<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 2.5-1. - Purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               An ordinance regulating and restricting the height of structures in the vicinity of
               the Currituck County Airport by creating the appropriate zones and establishing the
               boundaries thereof; providing for changes in the restrictions and boundaries of such
               zones; defining certain terms used herein; referring to the Currituck County Airport
               Area Height Restriction Zone Map which is incorporated in and made a part of this
               chapter by reference; providing for enforcement; and imposing penalties.
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               (b)
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               This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by G.S. ch. 63, art. 4.
               It is hereby found that an obstruction has the potential for endangering the lives
               and property of users of the airport, and property or occupants of land in its vicinity;
               that an obstruction may affect existing and future instrument approach minimums of
               the airport and that an obstruction may reduce the size of areas available for the
               landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the
               utility of the airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is declared:
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               (1)
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               The creation or establishment of an obstruction has the potential of being a public
               nuisance and may injure the region served by the airport;
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               (2)
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               It is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare
               that the creation or establishment of obstructions that are a hazard to air navigation
               be prevented; and
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               (3)
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               The prevention of these obstructions should be accomplished, to the extent legally
               possible, by the exercise of the police power.
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               (c)
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               It is further declared that the prevention of the creation or establishment of hazards
               to air navigation, the elimination, removal, alteration or mitigation of hazards to
               air navigation, or the marking and lighting of obstructions are public purposes for
               which a political subdivision may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or
               interests in land.
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               (Ord. of 5-7-01, Â§ 14-1)
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