A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in addition to other powers granted by this act, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, and providing for the safety of a spaceport the Board of Directors shall have the power within any spaceport territory to:
1. Regulate, restrict and determine the location, height, number of stories, size, cubic contents, area and design, and the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of buildings and other structures for space industry development, trade, industry, commerce, residence and other purposes, and the materials used in the construction thereof; the number, location, height, size, appearance and use of billboards and all other advertising signs, banners, handbills and devices; the percentage and portion of lots and land that may be occupied or built on; setback lines; the density of population; the use of buildings, structures, land and water for trade, industries, commerce, and residences and any and all other purposes; the location, size and plan of spaceport facilities, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly and processing facilities, parks and recreational areas, commercial and industrial facilities, public and private utilities, traffic, parking facilities and drainage and water control facilities; and to appoint inspectors;
2. Adopt rules to prohibit or control the pollution of air and water, and to require certain location and placement of electrical power, telephone and other utility lines, cables, pipes and ducts; and
3. Divide any spaceport territory into zones or districts of such number, shape and area as the Board may deem best suited to carry out the purposes of this act, and within and for each such district adopt rules and restrictions as provided for in this section.
B. The Authority may not exercise any of its powers as provided for in this section in a manner that prohibits:
1. The agricultural use of land that is located within a spaceport territory and is not acquired by the Authority under the provisions of Section 5210 of this title;
2. Continued access to water for such land for agricultural purposes; and
3. The erection of outbuildings and personal residences on such land, subject to population density restrictions prescribed by the Authority to comply with federal requirements for licensure as a spaceport; provided, erection of personal residences shall not include subdivision of land for the purpose of constructing and selling houses.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 164, § 19, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 145, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000.