SAN DIEGO — September 9, 2008 — The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) on September 4, 2008, moved a step closer to completing Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs) for the five urban airports in San Diego County: Brown Field, Gillespie Field, McClellan-Palomar Airport, Montgomery Field and Oceanside Municipal Airport. These plans provide guidance for property owners and local jurisdictions in determining appropriate land development around airport facilities. The ALUC held a workshop and meeting on September 4 to provide policy direction on several key safety issues that are integral to the development of the ALUCPs. These issues included the density of future residential development and the intensity of future non-residential development that would be allowed near airports.

The primary purposes of ALUCPs are to enhance safety in the vicinity of airports and to protect people and property on the ground and people and aircraft in the air. ALUCPs also protect airports from encroachment by future incompatible development that could restrict aircraft operations. Airports in San Diego County are economic engines and must be protected from encroachment to remain viable.

To facilitate public participation in the development of the ALUCPs throughout the region, the Airport Authority formed the ALUCP Technical Advisory Group (ATAG), which is comprised of a broad base of more than 50 stakeholders actively engaged in the ALUCP outreach and feedback process. In December 2006, through this collaborative process, the ALUC adopted ALUCPs for the rural airports of Agua Caliente, Borrego Valley, Fallbrook, Jacumba, Ocotillo and Ramona.

The ATAG has also reached consensus regarding most of the compatibility planning issues related to urban airports in the county. For those issues where varying viewpoints existed, Airport Authority staff asked the Airport Land Use Commission to provide direction.

Source: Lindberg Field San Diego International Airport
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