On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:36:03 -0500 (EST), "Kevin"
wrote:

The decision to approve or deny a private runway (in Idaho) is based
on the planning and zoning committee. This is amazing to me that a
group of regular folks who know nothing of what it takes for an
airplane to take off or land AND ALSO, the planning and zoning
committee will not accept any responsibility or liability if their
decision was wrong and planes crash.

My opinion:

If you are putting up a private runway, it should be your business. The
planning and zoning board gets involved only because they are involved with
any kind of land use within your community.

If you want to open your runway to the public, then *you* (not the planning
board) have, and should have, the responsibility that it be safe for its
intended purpose.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)