.:: Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily/Real-Time News and Information Service ::.: "Pegasus Airpark outside Phoenix, Arizona, is one of those places where people and airplanes co-exist... mostly.
The gated residential community is built around a runway, but homeowners there say development has stalled because of restrictions on helicopter and jet aircraft flights from the field. And while the foreclosure rate in the town of Queen Creek is just 2.4 percent, the rate in the subdivision is 11 percent, according to recent analysis.
Residents say the principal reason for the problem is a local ordinance prohibiting helicopters, very light jets, and jet fuel at the community, according to a report in the East Valley Tribune. Developers say those restrictions cause potential buyers to look at other aviation communities where they can actually use their aircraft. Since the airport is privately owned, the city council has broader latitude to regulate operations at the facility."
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There's an issue you don't encounter every day. It shows how hard it can be for private and public regulations to co-exist. It looks like Pegasus might turn into Icarus.
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The residents may want to look at a similar situation that occurred on the Oregon side of the Columbia River a few years ago. Due to an unfortunate incident between a pontoon plane and a recreational boater (windsurfer?, canoe?), the locals created an ordinance prohibiting planes from landing there.
The FAA stepped in and said the locals had no authority to regulate air traffic, landing, etc. The ordinance was preempted. Perhaps Pegasus could look into that.
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