2003 Minnesota Statutes

     473.622 Existing airports; control, jurisdiction.  

    The corporation shall exercise control and jurisdiction 
 over any other airport within either 35 miles of the city hall 
 of either city or within the metropolitan area.  Control and 
 jurisdiction of the corporation over any privately or publicly 
 owned airport shall be limited to control and jurisdiction of 
 the flight and traffic patterns of such airport in the interests 
 of safety of the operation of any airport owned or operated by 
 the corporation.  No airport shall be acquired or operated 
 within the metropolitan area without first securing the approval 
 of the corporation, provided, however, such approval shall not 
 be withheld except after notice to all interested parties and a 
 public hearing held thereon, as provided in section 360.018, 
 subdivision 7, and then only upon a finding by the corporation 
 that the acquisition or operation of such airport would create a 
 flight hazard to any airport or airports owned or operated by 
 it.  As to any airport once licensed with the approval of the 
 corporation, approval of the continued operation of such airport 
 shall at no time be withdrawn by the corporation except after 
 notice to all interested parties, a public hearing had, and a 
 finding by the corporation based on substantial evidence that 
 the operation of such airport is inconsistent with the safety of 
 flight to and from an airport owned or operated or presently to 
 be or being constructed to be operated by the corporation, and 
 then only after payment of just compensation to cover the loss 
 sustained by reason of such withdrawal, such just compensation, 
 if not arrived at by agreement, to be ascertained in the 
 condemnation of said airport by the corporation under the power 
 of eminent domain, the commission to institute the condemnation 
 proceedings promptly and to pay in connection with the 
 prosecution thereof all reasonable and necessary expenses 
 incurred not only by it but also by the owner of such airport.  

    HIST: 1975 c 13 s 104