§ 10-54 — Impoundment
Oklahoma City Municipal Code (Supp. No. 5, Update 1: codified through Ordinance No. 28070, adopted April 21, 2026) · Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-54
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§ 10-54. - Impoundment.
(a) Aircraft to be removed upon demand; impoundment. Any trespassing aircraft and any abandoned, disabled or derelict aircraft or aircraft parts wrongfully or improperly left upon airport property shall be removed by the owner or operator at his own expense upon demand made by the Director. If after demand the owner or operator fails and refuses to remove the aircraft within a reasonable time as determined by the Director from either the circumstances and/or conditions of hazard created by reason of the presence of the aircraft, the Director shall cause the same to be impounded and stored in a place of safekeeping. (b) Release of impounded aircraft. The cost of removal and storage shall be a charge against the owner or operator of the aircraft; upon payment of the charge, the payment of nighttime parking fees due, if any, and the submission of the instruments required under Subsection (c), the impoundment shall be released upon written order of the Director and possession of the aircraft shall be restored to any party claiming an interest in the impounded aircraft. (c) Release; instruments to be filed. Any party claiming an interest in an impounded aircraft shall submit to the Director proof of compliance with the following requirements by written instruments or other suitable documents: (1) proof of interest. (2) agreement to save and hold harmless the City and the Oklahoma City Airport Trust and all their agents and employees. (3) any party seeking release of any aircraft, other than the registered owner thereof, shall submit proof of financial responsibility showing the net worth of such party to be in excess of double the value of the aircraft sought to be released or a surety bond in an amount no less than double the value of the aircraft sought to be released. Such instruments shall be approved as to form and legality by the Municipal Counselor or his designated assistant and filed by the Director with the City Clerk prior to or simultaneously with the release of the aircraft claimed together with a copy of the release order.
(Code 1970, §§ 4-14, 4-14A; Code 1980, § 10-54)