Guidebook for Through-the-Fence Operations (2014)

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167 ACRP Report 114: Guidebook for Through-The-Fence Operations APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS The terms identified in this Glossary of Terms and Acronyms shall be construed as defined (unless, from the context, a different meaning is intended or a different meaning is specifically defined). Words or phrases that are not defined shall be construed consistent with common meaning or as generally understood throughout the general aviation industry. GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS Aeronautical Activities – Any activity that involves, makes possible, or is required for the operation of aircraft or that contributes to or is required for the safety of such operations. Airport Influence Area – is an area surrounding an airport that may experience substantial perceived or measurable impacts resulting from the airport and/or airport operations which is determined to guide airport compatible development. Airport Layout Plan – graphically depicts existing land, infrastructure, and improvements on an airport and identifies the planned capital improvement projects for the airport. Airport Master Plan – outlines the short (5 year), medium (10 year), and long-term (20 year) planning and development goals for an airport. Airport Sponsor – is a federal agency, state agency, county, municipality (e.g., city, town, township, village, etc.), state enabled political subdivisions (e.g., authority, district, etc.), private entity, or combinations thereof that is authorized to own, plan, develop, operate, and manage a federally obligated airport. Airport Sponsor Assurances – are certain obligations that federally obligated airports must comply with in order to receive AIP funds. Airport Sponsor Obligations – includes statutes, regulations, assurances, executive orders, policies, and guidance that are used by federal and state agencies to ensure that an airport is planned, developed, operated, and managed for the benefit of the public in a way that will not adversely affect the safety, utility, or efficiency of the airport. Airport Sponsor Regulatory Measures – includes ordinances, zoning codes, and building codes. Airport Strategic Business Plan – identifies the mission, vision, and long-term strategic goals for an airport (typically, over a 10- to 20-year horizon) and uses a logical and disciplined structure to convey short-term business goals, objectives, and action plans that drive the day-to-day operation and management of an airport (typically, over a one year horizon). Airside – consists of the runways, taxiways, taxilanes, aprons, roadways, lighting, utilities, navigational equipment, imaginary obstruction identification surfaces, airport design surfaces, etc. Aviation Real Estate – consists of land and improvements leased or available for lease for the development of improvements for commercial and non-commercial aeronautical activities and land containing airport sponsor owned improvements leased or available for lease for commercial and non-commercial aeronautical activities. Building Codes – stipulate minimum acceptable levels of safety for the design and construction of infrastructure, buildings, and facilities that are designed to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public during construction, use, and occupancy. Commercial Aeronautical TTF Activities – encompass entities engaged in commercial aeronautical activities on property located adjacent to an airport having ground access for an aircraft across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. Contract – is an agreement between two or more parties creating rights, responsibilities, and obligations that are enforceable at law. Deed Restriction – is a written instrument conveying an interest in real property; a deed restriction is a limitation on the use or enjoyment of real property that is included in a deed.

ACRP Report 114: Guidebook for Through-The-Fence Operaons168 Development Standards – convey the design and construcon standards and procedures governing the development of any aeronaucal or non-aeronaucal land and improvements on airport property. Easement – is an interest in land that gives its holder the right to use land owned by another person. An easement appurtenant involves a benefied parcel (e.g., a TTF property) and a burdened parcel (e.g., an airport). In contrast, an easement in gross involves a benefied person (e.g., a TTF enty) and burdened parcel (e.g., an airport). Federally Obligated Airport – a public use airport that has accepted federal assistance, either in the form of grants or property conveyances. Goals – represent the desired results, outcomes, or levels of aainment that need to be achieved to realize the airport’s mission and vision. Governmental/Military TTF Acvies – typically encompass the acvies of federal and state government and military agencies and instuons on property located adjacent to an airport having ground access for an aircraƒ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. Such acvies primarily benefit the airport, the community, and/or naonal defense. Independent Operator – an enty who engages in commercial aeronaucal acvies at an airport without a physical place of business at the airport. Land Use Plan – addresses current and projected land use paerns within a community (typically over a 20 year horizon), is typically included in the comprehensive plan. Landside – consists of public roadways, public vehicle parking, lighng, ulies, etc. Lease – is an interest in land that gives its holder a right to use and occupy real property. It is effectuated by a lease agreement wherein an owner (or tenant) conveys to a tenant (or subtenant) certain rights to use and occupy land and/or improvements in exchange for payment of rent or other compensaon. Leasing/Rents and Fees Policy – sets forth the parameters for leasing airport land and improvements and outlines the process for establishing and adjusng airport rents and fees. License (or Permit) – is a grant of permission to a person to take certain acons that would otherwise be unlawful. Minimum Standards – establish the qualificaons and minimum requirements that must be met as a condion for the right to conduct a commercial aeronaucal acvity at an airport. Mission Statement – conveys the reason for an airport’s existence and may idenfy the core competencies of the organizaon as well. Navigaonal Aids – includes instrument landing systems (ILS), localizers, glide slopes, marker beacons, nondireconal radio beacons (NDB), VHF omni-direconal ranges (VOR), distance measuring equipment (DME), etc. Non-Aeronaucal TTF Acvies – encompass acvies that do not involve, make possible, and/or are not required for the operaon of aircraƒ or do not contribute to or are not required for the safety of aircraƒ operaons on property located adjacent to an airport having ground access for an aircraƒ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. According to the FAA, non-aeronaucal TTF acvies include the manufacturing of aircraƒ, aircraƒ parts, components, and accessories; ground based aviaon training/educaon (excluding flight training in aircraƒ); and non-flying aircraƒ museums (excluding aircraƒ that are flown as part of museum acvies). Non-Aviaon Real Estate – consists of land and improvements leased or available for lease for the development of improvements for commercial and non-commercial non-aeronaucal acvies and land containing airport sponsor owned improvements leased or available for lease for commercial and non-commercial non-aeronaucal acvies. Non-Commercial Aeronaucal TTF Acvies – encompass TTF enes owning, leasing, or having the full and exclusive control of aircraƒ – for non-commercial purposes – on property located adjacent to an airport having ground access for an aircraƒ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. This includes individuals (who ulize aircraƒ for personal/recreaonal purposes) and companies (who ulize aircraƒ for purposes that are incidental or ancillary to a business such as providing transportaon to company employees, customers, and others).

169 ACRP Report 114: Guidebook for Through-The-Fence Operaons Non-Operang Budget – idenfies the forecasted non-operang sources of funds (e.g., federal, state, and local grant funds, subsidies, contribuons from third pares, etc.) and use of funds (e.g., depreciaon, amorzaon, interest, non-operang capital expenditures, etc.) for the airport over a specific period of me (typically associated with the fiscal year of the airport). Objecve – is a significant step toward achieving a goal; it is a means to an end. Operang Budget – idenfies the forecasted operang revenues, cost of revenues, and operang expenses for the airport over a specific period of me (typically associated with the fiscal year of the airport). Ordinances – are regulatory measures adopted by municipalies to address public health, safety, and general welfare. Performance Measures – are used to compare financial and operaonal results between current and historical periods and compare results to the performance of comparable and compeve airports, a pracce commonly referred to as comparave analysis. Primary Management and Compliance Documents – are a compendium of airport policies, standards, rules, and regulaons that play a key role in the development, operaon, and management of an airport that typically consists of a leasing/rents and fees policy, minimum standards, rules and regulaons, and development standards. Primary Planning Documents – typically consist of an airport strategic business plan, airport master plan, and airport layout plan. Residenal TTF Acvies – encompass enes with single and mul-unit (user) residences (e.g., homes, duplexes, apartments, etc.), with an a­ached or detached hangar, located on property located adjacent to an airport having ground access for an aircra‚ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. A hangar on TTF property that incorporates living quarters for permanent or long-term use is considered a residenal TTF acvity as well. Rules and Regulaons – apply to anyone who uses an airport at any me for any purpose, including operators, tenants, users, guests, and TTF enes, and are typically established to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public and ensure the safety, ulity, and efficiency of the airport for the benefit of the public. TTF Access – means the right or privilege of being granted ground access for an aircra‚ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure for aircra‚ use. In certain situaons, TTF access may be granted to vehicles and pedestrians as well. TTF Acvies – acvies associated with TTF operaons including residenal, commercial aeronaucal, non- commercial aeronaucal, non-aeronaucal, and governmental/military. TTF Agreement – is a wri­en contract or instrument (e.g., agreement, permit, easement, deed, etc.), enforceable by law, executed by an airport sponsor and TTF enty, permiŠng TTF operaons. TTF Enty – is a person, partnership, organizaon, or business that has a legal and separately idenfiable existence, excluding the airport sponsor, which owns, leases, or has the full and exclusive control of TTF property. Addionally, a TTF enty has an agreement with an airport sponsor granng TTF access to the airport’s airside infrastructure for engaging in TTF acvies. TTF Operaon – occurs when an airport sponsor grants an enty ground access for an aircra‚ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure (e.g., runways and taxiways) and gives the enty permission to engage in TTF acvies from property located adjacent to an airport (i.e., TTF property). TTF Property – land (and associated infrastructure and improvements) located adjacent to a federally obligated airport that is owned, leased, or under the full and exclusive control of an enty other than the airport sponsor having ground access for an aircra‚ across the airport’s property boundary to the airport’s airside infrastructure. Vision Statement – arculates the aspiraons for the airport; it is a picture of success. Zoning Codes – idenfy the permi­ed, restricted, and/or prohibited uses of land (e.g., residenal, commercial, industrial, instuonal, infrastructure, agricultural, open space, etc.) within a community.

ACRP Report 114: Guidebook for Through-The-Fence Operations170 ACRONYMS AC Advisory Circular AIP Airport Improvement Program ALP Airport Layout Plan CC&R Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions CGL Compliance Guidance Letter CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act DME Distance Measuring Equipment CUP Conditional Use Permit CPI Consumer Price Index FBO Fixed Base Operator FOD Foreign Object Debris HOA Homeowners Association ILS Instrument Landing System MTOW Maximum Takeoff Weight MRO Maintenance Repair and Overhaul NDB Nondirectional Radio Beacons NASC National Airlift Support Corporation NPIAS National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems ODA Oregon Department of Aviation ORS Oregon Revised Statutes SAO State Aviation Organization SASO Specialized Aviation Service Operator RICO Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act RFP Request for Proposals RTTF Residential TTF TRB Transportation Research Board TTF Through-The-Fence U.S. United States VOR VHF Omni-Directional Ranges