105 IAC 3-3-12 - Requirements for annual operating certificates of approval - heliports and seaplane bases
Authority: IC 8-9.5-5-8
Affected: IC 8-9.5; IC 8-21-1
Sec. 12.
(a) All
public-use heliports shall be inspected at least once a year by the department
and shall maintain compliance with all standards that were required by the
department as a condition of receiving a certificate of site
approval.
(b) All public-use
seaplane bases shall be inspected at least once a year by the department and
shall maintain compliance with the following minimum requirements:
(1) The body of water shall have a minimum
usable area of at least two thousand six hundred seventy-five (2,675) feet by
one hundred (100) feet with a two hundred (200) foot diameter turning basin at
each end. The turning basin shall be included in the minimum length of two
thousand six hundred seventy-five (2,675) feet and shall be of sufficient depth
to permit the safe operation of aircraft on the surface.
(2) All approaches to the landing area shall
be sufficiently clear of obstruction to permit a 20:1 approach angle to the
nearest point of the usable landing area, provided that if any structure on the
land is located within three hundred (300) feet of the of the [sic]
centerline of the approach path, the approach angle shall be computed
so as to provide a clearance of at least one hundred (100) feet above the
structure.
(3) Any hazards,
including underwater obstructions in the landing, approach, departure, and taxi
areas, shall be marked with durable markers so as to be clearly visible from
traffic pattern altitude.
Notes
Transferred from Department of Transportation ( 100 IAC 3-4-12 ) to Indiana Department of Transportation ( 105 IAC 3-3-12 ) by P.L. 112-1989, SECTION 5, effective July 1, 1989.
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