Land Use Issues To address airport area land use issues, the Oregon Adm inistrative Rules (Section 660-013-Airport Planning) requires local agencies with planning authority for one or m ore airports or for areas within safety or com patibility zones around airports to adopt com prehensive plan and land use regulations for airports consistent with the requirem ents to th at division and ORS 836.600 through 836.630. These plans and regulations are intended to encourage the long-term viability and com patibility of airports with their surrounding com munities. To m eet the requirem ents of the OAR, local governm ents are required to: • Adopt an Airport Safety Overlay Zone to prohi bit structure, trees and other objects of natural growth from penetrating airport im aginary surfaces (e.g., in particular, height lim itations in areas used by aircraft to approach or depart from the airports runway s); • Adopt airport com patibility requirem ents to pr ohibit new residential developm ent and public assem bly within the Runway Protection Zone; to limit establishm ent of specified uses within a noise im pact boundary ; to prohibit siting of new industrial uses and the expansion of existing industrial uses that could cause em issions of sm oke, dust or steam that would obscure visibility within airport approach corridors; to lim it outdoor lighting that would project directly onto an existing runway or taxiway or into existing air port approach corridors; to coordinate siting of transm ission facilities with ODOT Aeronautics Division; and to regulate water im pounds and the establishm ent of new landfills near airports (that m ight attract birds). Strategies Airport Master Plan Of particular significance for the City of Medford’s TSP is the identified need to im prove the airport’s vehicular entrance on Biddle Road. The existing access roads to the airport term inal are stop sign- controlled at Biddle Road. Based on existing vol umes, no significant traffic operational problem s were observed. The Airport Master Plan recom mends grade separation of the southern airport terminal Along with issues related to airport on-site developm ent needs to m eet anticipated travel dem and for this mode and the off-site airport landside access needs as identified above, airports ty pically can have significant impacts on land uses in their vicinity . These im pacts include not only potential safety issues related to both aircraft operations and risks to surrounding land uses, but also potentially neighborhood quality of life issues related to airport noise. The econom ic and transportation needs associated with airport use and developm ent m ust be balanced against these potential land use issues. Medford currently has provisions in its Municipal Code to address airport com patibility issues including Airport Approach (A-A) and Airport Radar (A-R) Zoning Districts. However, review of these code provisions is appropriate to ensure that they meet all of the requirem ents of OAR 660-013. Based on the assessm ent of existing conditions and estim ates of future needs, the 2001 Airport Master Plan identifies several alternatives for im plem enting needed im provem ents. Each alternative was analy zed and docum ented in the Airport Master Plan to provide a foundation for the plan’s recom mendations. Several functional areas at the airpor t were considered as the various alternatives were developed, including the airfield, passenger term inal, air cargo com plex (including the Foreign Trade Zone), general aviation facilities, and other airport support facilities. The Airport Master Plan outlines several com binations of im provem ents and sum marizes th e results based on extensive analy sis. Table 9-3 identifies key com ponents of the im provem ent options that were considered for the each of major functional areas at the airport. Medford Transportatio n System Plan 9-6 Air Transportation Plan

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