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Victory Over Anti-Aircraft Ordinance

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JACKSONVILLE EAAERS SCORE APPARENT VICTORY OVER ANTI-AIRCRAFT ORDINANCE

February 28, 2007 - EAA members in Jacksonville, Florida, discovered Tuesday night that you indeed can fight City Hall. In a show of unity, about 20 EAAers from Jacksonville's Chapter 193 and other area chapters persuaded the city council to either repeal or re-write its controversial ordinance that prohibits parking or storing aircraft in residentially zoned areas as well as repairing, testing, operating, modifying, or altering flying craft anywhere on a residential lot.....

....Chapter 193 members Jeff Nordseik, Ben Burbridge, and Sam Fischer made photo presentations illustrating how unfair the ordinance is. For example, because of the narrowly written ordinance, a resident can legally build a fiberglass canoe at home, but not a composite fuselage. Working on furniture in your garage is allowed, but not a wing rib. Want to weld an iron bedstead? Go ahead, but welding aircraft tubing is off limits.

Council member Lake Ray, who authored the ordinance, admitted that it was a mistake and too over-reaching. "He (Ray) said there was a good chance the council would repeal the law,' Shirley said. "But even if they don't, they'll at least re-write the ordinance with significant input from EAA members.".....
http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/070228_jacksonville.html

Background on what started all this:
http://www.jaxairplane.com/
 
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