AIRPORT DETAILS SOUGHT CITY REQUESTS MORE ON EXPANSION PLANS.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - The city has again asked for additional information and clarification as it reviews the Burbank Airport Authority's application for a terminal to replace the one built 70 years ago. In his letter to the authority, Burbank Community Development Director Robert Tague said the application lacks clear plans for landscaping and parking. It also said several maps, aerial aerial: see antenna, in electronics. photos and a site survey are missing. Burbank officials requested the additional information within 30 days. The application submitted in August by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority asks for a 250,000-square-foot terminal to replace the 170,000-square-foot facility on Hollywood Way. Airport officials had wanted at least 330,000 square feet in a new terminal - they originally proposed up to 465,000 - but backed down in the face of residents' complaints about noise and other issues. The authority is currently undergoing a noise study that it will use in requesting an overnight curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. from the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control - something everyone involved has agreed is necessary to make a deal. The authority also is scrambling See scramble. to get the terminal plan approved before the land proposed for the project is literally sold out from under it. If the plan is not approved by the time the land is sold to a third party - the sale mandated in a complicated deal with the city - the authority would be forced to abandon the proposal and start again in its effort to build a new terminal. |
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