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(a) Every person who operates any motor vehicle or mobile equipment on any County airport shall comply with all applicable provisions of the laws of the State of California and any special regulations prescribed herein for the control of such vehicles excepting cases of emergency involving life or property.

(b) The County shall designate by appropriate posting:

(1) Places where vehicles may or may not be parked in public parking areas, including but not limited to a general aviation T-hangar are where the paved ways are taxiways, not streets. Automobiles shall not be left standing on these taxiways. Pilots and aircraft owners driving upon said taxiways for the purpose of reaching a T-hangar area shall park on the entrance way to the T-hangar, maintaining a clearance of 25 feet from the center line of said taxiway.

(2) The period of time for which vehicles may be parked at any place on a County airport.

(3) The County shall be authorized to remove any vehicle parked on any roadway, parking area, or other posted area of any County airport in violation of this section, and to impound the same at owner’s expense and without liability to the County for damages which may result from, or in the course of, such moving.

(c) The County shall be authorized to remove any vehicle parked on any roadway, parking area, or other posted area of any County airport in violation of this chapter, and to impound the same at owner’s expense and without liability to the County for damages which may result from, or in the course of, such moving.

(d) Motor vehicles shall not be driven onto any apron, taxiway, or runway without the express permission of the Director, and no person shall go upon these areas except that:

(1) The following classification of vehicles which, by the provisions of this chapter, are permitted to be driven and operated on or about runways, taxiways, and ramps shall be distinctly painted or marked in accordance with the provisions of the current FAA requirements for marking of vehicles used on landing areas as said provisions are now in effect or may hereafter be adopted:

(A) Ambulances;

(B) Crash, fire and rescue fighting equipment;

(C) Service, maintenance and construction equipment.

(2) Bicycles and motorcycles are prohibited from going upon any runways, taxiways, or aprons.

(3) Automobile parking may be permitted in specified general aviation T-hangar areas in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(e) No vehicle shall be driven upon any road or upon other areas within the perimeter of any airport owned or operated by the County in excess of the speed which is posted at the entrance of every vehicle shall adhere to any sign posted to regulate vehicular traffic on or about any public airport for the public safety.

(f) All vehicles except emergency vehicles engaged in emergency activity shall at all times yield right-of-way to any and all aircraft. (Ord. 1603, § 2, 7/12/1983; Ord. 2609, § 2, 8/28/2018)