Salt Lake City, which owns the Tooele Valley Airport, alleged in a lawsuit that the flagpole is creating a safety hazard. It's the latest development in a nearly 20-year battle between Utah’s capital city and the flagpole's owners.
This lawsuit is the latest development in a nearly 20-year battle between Utah’s capital city and the flagpole’s owners.
Salt Lake City Corporation is asking a judge to issue an injunction to remove the pole, arguing it has hindered air-medical flights, constrained wildland firefighting operations and forced the Utah Air National Guard to reroute training missions to Nephi, adding that at least two private flights have had to divert course or change their flight plan to land elsewhere because of it, according to the complaint filed in 3rd District Court.
Currently, flights to and from the airport are suspended between dusk and dawn because of the flagpole, the complaint states.that the flagpole is affecting airport operations. But he countered that the airport is affecting how his family uses their property, arguing that the flights above it are akin to trespassing. Flights to and from the Tooele Valley Airport are suspended between dusk and dawn because of the 80-foot, unlit flagpole, Salt Lake City's lawsuit states.
“However,” he continued, “our primary goal at all of our airport locations including Salt Lake City International Airport, South Valley Regional Airport and Tooele Valley Airport is to ensure safe air travel, day and night, for everyone in an aircraft and residents living in close proximity to airport property.”The Erda City CouncilKunz at least three times during meetings in May and June, discussing whether the family sought the proper permits before building the flagpole.
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