Airport Land Use Commission

The Madera County Airport Land Use Commission’s (ALUC) primary responsibility is formulation and adoption of a comprehensive land use plan that provides for the orderly growth and protection of the public health, safety and welfare within the planning area of each public use airport within the County of Madera. The Airport Land Use Commission consists of seven members, representing each of the Cities, County and Airports within the County. Each Commissioner holds office for a term of four (4) years and/or until the appointment and qualification of a successor.  The purpose of the ALUC is in the public interest to provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in this state and the area surrounding these airports so as to promote the overall goals and objectives of the California airport noise standards adopted pursuant to Section 21669 (Public Utility Code) and to prevent the creation of new noise and safety problems.  It is the purpose of this article to protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses.  The Commission has the following powers and duties, subject to the limitations upon its jurisdiction set forth in Section 21676: (Public Utility Code). To assist local agencies in ensuring compatible land uses in the vicinity of all new airports and in the vicinity of existing airports to the extent that the land in the vicinity of those airports is not already devoted to incompatible uses.

The Commission meets as need on at the second meeting of Madera County Planning Commission Which is held on the third Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held at the Resource Management Agency, Conference Room, 2037 West Cleveland Avenue, Madera.

Important Links

Madera County Airport Land Use Commission Handbook (With Maps)

Madera County Zoning Ordinance- AAO (Airport/Airspace Overlayed District)

Federal Aviation Administration