Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 45 - Rural Airports
Article 5 - Assigned-Space Aircraft Parking
17 AAC 45.510 - Assigned-space use and fees

(a) The department will limit the type, weight, use, or dimensions of aircraft authorized to use an assigned space at an airport when doing so is justified by the design, safety, maintenance, or operation of the space, the parking area, or the airport.

(b) A person may park only one aircraft at a time in an assigned space on an airport and only an aircraft listed on the assigned-space permit issued for that space under 17 AAC 45.520. A person is eligible to receive an assigned-space permit from the department only if

(c) If a permittee sells or transfers the permittee's interest in an aircraft identified in the permit or if the aircraft ceases to be airworthy, the permittee shall give the department notice of the sale, transfer, or unairworthy condition of the aircraft within 30 days after the date of the sale or transfer or the first date the aircraft is no longer airworthy.

(d) If the airport manager determines that an aircraft is not airworthy, the department will issue a written notice directing the permittee to restore the aircraft to an airworthy condition, obtain a replacement aircraft, or relinquish the permit.

(e) A holder of a long-term permit has 270 days, subject to extension under 17 AAC 45.530(g), from the earliest of the date of the sale or transfer of an aircraft identified in the permit, the first date the aircraft is no longer airworthy, or the date of the department's written notice under (d) of this section to

(f) If a permittee replaces an aircraft identified in the permit, the permittee shall, within 30 days after the replacement,

(g) Except as provided in (h) of this section, a person may not use an assigned space for fuel storage, vehicle parking, equipment storage, parking more than one aircraft at a time, or any other purpose not specifically authorized by the department in the permit for that assigned space. A person may not use an assigned space in operation of a commercial or business activity unless the assigned-space permit for that space expressly authorizes that use.

(h) The holder of an assigned-space permit may, subject to 17 AAC 45.055, 17 AAC 45.080, and 17 AAC 45.085, as applicable

(i) An aircraft, vehicle, or other personal property parked or placed in violation of 17 AAC 45.500 - 17 AAC 45.590 is subject to impoundment by the department under 17 AAC 45.115.

(j) The department is not obligated to provide an aircraft tiedown anchoring device in an assigned space. The use of any anchoring device provided on the premises is at the sole risk of the user. If the department does not provide tiedown anchoring devices in an assigned space, or if the permittee chooses not to use a provided anchoring device, the permittee may install and use at the permittee's own risk, only a screw-in or duck bill anchoring device or another device that the department specifically approves in writing for that purpose. Any anchoring device installed in an assigned space must, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the department, be left installed and becomes the property of the department upon cancellation of the permit or upon expiration of the permit not followed by a new permit for the same space to the same permittee.

(k) For payment of rent and any electrical access fee under (p) of this section for an assigned space, the department will establish a six-month billing cycle for a long-term permit, and a three-month billing cycle for a short-term permit. Except as provided in (b)(4) or this section, the applicable rent and electrical access fee is due on or before the first day of the billing cycle.

(l) If a long-term assigned-space permit or a short-term assigned-space permit is cancelled, the department will deduct any obligation of the permittee to the department under the permit or any other lease, permit, or concession under this chapter from the amount of the advance rent and any electric access fee paid, and will refund any remaining space rent and any electrical access fee that has been paid for any month after the month in which the permit is cancelled. However, an initial payment under (b)(4) of this section is not refundable.

(m) The monthly rent for an assigned space designated by the department for use by wheel- or by ski-equipped light aircraft is as follows:

(n) The monthly rent for an assigned space designated by the department for use by float-equipped light aircraft is $41.

(o) The monthly rent for an assigned space for a heavy aircraft is $41 for the first 6,000 pounds CMGTW, plus $14 per 1,000 pounds of the aircraft's CMGTW over 6,000 pounds, rounded to the nearest 1,000 pounds.

(p) In addition to the rent for an assigned space required under (m) - (o) of this section, the permittee shall pay to the department an electrical access fee of $14 per month for an assigned space with access to electrical power, whether or not the permittee actually uses the electrical access. This fee applies to and covers only the access to electrical power. A permittee who has electrical power access to the permittee's assigned space must separately meter the power and pay all associated costs.