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Redlands Municipal Airports: Case Study

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Redlands Daily Facts’ reporter Sandra Emerson has recently covered articles regarding the case of residential development around Redlands Municipal Airport area.

The Case

A proposal from Diversified Pacific LLC for a residential development of 55-single family lots was presented to the City Council and approved by Planning Commission in fall 2014. Before that, a public hearing was held in July to discuss the possibility of rezoning a part of the city’s Agricultural Preserve land to residential estate, which would be constructed by Diversified Pacific. In December, the developer brought the plan Redlands Airport Advisory Board but facing inquiries and raised concerns of residential encroachment could jeopardize the airport operations in the future. The Redlands Airport Land Use Compatibility …show more content…

According to the updated plan, the helicopter flight pattern was moved 1000 feet to the north of San Bernardino Avenue. Also in the plan is the revision of safety zones surrounding the airport (City of Redlands, 2015). As shown in figure 1, zone B2 was cut back and replace by C designation, which is the common traffic pattern. The city moved zone C so that Redlands Sports Park could be built, and due to the less strict regulations of residential occupation, the area open more opportunities for developments. Most of the land covered in the recent project is in the C zone. Although the plan for the residential construction conform to Redlands’ General Plan, pilots and Airport Advisory Board were against this program and argued that although flying pattern was limited in zone B2, zone C will likely to be affected by noises. After

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