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The airport compatibility overlay is comprised of six land use zones based on the Washington State Department of Transportation, Division of Aviation, “Airports and Compatible Land Use, M 3074.00,” January 2011, Airport Runways Under 3,000 Feet, which were derived on federal aviation accident data from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The six zones are delineated on the city of Monroe airport compatibility zones map, and include:

A. Zone 1 – Runway Protection Zone. The area is trapezoidal in shape, seven hundred fifty feet in width, and centered on the ends of the runway centerline. It begins two hundred feet beyond the end of the area usable for takeoff and landing (the extended runway) and extends another one thousand feet.

B. Zone 2 – Inner Zone. A rectangular shaped area that is positioned on the extended runway centerline, and adjacent to zone 1, is seven hundred fifty feet wide overall (extending three hundred seventy-five feet laterally from the runway centerline) and extends out one thousand five hundred feet beyond the end of zone 1.

C. Zone 3 – Inner Turning Zone. A triangular shaped area that begins along each side of zone 1. The area extends three thousand feet from the vertex located one thousand five hundred feet from the runway’s endpoint, within a thirty-degree sector of the extended runway.

D. Zone 4 – Outer Turning Zone. A rectangular area that is centered on the runway, is five hundred feet wide overall (extending two hundred fifty feet laterally from the runway centerline) and extends approximately two thousand five hundred feet beyond.

E. Zone 5 – Sideline Zone. A rectangular area that is centered on the runway, is one thousand feet wide overall (extending five hundred feet laterally from the runway centerline) and connects to zone 3.

F. Zone 6A – Traffic Pattern Zone. This is based on the First Air Field operator’s description of the airport’s traffic pattern.

G. Zone 6B – Airport Influence Zone. This area extends, from the centerline of the runway, south, five thousand feet north of the airport runway and is in the shape of the top half of an oval.

Figure 22.54.050. Airport Compatibility Overlay Zones

(Ord. 005/2019 § 10 (Exh. B))