Leasehold hangars and content restrictions

Tony Cox wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:

It should have been in the lease agreement. If not, you should be able
to modify the lease with certain terms. You'll need to review the
original lease and perhaps speak with a property attorney.



Well, our situation is rather complex. Leases are governed
by eight different agreements (depending on when the hangars
were constructed), some of which have blanket clauses that
incorporate the general airport rules and regs, others that
don't. That's why I didn't want to get into the specifics of the
our leases and just (hopefully) trawl for what people at other
airports have experienced. We have obtained legal advice, and
the opinion, FWIW, is that the lease rules are most probably
unenforceable due to the airport's neglect over the last several
years.

Right now, the supposed FAA edict banning anything but
aircraft is more of a procedural problem for us airport tenants
attempting to regularize the various leases than a threat to
our lifestyle -- no one in the City is prepared to consider any
concrete proposal because they confidently expect the FAA
to "rule" definitively on the issue. Those of us with more experience
with the FAA think that getting anyone in the local FSDO to
commit is likely to be as frustrating as waiting for Godot.

That's why I'd like to hear from anyone who *has* managed
to get a ruling. Failing that, "points on the graph" at FAA-funded
airports would be very helpful.


I have not read all the other responses so I may duplicate some here. I
have been involved in my home airport for some time and member and
chairman of the advisory board. Early on when we really didn't have
management, people would rent hangars for local storage. When I became
chairman I worked with the city to have regulations to stop that
practice. We have limited hangars and they are not to be used for
household storage. We came up with some general guidelines and in no
particular order. Contents had to be approved by the fire marshall, had
to have a plane or *actively* working on a plane, you could have
incidental items in the hangar as long as you met the requirement on
aircraft. There were a few others but I cannot remember now. Oh, also
were insurance requirements for plane and auto if you brought it on the
ramp.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI