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W <br /> A <br /> ! <br /> A <br /> - <br /> ,-, <br /> ,,- <br /> exercising any other power it may have in this area. <br /> The importance of control of the approach cannot be underestimated. <br /> A paragraph from the Recommended Guidelines and Procedures for Airport ..i:. <br /> and Land Use, P1anning & ZoningAillustrates this point- <br /> "The apgroaches, as extensions of the runway, are <br /> the most critical portion of the imaginary surface. <br /> , <br /> As such, they require careful consideration of the - <br /> land uses beneath them to offer the aircraft and <br /> .. <br /> community maximum protection and safety . Most off- <br /> .. <br /> airport accidents near the airport happen in these <br /> areas. 1 (President's Airport Commission, 1952, <br /> pp 49-51. ) " <br /> This project before you tonight is not a question of merely <br /> moving an airport, the size of Horace Williams , to the proposed site <br /> in Bingham Township. If fully developed as proposed, this project <br /> 1 <br /> has the real po ential of being at least 5 times larger than <br /> Horace Williams, Airport in number of based aircraft. (Comparing 50 <br /> at Horace Williams to 276 at the proposed Midway site. ) <br /> The County has a duty to reduce as much as possible the conflicts <br /> inherent when a project of this magnitude and nature is proposed and <br /> a duty to protect the safety of its citizens . Indeed a stated goal <br /> of Orange County is zoning ordinance, the protection of the safety <br /> and welfare of he citizens . <br /> I . <br /> To reduce the approach zone area as requested would render the <br /> • <br /> ordinance useless, make the special use permit a farce and result in <br /> 1 . <br /> the County's renunciation of its obligation to its citizens. Such <br /> 1 <br /> a reduction would have the potential of creating those problems in <br /> I <br /> Bingham Township that are so troubling to the residents boardering <br /> Horace Williams Airport - there would be no control of the surrounding <br /> area - nothing to prevent growth on the airport's fringes or the height <br /> I . <br /> -2- <br />