Redwood City, California · General provision

ALUCP Airspace Protection Policy 6

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
San Carlos Airport
Geographic extent
Airport Influence Area (AIA) B

Extracted standards

7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Height

Lighting

  • Prohibition of distracting lights

    Distracting lights that could be mistaken by pilots on approach to San Carlos Airport for airport identification lightings, runway edge lighting, runway end identification lighting, or runway approach lighting.

Other

  • Prohibition of dust, smoke, water vapor, steam

    Sources of dust, smoke, water vapor, or steam that may impair the vision of pilots making approaches to San Carlos Airport.

  • Prohibition of electrical interference

    Sources of electrical interference with aircraft or air traffic control communications or navigation equipment, including radar.

  • Prohibition of glare sources

    Sources of glare, such as highly reflective buildings, building features, or blight lights including search lights, or laser displays, which would interfere with the vision of pilots in making approaches to San Carlos Airport.

  • Prohibition of thermal plumes

    Sources of steam or other emissions that may cause thermal plumes or other forms of unstable air that generate turbulence within the flight path.

  • Prohibition of wildlife attraction

    Features that create an increased attraction for wildlife as identified in FAA rules, regulations, and guidelines including, but not limited to, FAA Order 5200.5A, Waste Disposal Sites On or Near Airports, and Advisory Circular 150/5200-33B, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports.

From the ordinance

The maximum height of new buildings/structures must be the lower of (1) the height of the controlling airspace protection surface shown on Exhibit 4-4 of the ALUCP, or (2) the maximum height determined not to be a 'hazard to air navigation' by the FAA in an aeronautical study prepared pursuant to the filing of Form 7460-1.
ALUCP Airspace Protection Policy 6