From The Democrat in Senatobia, Miss., Melissa Turner reports:

“After an hour-long and emotional public hearing, the Tate County Board of Supervisors upheld a Planning Commission decision allowing a private airpark in eastern Tate County.”

Darrell Riddell wants to build a home for himself and six more on his 79-acre parcel. He also wants to include a 4,000 foot long turf runway. To better understand some of the opposition Mr. Riddell faces:

Read the full story

QUESTION: I live on a residential airpark with covenants and deed restrictions that I consider to be pretty good. When I was looking into the property I followed the advice you offered during Sun ‘n Fun presentation about taking the CC&Rs to a good attorney and making sure I understood them.

After buying the property and moving here I discovered there are a few property owners who have failed to pay their annual assessments. The board of directors keeps talking about the situation but doesn’t appear to be doing anything.

At the last meeting I asked for the identity of those failing to meet the financial requirements of their agreement and was told that the BOD didn’t want to make that information public for fear of legal action or other problems.

My questions: should the identity of the miscreants be disclosed and what action should the board take? Read the full story

Amanda Keim, a reporter for the East Valley (Phoeniz, Arizona) Tribune, is reporting that the Pegasus Airpark’s board wants the Queen Creek Town Council to reconsider its failed request to allow jets and helicopters to land at the facility, but so far, no council members have agreed to put it back on the agenda.

Click here for the complete story.

A story in the November 17, 2008 issue of the Polk County Itemizer-Observer provide a good recap of the challenges facing some airports with through-the-fence agreement.

FAA’s directive threatens runway access at airpark

By Craig Coleman

INDEPENDENCE, OREGON — A directive from the regional office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could threaten future taxiway access between the Independence State Airport (ISA) and the adjoining airpark to the east.

Click here for the complete of the story.

Harvey Browne wrote to us asking…

We are in the process of creating a “Meadowmist Property Owners Association” and were wondering if you had any copies of by-laws for such organizations?
Best Regards,
Harvey

We sure do. You can check them out in our CC&Rs area of the Living With Your Plane website. If anyone associated with an airpark would like to offer up information for this section, please email us.

Kelly Moyer writes in the South County Spotlight that attorney’s for the City of Scappoose, Oregon and the Port of St. Helens will argue (October 30) a land use case before Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals.

At the heart of the matter is whether or not the city’s new airport related zone allows residential uses at the Scappoose Airport. The Port says it does. The city says that’s not true.

Click here to read the rest of the story.