Aeronautical business permit required.
Chandler City Code § 8-6
in effect8-6. - Aeronautical business permit required.
No person shall conduct or operate any commercial aeronautical activity at the airport or in the airpark without first obtaining an aeronautical business permit pursuant to this chapter. Issuance of an aeronautical business permit does not entitle the holder to possess, occupy or exclusively use any portion of the airport or City-owned property within the airpark, grant any exclusive right to conduct any business or activity, or authorize any conduct prohibited by zoning laws or any other applicable law.
8-6.1. Aeronautical business permit applications. An application for an aeronautical business permit shall be made on forms furnished by the Airport Administrator and accompanied by proof of possession of all required City business or privilege tax licenses and application fees as established by the City Council by resolution. The application shall include the information listed in the airport or airpark minimum operating standards.
8-6.2. Review process. An application for an aeronautical business permit shall be reviewed by the Airport Administrator who shall approve, deny or conditionally approve such applications based on the requirements listed in the airport or airpark minimum operating standards.
8-6.3. Appeal process. The decision of the Airport Administrator shall be final unless the applicant files an appeal to the City Manager. The appeal must be in writing and filed with the City Clerk within fifteen (15) days of the date of the mailing of the notice of decision. The appeal hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 1 of this Code. The decision of the City Manager shall be final.
8-6.4. Permit display. Each person conducting commercial aeronautical activity shall permanently post the aeronautical business permit in a conspicuous place in that person's business office. Any person conducting commercial aeronautical activity shall, upon demand, produce the aeronautical business permit to a City representative for inspection.
8-6.5. Monthly aeronautical business fee. All persons conducting any commercial aeronautical activity shall pay to the City the monthly aeronautical business permit fee established by the City Council by resolution. Such fees are due and payable by the 20th day of each month and shall be calculated based on the total amount of commercial aeronautical activity conducted in the previous calendar month.
8-6.6. City's right to audit. In order to ensure that the City is receiving all of the fees to which it is entitled as provided by this chapter, upon request, all commercial operators shall provide sufficient documentation verifying that appropriate fees were paid to the City. All operators shall also provide the City's Management Services Director or designee, at reasonable times and places, the operator's records, books of accounts and all other pertinent records for the current fiscal year and the three (3) preceding fiscal years. No inspection will be made without reasonable notice given to the operators.
8-6.7. Right of inspection. The Airport Administrator or his/her authorized representative shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect all areas under aeronautical business permit or lease or occupied by tenants.
8-6.8. Airport-related fee administration and collection. The administration and collection of airport- related fees is vested in the Management Services Director. Except as expressly stated to the contrary in this chapter, all procedures, remedies, requirements, penalties and other provisions for the determination, administration and collection of privilege taxes shall apply to airport-related fees.
8-6.9. Permit not transferable. No lease, license, permit or agreement issued herein may be assigned, transferred or in any other manner set over to another person without the prior written consent of the City.
8-6.10. Duration of permit/revocation. An aeronautical business permit shall remain in effect for three (3) years unless abandoned by the permittee or revoked by the City. The Airport Administrator may revoke such permit for violation of any of the terms or conditions of the permit, for violation of the City Code, or any rule, regulation or operating standard adopted herein, for violation of any Federal, State or other applicable governmental regulation including the FAA grants assurances, for failure to make timely payments to City of the monthly aeronautical business permit fee, for failure to timely pay any taxes or other amounts due to City or for creating dangerous or unsafe conditions on any airport property or at the airpark.
Upon receipt of a notice of revocation, the permittee may request a hearing before the Airport Administrator and may appeal the decision of the Airport Administrator to the City Manager in the same manner as appeal of applications for a permit.
(Ord. No. 2978, § 3, 5-27-99; Ord. No. 4365, § 3B, 6-14-12; Ord. No. 4419, 12-13-12)
Source: City of Chandler, Arizona, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/chandler/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIAI_CH8CHMUAI_8-6AEBUPEREFetched: 11/1/2026