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(I 0 4 1 <br /> Ordinance requires: Findings: <br /> a) All F.A.A. and State regulations a) The applicants have indicated <br /> are met as a condition of approval. that FAA has approved the runway. <br /> Bruce Matthews of the State <br /> Department of Transportation has <br /> written that the design and layout <br /> as proposed does not meet basic <br /> airport requirements in several aspects. <br /> The State of North Carolina has no <br /> specific requirements for general <br /> aviation airports. <br /> It is important that the proposed <br /> airport meet Federal. Aeronautice <br /> Administration (FAA) design standards <br /> for three reasons. Failure of the <br /> facility to be built to these <br /> standards could have an effect on <br /> obtaining federal funding for it <br /> should the airport become publicly <br /> owned in the future. Secondly, most <br /> airports are designed according to <br /> FAA standards and pilots are most <br /> familiar with these facilities. A <br /> non—standard design could confuse <br /> pilots unfamiliar with the facilit <br /> and cause safety problems. Thirdly <br /> a nonstandard design could adversely <br /> affect the potential for an instru- <br /> ment approach procedure at this <br /> facility. <br /> The proposed design of Midway Airport <br /> does not meet FAA design criteria for <br /> basic general aviation airports in <br /> the following instances: <br /> 1) the entracne road is too close <br /> to tne end of the runway. <br /> 2) the runway width is insufficient. <br /> 3) the distance between the runway <br /> centerline and taxiway centerline <br /> is inadequate. <br /> 4) the distance from the runway <br /> centerline to building restriction <br /> line is insufficient. - - <br /> 5) the distance between the runwa, <br /> centerline and the aircraft parking <br /> area is insufficient. <br /> 6) the distance between the taxiway <br /> and aircraft parking area is in- <br /> adequate. <br /> (1 <br />