Calgary International Airport Zoning Regulations (C.R.C., c. 77)

Regulations are current to 2015-12-10

Calgary International Airport Zoning Regulations

C.R.C., c. 77

AERONAUTICS ACT

Regulations Respecting Zoning at Calgary International Airport

SHORT TITLE

 These Regulations may be cited as the Calgary International Airport Zoning Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

 In these Regulations,

“airport”

“airport” means Calgary International Airport near and in Calgary, in the Province of Alberta; (aéroport)

“airport reference point”

“airport reference point” means the point described in Part I of the schedule; (point de repère de l’aéroport)

“approach surface”

“approach surface” means an imaginary inclined plane extending upward and outward from each end of a strip along and at right angles to the projected centre line thereof, which approach surface is more particularly described in Part III of the schedule; (surface d’approche)

“Minister”

“Minister” means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

“outer surface”

“outer surface” means an imaginary surface located above and in the immediate vicinity of the airport, which outer surface is more particularly described in Part IV of the schedule; (surface extérieure)

“strip”

“strip” means the rectangular portion of the landing area of the airport including the runway prepared for the take-off and landing of aircraft in a particular direction, which strip is more particularly described in Part V of the schedule; (bande)

“transitional surface”

“transitional surface” means an imaginary inclined plane extending upward and outward from the lateral limits of a strip and its approach surfaces, which transitional surface is more particularly described in Part VI of the schedule. (surface de transition)

 For the purposes of these Regulations, the airport reference point is deemed to be 3,531 feet above sea level.

APPLICATION

 These Regulations apply to all the lands and lands under water, including public road allowances, adjacent to or in the vicinity of the airport, that consist of

  • (a) the lands the outer limits of which are described in Part II of the schedule, other than such lands as from time to time form part of the airport; and

  • (b) the lands directly beneath the approach surfaces, other than such lands as from time to time form part of the airport.

GENERAL

 No person shall erect or construct, on any land or any land under water to which these Regulations apply, any building, structure or object or any addition to any existing building, structure or object, the highest point of which will exceed in elevation at the location of that highest point any of the surfaces hereinafter set out that project immediately over and above the surface of the land at that location, namely,

  • (a) the approach surfaces;

  • (b) the outer surface; or

  • (c) the transitional surfaces.