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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The Aviation chapter of the Metropolitan Development Guide (MDG), includes policies and text on <br />protection of the regions' airspace resource. The airspace policies support the need to include both <br />Federal and State safety standards, which must be a major consideration in the planning, design, <br />maintenance and operation of air transportation facilities and services. <br /> <br />A community has a responsibility to include airspace protection in its comprehensive plan. There are <br />three types of communities involved in airspace protection: <br /> <br />. Communities without any aviation facility within its area (Ramsey); <br />. Communities partially within an airport zoning district; and, <br />. communities within which an airport is located. <br /> <br />Communities without any aviation facility within its jurisdiction are affected by requirements to <br />protect the regions general airspace. Under Minnesota Statutes 360, the state regulates the height <br />of structures; and, and they are defined and enforced under Aeronautics Rules and Regulations <br />8800.1200 Criteria for Determining Air Navigation Obstructions. <br /> <br />Subparagraph 4 identifies general airspace obstructions; item B states <br />" objects more than 200 feet above the ground or more than 200 feet above the established <br />airport elevation, whichever gives the higher elevation, within three nautical miles of the <br />nearest runway of an airport, and increasing in height in the proportion of 100 feet for each <br />additional nautical mile of distance from the airport but not exceeding 500 feet above <br />ground", is a general obstruction. <br /> <br />All communities affected by general airspace should include local codes/ordinances to control the <br />height of structures, especially when conditional use permits would apply. These local controls should <br />include a notification to MnDOT as defined under these criteria and repeated as follows: <br /> <br />Notification: Any sponsor who proposes any construction or alteration that would exceed a <br />height of 200 feet above ground level at the site, or any construction or alteration of greater <br />height than an imaginary surface extending upward and outward at a slope of 100:1 from the <br />nearest point of the nearest runway of a public airport shall notify the commissioner at least <br />30 days in advance. <br /> <br />This local reporting is in addition to any Federal permitting/review process (FAA Form 7460-8) <br />involving a sponsor/proposal. <br /> <br />ms360 <br />