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-276- <br /> <br />ORDINANCE # A- <br /> <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE WHICH IS KNOWN AS <br />THE MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 5.16 ENTITLED "HELICOPTER LANDINGS <br />AND TAKEOFFS". <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey hereby ordains as follows: <br /> <br />Section 1 Authority <br /> <br />This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the charter of the City of <br />Ramsey. <br /> <br />Section 2 Amendment <br /> <br />Section 5.16 entitled "Helicopter Landings and Takeoffs" shall be added as follows: <br /> <br />5.16 <br /> <br />Helicopter Landings and Takeoffs. <br /> <br />5.16.01 Definitions. <br /> <br />Helicopter - An aircraft supported in the air by rotors. <br /> <br />Emergency Landing - An unplanned and unanticipated landing of an aircraft <br />made to prevent personal injury or loss of life. <br /> <br />5.16.02 General Rule. All helicopter take-off and landing activity is restricted to <br />heliports licensed by Mn/DOT-Office of Aeronautics. <br /> <br />5.16.03 Exceptions. Operation of helicopters at unlicensed heliports shall be permitted <br />under the following circumstances: <br /> a) Emergency landings; <br /> b) Landings or takeoffs of an aircraft of a governmental agency operating in <br /> its official capacity; or <br /> c) Landings or takeoffs which the City is pre-empted from regulating; <br /> <br />Section 3. Penalty <br /> <br />5.16.04 Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Section is guilty of a <br /> misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />I <br /> I <br /> ! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />