting, the aviation board discussed extending the main runway to 8,350 feet, and building a 4,370-foot crosswind runway.
A change to the Boone County Zoning Ordinance in August 2004 prohibits the HCAA from extending its 5,500-foot main runway without Boone County’s approval. The ordinance also bans construction of an east-west, or “crosswind,” runway.
The Boone County Commissioners claim the airport must have their approval before a main runway can be extended to no more than 7,000 feet.
However, Indiana law appears to give Hamilton County trump over Boone County’s ordinance.
Montgomery Aviation manages the Indianapolis Executive Airport for Hamilton County. In a 2006 dispute over the location of the $14 million Union Elementary School, Montgomery Aviation argued that three sections of Indiana law — IC 8-22-2-5(c); 8-22-2-9(c) and 8-22-2-10(a) — give Hamilton County undisputed authority of improvements to the airport.
The law states that state law “shall prevail” over county zoning.
The laws may also give a board of aviation authority “to protect the approaches of an airport,” even though the airport is in another county. In 2006, Jack Lawson, a former attorney for the Boone County Area Plan Commission, said a judge would have to decide if the HCAA has authority to control development surrounding the airport.
Such control might mean the airport board could order Union Elementary School demolished.
Ray Van Sickle opened what was then called Terry Airport in 1957. It was later renamed Boone County Airport. Van Sickle sold the airport to Hamilton County in 2003, for $6 million.