Law Homework Help

1.Your U.S. hometown is considering building a new public airport in an effort to attract industry and jobs to the area. You have been hired as a consultant on the project. In preparation for a city council meeting on the project, where the concerned public will be in attendance, you are instructed to prepare answers to the following questions:

1. Is any federal money available to help with the costs of the project? If so, describe.
2. How can we control aircraft noise at the airport?
3. How can we prevent developers from building tall structures that could obstruct the airport’s approaches?
4. How can we prevent developers from building homes and other noise-sensitive projects where aircraft noise will be loud?
5. Can we regulate what kinds of aircraft and aviation activities use the airport? Explain.

2.You are a consultant to a U.S. county that is planning to build a new general aviation airport capable of accommodating business jets in a sparsely populated area that is now used entirely for agriculture. Airport planners have projected the surface noise impact of the airport and overlaid the FAA obstruction clearance requirements for the approaches to each of the airport’s runways.

Referring to this example: Airport Noise Projection and Required Obstruction Clearance Diagram

1. Identify which land, if any, you recommend the county purchase outright, explaining why.
2. Identify what areas, if any, you recommend the county impose land-use zoning to preclude noise-sensitive uses, explaining why.
3. Identify what areas, if any, you recommend the county impose height zoning, explaining why.

3.The Department of Defense (DOD) wishes to dedicate a large block of airspace over North Dakota to the exclusive use of military unmanned aircraft systems.

• Can the DOD simply declare that airspace off-limits to civil aircraft?
• If not, how must the DOD proceed if it wishes to accomplish that objective?
• Will interested persons and organizations, such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, have an opportunity to express their opinions about the proposed change?

Respond critically and analytically, but politely and professionally, to at least three of your classmates’ posts.