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Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 10, art. III, div. 2

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-146 License required.

§ 10-146. - License required. No person shall construct, establish, maintain or operate an airport, heliport, or helistop within the corporate limits of the City without first having obtained a license from the Supervisor of Licenses. (Code 1970, § 4-47; Code 1980, § 10-146)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-147 Application and issuance procedures.

§ 10-147. - Application and issuance procedures. (a) An application for an airport, heliport, or helistop license shall be made in writing to the Supervisor of Licenses on forms prescribed by the Director. No person shall misrepresent the kind and character of any airport, heliport or helistop to be operated or any other fact or statement made in an application for a license. Any misrepresentation made for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this chapter shall be cause for revocation of the license. (b) After the Supervisor of Licenses has made an investigation to determine the financial responsibility and general fitness of the applicant, he shall refer the application to the Director who shall make strict inquiry and investigation of the proposed airport, heliport or helistop as to whether or not the facility will jeopardize the public welfare and safety because of its location, layout, or proposed method of operation. (c) Within 30 days after an application has been referred to him, the Director shall forward to the Supervisor of Licenses his order approving or disapproving the same. (d) No license shall be issued unless the application shall be approved by the order of the Director. Any order recommending disapproval shall contain a statement of the reasons for such disapproval; provided, no such order shall be required for the issuance of a renewal license. (Code 1970, §§ 4-49, 4-52; Code 1980, § 10-147)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-148 Fee.

§ 10-148. - Fee. A person required by the provisions of this article to obtain a license shall pay to the City for such license the fee established in Chapter 60, the General Schedule of Fees. (Code 1970, § 4-48; Code 1980, § 10-148)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-149 Issuance standards.

§ 10-149. - Issuance standards. (a) Conditions for consideration of application. The Director shall consider no license application unless: (1) the premises on which the airport, heliport, or helistop is located or proposed to be located are zoned in accordance with applicable zoning ordinances; and (2) the applicant for license presents written airspace approval of the Federal Aviation Agency for the operation of the proposed or established airport, heliport or helistop. (b) Matters to be taken into consideration. In determining whether he shall approve an application for license for the use and operation of any proposed airport, heliport, or helistop, the Director shall take into consideration whether the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant and the members thereof if the applicant is a firm or association, or its officers and directors if the applicant is a corporation, are such as to warrant the confidence of the public and to warrant belief that the airport, heliport, or helistop will be operated safely and efficiently. The Director shall further take into consideration the location, size and layout of the proposed airport, heliport, or helistop; the relationship of it to existing airports, heliports, and helistops and to a nationwide, statewide, or citywide plan for airports, heliports, or helistops; whether there are safe areas available for expansion purposes; whether the adjoining area is free from obstruction based on a proper glide ratio; the nature of the terrain; and the nature of the uses to which the proposed airport, heliport, or helistop will be subjected. (Code 1970, § 4-51; Code 1980, § 10-149)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-150 Term.

§ 10-150. - Term. A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this division shall expire as provided in Section 26-11, unless sooner suspended or revoked. (Code 1970, § 4-50; Code 1980, § 10-150)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-151 Transfer.

§ 10-151. - Transfer. Airport licenses shall not be transferable. (Code 1970, § 4-50; Code 1980, § 10-151)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 10-152 Suspension or revocation.

§ 10-152. - Suspension or revocation. (a) Reasons for suspension or revocation. The Director shall have authority to order the suspension or revocation of any license issued under the provisions of this division for the following reasons: (1) failure to comply with the terms of this article or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to it; (2) failure to develop a proposed site as an airport, heliport, or helistop, within the time prescribed, or if no time has been prescribed within a reasonable time; (3) for the licensee's violation of any laws of the State or the City dealing with the location, operation, or maintenance of the airport, heliport or helistop. (b) Method of suspension or revocation. The order of revocation or suspension shall be accomplished in the following manner: (1) a written notice shall be served upon the licensee specifying the causes of the contemplated order of suspension or revocation and requiring him to appear before the Director at a time and place specified not less than five days after service of such notice and to show cause why such license should not be ordered suspended or revoked; (2) at the hearing, the licensee shall be confronted with the evidence supporting the charges against him and he, or his counsel, may introduce evidence relating to such charges; (3) after the hearing the Director may within ten days issue his order suspending or revoking such license. (c) Failure to appear. If the cited licensee or his counsel fails to appear for the hearing, the order suspending or revoking his license shall become final. (d) Order to be transmitted to Supervisor of Licenses. The Director shall immediately transmit to the Supervisor of Licenses any order formulated under this section. (Code 1970, § 4-59; Code 1980, § 10-152)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH10AV_ARTIIIPRAI_DIV2LIFetched: 10/28/2026