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e. No terminal access privileges should be granted to any new
carrier who proposes to use jet aircraft, or who may receive
authority to serve any point where the ultimate destination is more
than 500 statute miles from Orange County. No expanded terminal
facilities should be permitted, nor should any commercial carrier
be allowed to construct terminal facilities which would be inde-
pendent of the County's regulatory controls.
f. No commercial carrier should be permitted to use aircraft not
equipped with the latest smoke reduction retrofit equipment.
Federal Aviation and Airport Operator
Tha FAA and Airport Operator should exercise its jurisdiction and control to
insure that all jets and noisy aircraft departing Orange County Airport in a
southerly direction over Newport Beach shall follow a course directly down
the thread of the stream in the Upper Newport Bay while continuing safety and
noise abatement procedures.
General Aviation Operations
Piston- driven private and commercial aircraft do not appear to constitute a
serious environmental pollution problem. However, the uncontrolled operation
of privately owned jet powered aircraft poses an increasingly serious noise
problem. The County should maintain strict measures to limit times of opera-
tion, flight procedures and noise abatement patterns for such aircraft. If
the Director of Aviation cannot attest to a significant improvement in this
problem within a reasonable period of time, the use of such jet powered air-
craft should be banned from the airport.
New Facilities
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has elected to be the local agency
providing commercial airline facilities for this metropolitan area. The
Board should acknowledge that the Orange County Airport is not, and in all
probability will never be, an acceptable facility for jet powered aircraft.
Further, numerous technical studies have demonstrated that the only sensible
solution to the County's aviation facilities needs is the development of an
alternate jet capable airport. The City Council urges the Board of Super-
visors and all aviation authorities to make a strong commitment to this
objective.
Until such time as such a facility is available for use, strong measures must
be employed to control the environmental and safety problems created by Orange
County, Airport.
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Adq ted - February 14, 1972
Reaffirmed - December 10, 1973
Reaffirmed - November 11, 1974
Amended - October 14, 1975
Amended - November 27, 1978