According to the Airport Manager, the new unattended parking rule was based on his belief that it was mandated by the taxiway/taxilane specs in AC150/5300-13A, having accepted AIP funds for several projects around the airport in the past. However It appears that, that is not the case - that there is no such specific mandate at KWVI unless that funding was used to build new hangars, thus creating new taxiways. In that case only those ones would be affected.
No hangars have ever been built at KWVI using AIP funding.
Until now there has been a common-sense parking rule of twelve hours maximum outside our hangars, as per the 1997 KWVI airport regulations. By signing this petition we, the airport hangar tenants, strongly request that the new rule be rescinded and that the City revert to the sensible twelve hour rule from 1997.
If you don't mind signing your name, that always makes petitions stronger. However, you can choose to stay entirely anonymous by un-checking the two checkboxes. It still ask for your name and email – the only reason it asks for an email address from you is so that it can tell if someone has already signed and it won't let them sign it twice. However your name will then never appear. We really need your votes in either case, as the more yes votes the stronger the case for re-visiting/reconsidering the unattended parking rule.
Once we have enough votes (hopefully at least 200) we’re going to request to have the parking rule overturned and the previous one left or a much more reasonable one substituted.
Many thanks for your support.
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The proposed parking rule goes against established precedent that has worked at Watsonville airport for many years. It is also contradictory to recent actions put into place by Watsonville airport management. For example, several "derelict" aircraft were recently moved to permanent tie-down spots north of hangar row "A". These tie downs created a narrow taxi lane - much more narrow than other taxi lanes on the field when a vehicle is parked in front of a hangar - the precise activity that is being limited due to taxi lane width. The contradictory and inconsistent nature of this rule vs. other practices demonstrate that it is not necessary. Please rescind it immediately.
The 12 hour rule has been perfectly reasonable since I came to WVI airport when Santa Cruz Skypark was closed. I think later, in 1997, it was added to the rules. But it has always worked just fine. I don't see what is to be accomplished by prohibiting this short term parking in front of one's OWN hangar. For more than 12 hours, tenants can put their cars inside the hangar. This all has worked fine for many years. It seems like the new rule is an orphan solution in search of a non-existent problem.
I see no problem with the way we pilots have been parking our ground transportation
I doubt that there is a pilot on record that has been inconvenienced by the way parking has been in the past. The new proposed rule is an unnecessary inconvenience for all tenants.
I don't remember that an occasional car parked outside a hanger has ever been a problem.
The new rule is ridiculous. There is no logical or safety reason for it. There has never been a problem before. The new rule should be rescinded. The previous regulation is sufficient and provides safety for all Airport users.
New rules would be an extreme burden for maintenance and repair tasks.
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According to the Airport Manager, the new unattended parking rule was based on his belief that it was mandated by the taxiway/taxilane specs in AC150/5300-13A, having accepted AIP funds for several projects around the airport in the past. However It appears that, that is not the case - that there is no such specific mandate at KWVI unless that funding was used to build new hangars, thus creating new taxiways. In that case only those ones would be affected.
No hangars have ever been built at KWVI using AIP funding.
Until now there has been a common-sense parking rule of twelve hours maximum outside our hangars, as per the 1997 KWVI airport regulations. By signing this petition we, the airport hangar tenants, strongly request that the new rule be rescinded and that the City revert to the sensible twelve hour rule from 1997.
If you don't mind signing your name, that always makes petitions stronger. However, you can choose to stay entirely anonymous by un-checking the two checkboxes. It still ask for your name and email – the only reason it asks for an email address from you is so that it can tell if someone has already signed and it won't let them sign it twice. However your name will then never appear. We really need your votes in either case, as the more yes votes the stronger the case for re-visiting/reconsidering the unattended parking rule.
Once we have enough votes (hopefully at least 200) we’re going to request to have the parking rule overturned and the previous one left or a much more reasonable one substituted.
Many thanks for your support.
18 Comments
The Unattended Parking issue might seem quite a small thing, but what makes it so significant is that it is unwarranted, non-mandated and should never have been instigated. It is evidence of the exact sort of autocratic oversight that is the arch enemy of small airports like kwvi. If you google "violation bail airport", the only small airport you'll find is KWVI. That tells you all you need to know.
The proposed parking rule goes against established precedent that has worked at Watsonville airport for many years. It is also contradictory to recent actions put into place by Watsonville airport management. For example, several "derelict" aircraft were recently moved to permanent tie-down spots north of hangar row "A". These tie downs created a narrow taxi lane - much more narrow than other taxi lanes on the field when a vehicle is parked in front of a hangar - the precise activity that is being limited due to taxi lane width. The contradictory and inconsistent nature of this rule vs. other practices demonstrate that it is not necessary. Please rescind it immediately.
The 12 hour rule has been perfectly reasonable since I came to WVI airport when Santa Cruz Skypark was closed. I think later, in 1997, it was added to the rules. But it has always worked just fine. I don't see what is to be accomplished by prohibiting this short term parking in front of one's OWN hangar. For more than 12 hours, tenants can put their cars inside the hangar. This all has worked fine for many years. It seems like the new rule is an orphan solution in search of a non-existent problem.
I see no problem with the way we pilots have been parking our ground transportation
I doubt that there is a pilot on record that has been inconvenienced by the way parking has been in the past. The new proposed rule is an unnecessary inconvenience for all tenants.
I don't remember that an occasional car parked outside a hanger has ever been a problem.
The new rule is ridiculous. There is no logical or safety reason for it. There has never been a problem before. The new rule should be rescinded. The previous regulation is sufficient and provides safety for all Airport users.
New rules would be an extreme burden for maintenance and repair tasks.
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The Unattended Parking issue might seem quite a small thing, but what makes it so significant is that it is unwarranted, non-mandated and should never have been instigated. It is evidence of the exact sort of autocratic oversight that is the arch enemy of small airports like kwvi. If you google "violation bail airport", the only small airport you'll find is KWVI. That tells you all you need to know.