The beginning of the end of small private airstrips

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Re: The beginning of the end of small private airstrips

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schnitzel2k3 wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:14 am
North Shore wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:58 pm "It's *not* an airstrip! I just like a 1600' lawn!"
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The consultation exercise is prior to commencing any "work". I guess if your lawn is already flat enough to land on, then you don't need to consult.
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photofly wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:01 am Yes. It’s all in CAR 307. It’s not particularly onerous.

If your proposed aerodrome is away from a built up area, you need to write to your neighbours and the minister and a few other people, and solicit comments and objections. Consider the objections and comments, and prepare a report as to how you intend to accommodate them or not, then circulate the report.

See also
http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviatio ... 7-001.html

It should be pointed out that by explicitly capturing the power to regulate the consultation over, and siting and construction of private aerodromes, TC has done us all a bit of a favour. It makes it even more obvious to local and provincial authorities that they have no regulatory say in the matter.

It also makes clear that in rural areas only the immediate neighbours need to be consulted; a petition from a thousand people in a nearby village Isn’t considered by TC.
Read through it, thats not too bad. I was a bit concerned as my farm is about 3000m away from a small community along the ottawa river, but i'm pretty sure it doesnt qualitfy as a built up area as per appendix b in the link you provided.

Didnt see anything is there regarding hangars and buldings though, are they still under federal authority or did that get changed?
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Is a advisory circular the same as a regulation?
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I built my own house and following the local building/fire/plumbing/electrical code wasn't really a big deal. Rural areas are usually less strict when it comes to out buildings and what You can do with them. If you have enough money to afford a spread big enough to have a strip to land your plane I think you can follow the building code, I'm surprised people got away with it in the past. The public consultation might hurt though.
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Actually, all those rules are irrelevant. Look at the bottom picture, on the left.

Unless transport objects within 30 days of your application, you are cleared to start building.

Transport will never ever reply to you within 30 days :lol:
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dialedin wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:48 am Didnt see anything is there regarding hangars and buldings though, are they still under federal authority or did that get changed?
Nobody’s authority over anything has changed. All that happened is TC instituted a process for public consultation before building or enlarging an aerodrome.

Municipal building and zoning codes still don’t apply to runways or aircraft hangars.
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photofly wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:27 am
dialedin wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:48 am Didnt see anything is there regarding hangars and buldings though, are they still under federal authority or did that get changed?
Nobody’s authority over anything has changed. All that happened is TC instituted a process for public consultation before building or enlarging an aerodrome.

Municipal building and zoning codes still don’t apply to runways or aircraft hangars.
Actually I think they recently, in the last two years or so, changed the rule to be that you must now build to the provincial building and fire codes, rather than the previous national building code. But to be clear this is still a TC federal regulation that can only be enforced by TC. Just because the code to follow is the provincial one, that doesn’t mean that the municipal enforcement arm can enforce it. I am going off memory here a bit so please feel free to look this up In depth.
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I've not seen any federal regulation that requires anyone to build to any provincial standard; any idea where to look?
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Most provincial building codes are nearly identical to the national code, just minor additions to suit the area, footing depths, snow loads, and rain screens etc.
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photofly wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:31 pm I've not seen any federal regulation that requires anyone to build to any provincial standard; any idea where to look?
I am gonna check and see if I can locate where I read that.


Edit. Ok I have looked through all my screenshots that I compiled for my own little bruh ha ha with municipal government and I can not find where I read this building code clause. I re read the whitecourt thread and it is not in there and I wonder if it may have been linked info from the first thread that was deleted but I really can’t be certain. I apologize for pushing incorrect information and I noticed I did it in the WC thread as well. I stated that I believed that a municipality can maintain control over hangar development when they lease you a lot as opposed to when they sell you one and you have title. I believe there is a Supreme Court decision showing that the owner of the property still cannot impede aviation...although I don’t know how to link a court decision to back that up either so I guess spewing “facts” without any back up is my thing....have a great day
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There was a recent case in Oshawa where the municipality got thoroughly spanked by the judge for trying to impose building regulations on a leaseholder.
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Yes that’s the one. I think you linked it sometime ago with the same description.
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photofly wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:27 am
dialedin wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:48 am Didnt see anything is there regarding hangars and buldings though, are they still under federal authority or did that get changed?
Nobody’s authority over anything has changed. All that happened is TC instituted a process for public consultation before building or enlarging an aerodrome.

Municipal building and zoning codes still don’t apply to runways or aircraft hangars.
So I can build an aircraft hangar in my backyard and the city can't do squat? I doubt that
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Since you can’t put an aerodrome in a built up area (only a certificated airport), a court would likely say that your putative ״hangar” isn’t really anything to do with aviation and enforce the city’s jurisdiction and zoning laws.

On the other hand, if you could get the federal government to give you an airport operating certificate for your (tiny) runway and hangar, then yes, you could tell the city to go lose themselves. Thats exactly what the GTAA did to Mississauga city council.

Judges are not stupid and known what’s what:
Seguin (Township) v. Bak: A cottage owner tried to claim his water side structure was a “hangar” for a float plane but the court said it wasn’t, because he didn’t hold a pilot licence and had never put a plane in it. The court found he was attempting to subvert local building regulations and found against him.

Here’s a recent summary document from a respected law firm:
http://www.h-a-c.ca/The_Federal_Aeronau ... a_2018.pdf
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photofly wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:11 am
Here’s a recent summary document from a respected law firm:
http://www.h-a-c.ca/The_Federal_Aeronau ... a_2018.pdf

Great link photofly, thank you
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Oldguystrtn2fly wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:39 am
photofly wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:11 am
Here’s a recent summary document from a respected law firm:
http://www.h-a-c.ca/The_Federal_Aeronau ... a_2018.pdf

Great link photofly, thank you
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photofly wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:11 am Since you can’t put an aerodrome in a built up area (only a certificated airport), a court would likely say that your putative ״hangar” isn’t really anything to do with aviation and enforce the city’s jurisdiction and zoning laws.

On the other hand, if you could get the federal government to give you an airport operating certificate for your (tiny) runway and hangar, then yes, you could tell the city to go lose themselves. Thats exactly what the GTAA did to Mississauga city council.

Judges are not stupid and known what’s what:
Seguin (Township) v. Bak: A cottage owner tried to claim his water side structure was a “hangar” for a float plane but the court said it wasn’t, because he didn’t hold a pilot licence and had never put a plane in it. The court found he was attempting to subvert local building regulations and found against him.

Here’s a recent summary document from a respected law firm:
http://www.h-a-c.ca/The_Federal_Aeronau ... a_2018.pdf
At least half the hangars at my airport don't even house aircraft, they are all rented out to the hot rod and gearhead crowd.
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Re: The beginning of the end of small private airstrips

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So I tried reading the rules and regs but couldn’t decipher half the garble goop, so I’m looking for plain language here.

Is the following statement correct?

Today’s way of doing business for having a your own private strip is to do a public/municipal consult if your strip is:
1) located within a city or town
2) located within 4km of built up area/city or town/protected area
3) located within 30nm of a registered or certified aerodrome
And if your strip doesn’t meet any of those 3 then no consultation required?

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Re: The beginning of the end of small private airstrips

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This sounds like a few too many "Karen"s got upset that the house they moved into 3 years ago is in the direct path of someone who's lived in the same house for 20 years' approach path.

Seriously, though, if someone starts a petition, or has an example of a letter to write to their MP, let me know, please.

30NM of another aerodrome??? That is pretty much impossible to find in any southern part of the country. From B.C. to Nova Scotia, the places with a dense population have aerodromes scattered regularly throughout.

It's slightly absurd to think that mowing a strip beside your fence line should require MORE regulations than there already are.

Again, if someone with just a bit more free time than me starts a petition, or drafts a letter, please message me so I can either sign it, or adapt it for my local MP.
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