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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 11.03.04.06" title_num="11" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="04" heading="Airports: General.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Public Safety. The Administration may not issue or renew an airport license or registration if operations conducted at the airport seriously impair public safety.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>License or Registration Required.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person may not operate an airport without an airport license or registration unless exempted by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Transportation Article, §5-302(a), Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Regulation .09, Airports: Specific Exemptions.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A person may not operate a public-use airport without a public-use airport license. See Table I: Airport Standards.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A person may not operate a private-use, commercial-use airport without a commercial-use airport license. See Table I: Airport Standards.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A person may not operate a private-use, noncommercial-use airport</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Approval of Local Governing Body. A person may not operate an airport without land use approval from the local governing body if that body has an airport zoning ordinance.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Approval of FAA. An airport may not be licensed or registered without airspace approval by the FAA.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Depiction on Aeronautical Charts. Public use airports shall be shown on aeronautical charts and listed in airport directories. Private use airports may be shown on aeronautical charts and listed in airports' directories if they carry the notation “Private” or a symbol conveying the same meaning. Private use airports may be listed or shown only to provide information to aid aircraft in distress.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Tampering with Airport Property. A person may not tamper with any airport property.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Administration Testimony. The Administration, upon request by the local governing body, may provide, at its discretion, expert testimony as to the safety of any particular airport. Nothing in these regulations waives the rights granted by the Transportation Article, §5-211, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>