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Sari Marcos Regional Airport <br />1.1 Introduction <br />The City of San Marcos, as Owner of the San Marcos Airport, establishes these Minimum <br />Standards for persons who are or wish to become Commercial Operators, or anyone who leases <br />land, and /or who makes use of Airport property. These Minimum Standards consider the <br />significant role of the Airport in aviation, facilities that currently exist at the Airport, services being <br />offered at the Airport, and the future development planned for the Airport. These Minimum <br />Standards serve the following purposes: <br />1. Ensure that all commercial operators, tenants, and the City of San Marcos are not <br />exposed to illegal, unsafe, or irresponsible practices. <br />2. Serve the public interest and discourage substandard business practices and <br />construction, thereby protecting both the established aeronautical activity and the San <br />Marcos Airport customers. <br />1,2 Purpose* <br />In accordance with the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 and the Airport <br />Improvement Program (AIP) sponsor assurances, the owner or operator of the Airport (the Airport <br />Sponsor) that has been developed or improved with federal grant assistance or conveyances of <br />Federal property assistance is required to operate the Airport for the use and benefit of the public <br />and to make it available for all types, kinds, and classes of aeronautical activity. <br />These federal obligations involve several distinct requirements. Most important is that the <br />Airport and its facilities must be available for public use as an Airport. The terms imposed on <br />those who use the Airport and its services must be reasonable and applied without unjust <br />discrimination, whether by the Airport Sponsor or by a contractor or licensee who has been <br />granted a right by the Airport sponsor to offer services or commodities normally required to serve <br />aeronautical users of the Airport. <br />Federal law requires that recipients of federal grants sign a grant agreement or covenant in a <br />conveyance of property that sets out the obligations that an Airport Sponsor assumes in exchange <br />for federal assistance. The FAA's policy recommending minimum standards stems from the <br />Airport Sponsor's grant assurances and similar property conveyance obligations to make the <br />Airport available for public use on reasonable conditions and without unjust discrimination. <br />P <br />