To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. Lasting solutions will likely require action by state agencies and the legislature. A number of airport owners and operators say that they would like to see the state buy land around all threatened general aviation airports, outside of the airport boundaries, to insure the preservation of these airports and prevent encroachment by incompatible development. Furthermore, they would like to see the state take a proactive roll in protection of airport lands through zoning and land use. The cost of defending against increasing pressures can be crippling to small airports. The General Aviation Study Commission Report of 1997 3 offered seven recommendations: . Revisions of New Jersey’s Property Tax Laws. Such revisions would look to alleviate the inequitable tax burdens placed on private owners of public use airports. . .
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