HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-11-27 96-38 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 96-38
Date November 27 1995
Item/Subject: Amending Chapter II, Article 35 of the Laws and
Ordinances of the City of Bangor - Airport Department
Responsible Department: Legal
Commentary: that Chapter II, Article 35 of the Laws and Ordinances
of the City of Bangor be amended by adding a Sec. 6.4 regarding
off -airport motor vehicle rental businesses operating on the Bangor
International Airport.
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(TIRE.) (grbjrUtW Amending Chapter II, Article 35 of the Laws
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and Ordinances of _the City of,_Bangor Airport Department
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BY U oMoimed by W City CounaM of ONY aBunynr. ufN :
WHEREAS, the City of Bangor owns, operates and maintains the Bangor
International Airport (BIA) as a public facility; and
WHEREAS, BIA currently has lease agreements with motor vehicle
ental companies under which said companies pay BIA a set
percentage of their groes revenues as partial rent for the right to
operate at BIA; and
WHEREAS, other off -airport motor vehicle rental companies not
leasing apace at BTA utilitxe BTA and benefit from the operation of
BIA as a whole, including without limitation its roadways,
taxiways, terminal and other BIA facilities, in carrying on their
business activities at BIA; and
WHEREAS, the City is entitled to reasonably regulate the business
use of BIA, its roadways, property and buildings; perserve good
order and peace at BIA and provide for the public health, safety,
and welfare and to recover its costs from those who use, and
benefit from BIA; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to impose a reasonable fee on these
off -airport commercial rental car
users which help defray the coat
of providing and maintaining these public facilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of
Bangor, as follows: -
TRAT, Chapter TI, Article 35 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City
of Bangor be amended by adding the following:
IN CITY COUNCIL
November 27, 1995
First Reading
CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
December ll, 1995
Vote on Conflict fox
Councilor Popper
Vote 8 No 1 Abstained
Councilors Voting No:
Baldacci, Blanchette,
Frankel, teen, Soucy.
Sullivan, Tyler 6 Woodcock
Councilor Abstaining: Popper
Bob 2iegelear, Airport Manager,
gave details on this Ordinance.
Representatives from Thrifty Car
Rental, Alamo Car Rental,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car expressed
their interests on this issue.
Notion t0 Amend
Nation PassedVote: 6 yes, 3 No
Councilors voting use: Blanchette,
Leen,. Soucy, Sullivan, Tyler s
Woodcock. Councilors Voting No:
Baldecci, Frankel 6 Popper
Passed As Amended
Amended by Deleting N2, In Section
6.4, 3(a)
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ORDINANCE
( 'TITLE,) Amending Chapter 11, Article 35
of the
Bangor LaAlrnorws andv Desertrainacee of the City ofnt
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Sec. 6.9 O££ -airport motor vehicle rental businesses operating on
the Bangor International Airport.
1. purpose. mhis section is enacted for the purpose of
reasonably regulating the business use of public
airport facilities by private motor vehicle rental
companies which are located off airport property;
preserving good order and peace at the airport;
providing for the public health, safety, and
welfare; helping to defray the costs of
constructing, operatinge maintaining and improving
the public airport facilities through the imposition
of reasonable user fees; and regulating the use of
public facilities in the furtherance of private
commercial activities.
2. Definitions
a. Airport Customer: Any person who arrives at the
airport by aircraft and is transported from the
airport to the location of an o££ -airport motor
vehicle rental business in its courtesy vehicle.
b. Courtesy Vehicle: A motor vehicle which carries
licensee's airport customers to or from the
airport.
c. Off -airport Motor vehicle Rental Business: An
individual, corporation, partnership, or other
entity or person offering and providing to the
public rental motor vehicles, including without
limitation, automobiles and other four wheel
passenger vehicles for hire, to be driven by the
lessee.
d. Licenseet An individual, corporation,
partnership, or other entity or person operating
at, entering on or exiting from airport property
under a license issued by the City of Bangor
pursuant to subsection 3 below. Licensee
includes the officers, employees, agents o
anyone acting on behalf of or with permission of
Licensee.
3. License r vuired. No person engaging in an
off -airport motor vehicle rental business shall
operate at, enter upon or use airport property for
the purpose of providing pickup or drop off service
for airport customers except under an executed,
written agreement with the City of Bangor
specifically licensing the operation of such
services at the airport. without limiting the
authority granted elsewhere in this article, the
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Airport Director is authorized to enter into
o££ -airport business license agreements which
authorize such licensees to conduct certain business
operations onairport property i exchange for the
payment of areasonable user fee Said agreement
shall provide for the payment of annual user fees
based upon a -percentage of the gross revenues from
its airport customers, as follows:
a. Effective January 1, 1996 through December 31,
2000 or the date upon which a licensee is
granted to an off -airport motor vehicle rental
business:
1. 58 on the gross revenues; and
2. 58 on the gross revenues for each of the
six (6) months previous to the execution
of a license agreement with any off -airport
motor vehicle rental business operating
upon airport property without awritten
license agreement at the time of the
enactment of this ordinance.
b. Effective January 1, 2001 or the date upon which
a license is granted to an off -airport motor
vehicle rental business, whichever is later:
1. 7.58 of the groes revenues.
9. Rules and Reaulations. The Airport Director may
issue such directives as may be necessary to
implement this section, such directives to be issued
pursuant to section 6.2. Licensees shall comply
with all existing applicable airport rules and
regulations, as they may be amended from time to
time, including without limitation, mandatory
minimum insurance requirements.