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OR BK 7714 PG 850 6 of 19 active runway at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport. Within a runway protection zone, certain uses are restricted or prohibited to reduce incompatibilities with normal airport operations and danger to public health. The following types of uses shall be prohibited within the runway protection zone: i. Educational centers (including all types of primary and secondary schools, preschools, childcare facilities). ii. Hospitals, medical inpatient treatment facilities, nursing/convalescent home facilities. iii. Places of worship. (5) Solid Waste Disposal Sites shall be reviewed in accordance with the State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (DER) Rule Chapter 17-701, which requires the following: i. No Solid Waste Disposal Sites shall be permitted to be located within ten thousand (10,000) feet of any publicly licensed airport active runway used or planned to be used by turbine powered aircraft; or ii. within five thousand (5,000) feet of any publicly licensed airport active runway used only by piston type aircraft; or iii. so that it places the active runways and/or approach and departure patterns of an airport between the solid waste disposal site and bird feeding, water or roosting areas; or iv. locations outside the above locations but still within the limits of any airport overlay zone(s) if determined by the FAA to pose a hazard. (6) Lighting. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the owner of any structure over two hundred (200) feet above ground level shall install lighting in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K and amendments thereto on such structure. This lighting may include flashing red beacons, steady burning red obstruction lights or high-intensity obstruction lights. All required lighting must be in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K and amendments thereto. (7) No educational facility of a public or private school, with the exception of aviation school facilities, shall be permitted within an area extending along the centerline of any runway and measured from the end of the runway and extending for a distance of five miles and having a width equal to one-half of the runway length. Exceptions approving construction of an educational facility within the delineated area shall only be granted when the Zephyrhills City Council makes specific findings detailing how the public policy reasons for allowing the construction outweigh health and safety concerns prohibiting such a location. SECTION 8. RESTRICTIONS IN AIRPORT NOISE IMPACT AREA. (a) Construction of any new educational facility, with the exception of aviation school facilities, or residential construction shall not be permitted within an Airport Noise Impact Area until such time as the City amends this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to existing residential or new residential construction within platted residential areas established on or before September 1, 2007. (b) Construction of any educational facility of a public or private school within an area extending five miles along the runway centerline of the airport and which has a width measuring one-half the length of the runway shall be prohibited. Variances may be granted by the Board of Adjustment following the procedures set forth in this Ordinance and only if findings are made setting forth how the public policy reasons outweigh the health and safety concerns, which prohibit such construction. The continued use or adjacent expansion of existing structures or new structures for which a site has been determined as provided in F.S. § 235.19 as of July 1, 1993 are excluded. 6