{"data":{"id":"us-nm/3-39-17","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"3-39-17","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Municipal Airport Zoning Law [3-39-16 to 3-39-26 NMSA 1978], unless the context otherwise requires:\nA. \"airport\" means any area of land or water designated for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized by the public as a point of arrival or departure by air;\nB. \"airport hazard\" means any overhead power line which interferes with radio communication between a publicly owned airport and aircraft approaching or leaving same; or any structure or tree which obstructs the aerial approaches of such an airport or is otherwise hazardous to its use for landing or taking off;\nC. an airport is \"publicly owned\" if the portion thereof used for landing and taking-off of aircraft is owned by a governmental body, political subdivision, public agency or other public corporation;\nD. \"legislative body\" means the legislative or governing body of any county or municipal or political subdivision of the state of New Mexico, having or acquiring a publicly owned airport within its corporate or political limits;\nE. \"person\" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof;\nF. \"structure\" means any object constructed or installed by man, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks and overhead transmission lines; and\nG. \"tree\" means any object of natural growth.","path":["Chapter 3 - Municipalities","ARTICLE 39 Municipal Airports"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18504/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"bb4b01e1ae201b3a47ff2066174aa54371016b0ba2b78f0496d42de2922bf74f","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/3-39-16","next":"us-nm/3-39-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}