§ 4-06-060. Fees and conditions.

(a)

Fees: All aircraft parked at the airport shall pay parking fees as follows, except where parking and tiedown spaces are specifically provided for in the lease or operating agreement:

(1)

Monthly rates: All monthly parking fees are payable in advance on the first of each month at the following rates:

a.

Single engine aircraft, twenty dollars ($20.00).

b.

Twin engine aircraft, twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

c.

Aircraft over twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds, thirty dollars ($30.00).

d.

Tiedowns provided by lease to commercial operators, ten dollars ($10.00).

(2)

Transient or overnight rates: These fees shall be collected by the fixed base operators, who shall be authorized to retain one-third ( 1/3 ) of all of the overnight or transient fees collected to cover administrative costs and shall remit the balance to the airport manager on a monthly basis at the following rates:

a.

Single engine aircraft, three dollars ($3.00) per night.

b.

Light twin engine aircraft, five dollars ($5.00) per night.

c.

Cabin class multi-engine (under twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds), seven dollars ($7.00) per night.

d.

Cabin and larger (over twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds), ten dollars ($10.00) per night.

(3)

Airport users' fees: Commercial operators not covered by lease or agreement, shall pay the following airport users fees for landing at the airport:

a.

Aircraft under twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds, three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per day.

b.

Aircraft over twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) pounds, twenty cents ($0.20) per thousand pounds per landing.

Landing weight used in providing the basis for the computation of such landing fees shall be the maximum certificated gross landing weight of the airplane involved in accordance with the certification thereof.

(b)

Parking permit required: Each owner or operator of an aircraft parking said aircraft at the Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport on a permanent basis or desiring to reserve a space for parking shall obtain and execute a parking permit and be subject to all of the terms and conditions thereof.

(c)

Delinquent parking and tiedown fees: If an aircraft is parked at the airport for more than thirty (30) days and the fees have not been paid, the airport manager shall give written notice to the person obtaining the parking permit at the last written address provided to the manager. If the fees remain unpaid for a period of fifteen (15) days after written notice is sent, the manager may arrange for removal of the aircraft from the airport premises, at the expense of the permit holder and without liability to the city for any damage which may result from the removal.

(d)

Any parties entering into a commercial permit with the city or any other type of permission to provide commercial services at the airport shall pay a minimum of two (2) percent of the gross revenue received from operation of the commercial activities to the city in a fashion and timeline mirroring the requirements for gross receipt payments to the state.

(e)

In order to offset the time needed for review a new application and the cost of producing copies of the materials for review, the applicant for an initial commercial permit shall pay an application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(f)

Applications for additional terms or extensions of existing commercial permit agreements that do not involve services substantially different from those approved in the permit to which the additional term or extension is applicable originally applied for, shall pay a processing fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

(g)

The fees referenced in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) above shall take effect for any application filed after July 1, 2006.

(Code 1960, § 9-6-5-5(F), (G); Ord. No. 450, 10-27-70; Ord. No. 516, 7-9-74; Ord. No. 522, 3-25-75; Ord. No. 575, 8-22-78; Ord. No. 611-80, § 1, 6-10-80; Ord. No. 714, § 2, 6-24-86; Ord. No. 724, § 3, 11-10-87; Ord. No. 153, § 1, 4-25-89; Ord. No. 1274, 7-11-06)