Article 55 The civil airport construction plan shall be coordinated with city construction planning. Article 56 The construction, modification and extension of a civil airport shall conform to the plan of civil airport distribution and construction formulated according to law and to the standards of civil airport, and shall be subject to the approval of the competent authority concerned and implemented in accordance with State regulations. A construction project of civil airport not conforming to the plan of civil airport distribution and construction formulated according to law shall not be approved. Article 57 With respect to the construction and extension of a civil airport, an announcement shall be issued by the local People's Government at or above the county level in the place where the civil airport is 10- -23- cated. The announcement prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be published in main local newspapers, and posted in areas around the airport to be constructed or extended. Article 58 The following actrviues are prohibited within the limits of civil airport defined according to law and within the airport obstacle clearance protection zone defined according to State regulations: (1) The construction of buildings or facilities that will possibly affect flight safety by emitting large amount of smoke, dust, flames and waste gas in the air; (2) The construction of buildings or facilities that will affect flight safety such as shooting range and storage of strong explosives; (3) The construction of buildings or facilities that do not meet the requirements of obstacle clearance of the airport; (4) The installation of lights, signs or objects that will affect the use of airport visual navaid. (5) The growing of plants that will affect flight safety or affect the use of airport navaid. (6) The keeping and setting free of birds and other objects that will affect flight safety; and (7) The construction of buildings or facilities that will affect the electromagnetic environment of the airport. Herding of livestock within the limits of civil air- -24- port defined according to law is prohibited. |