AICUZ Orientation Brief
Presented to
TA/ITA Citizens Advisory Committee
June 6, 2013
By
Mr. Bobby Rountree
Topics
•Team
•History/Mission
•Air Installations
Compatible Use Zones
(AICUZ) Program
•JLUS Outcomes
•Question & Answer
Encroachment Team
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Commanding Officer: Sole authority to
speak for, and receive information on behalf
of, the Navy in matters of AICUZ &
community relations.
– This point is included in MOU
Executive Officer: 18 mo. OJT as PCO.
Head, Plans: Former NAS Oceana XO; FA18 squadron CO; provides operational
continuity & perspective.
AICUZ Program Manager: Former Navy
ACC; provides air ops technical expertise;
directly plugged into municipal Planning
Departments.
Community Plans Liaison Officer: Former
Navy JAG; fluent in state & city legislative
processes; responsible for surveying
easement properties.
CAPT Bob
Geis
CO
Mayor &
Councilmembers
CAPT Kit
Chope
XO (PCO)
City Manager
Bobby
Rountree
Head, Plans
Planning
Department Staff
Ray
Firenze
AICUZ PM
City Attorney
Staff
John
Lauterbach
CPLO
Relocation Spec.
Econ. Devel. Staff
Etc.
1937
Base History
Future Site of NAS Oceana
Base History
• Established in 1943 as Naval
Air Auxiliary Landing Field
Base History
• Circa 1960: Expanded base
supports jet fighter and strike
aircraft
Base History
Home to all east-coast F/A-18
Hornets/Super Hornets
Facts & Figures
NAS Oceana
• Main Station:
5,331 acres
• Non-contiguous:
515 acres
• Agricultural Outlease
Program:
741 acres
Historical Trivia!
Facts & Figures
NALF Fentress
• Main Field:
2,556 acres
• Non-contiguous:
3 acres
• Agricultural Outlease
Program:
893 acres
Mission
• Support the Navy’s Atlantic and Pacific Fleet force of StrikeFighter Aircraft & Joint / Inter Agency Operations
- Provide the resources to conduct flight operations
- Provide top quality service for Naval personnel and their families
Economics
• Virginia Beach, the most populous city in Virginia: 443,000
• NAS Oceana/Dam Neck Annex workforce: 16,700 personnel
– 19 squadrons
– 338 aircraft (326 F/A-18 Hornets & Super Hornets)
Nearly $1 Billion direct salary, $1 Billion goods & services
• Highest average salaries in Hampton Roads:
1. Military: $109.8K
2. Civilian Federal Employees: $101.0K
3. Civilian Company Management: $90.4K
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2012 HRPDC Data Book (2010 data for Hampton Roads MSA)
The Navy Air Installations
Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ)
Program
• Virginia Beach’s economic prosperity driven by the need
to expand the tax base, combined with uncoordinated
Navy message resulted in NAS Oceana becoming the
most encroached DOD air facility in the United States.
Navy’s AICUZ Program
It’s a forward looking planning tool that:
• Recognizes air operations can affect the public.
• Provides long term strategic perspective for
compatible development.
• Protect the taxpayers’ investment.
• Tool for detecting incompatible uses.
• Educate the public.
Air Installations Compatible
Use Zones Program
• Protect the health, safety, and welfare of civilians and
military personnel by encouraging land use which is
compatible with aircraft operations
• Protect taxpayer’s investment by safeguarding the
installation's operational capabilities
• Reduce aircraft noise while meeting operational, training,
and flight safety requirements, both on and in the vicinity
of air installations
• Inform the public about the AICUZ program and seek
cooperative efforts to minimize noise and aircraft potential
impact by promoting compatible development in the
vicinity of military air installations
Provides buffer between high tempo military flight
operations and the civilian community
AICUZ Program
• AICUZ is advisory. The Navy only recommends
– Whether a development proposal is compatible
or not compatible with the AICUZ program
– With respect to noise zones and Accident
Potential Zones (APZ)
• Local governments have the authority to control
land use
– Appropriate zoning
– Developmental regulations
AICUZ Areas of Discussion
• Noise, Accident Potential, and Land
Use Recommendations
• Height and Obstruction Criteria
• Current/Projected Flight Operations
• AICUZ Footprints
- Noise Zones
- Accident Potential Zones
• Identify Ways to Reduce Impacts
- Operational Alternatives
- Zoning
- Encroachment Partnering
NAS Oceana
Modeled Flight Tracks
Noise Compatibility Matrix
Land Use
Outdoor Amphitheaters
Residential
Transient Lodging
Churches, Schools
Commercial Retail
Wholesale, Manufacturing
Agriculture, Public R-O-W
<59
6064
6569
7074 >75
Accident Potential
Zones
Accident Potential Zones
• Areas where accidents most likely
to occur IF they occur
• NOT a probability of accidents
occurring
• 5,000 operations on a flight
track/pattern
APZ Compatibility Matrix
Land Use
CZ
APZ
1
APZ
2
Amphitheaters Outdoor
Residential
1-2
Du/Ac
Transient Lodging
Churches, Schools
Commercial Retail
Wholesale, Manufacturing
Agriculture, Public R-O-W
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2005 Joint Land Use Study
• Participants
-Virginia Beach
- Chesapeake
- Norfolk
- Navy (Technical Advisor)
• At Issue
- NAS Oceana
- NALF Fentress
- Chambers Field, Naval Station Norfolk
• Timeline: November 2003 – May 2005
Best JLUS Outcomes:
State Legislation
• Mandatory real estate disclosure
– Applies to sales and leases
• Strengthened sound attenuation requirements
• “The location of military bases, military installations, and
military airports and their adjacent safety areas” added as
factor to be considered during municipal comprehensive
planning process.
• Notice to installation commander required for proposed
changes to zoning or comprehensive plans for land within
3000 feet of the installation boundary
Post-JLUS - Lasting Effects
• December 2005: Virginia Beach & Chesapeake adopt the JLUS
recommendations into zoning
– Virginia Beach Code Section 1804 of Article 18
– Virginia Beach adopts AICUZ overlay 70 dB DNL & above
– Virginia Beach adopts MOU process
– Chesapeake expands Fentress Overlay district
• January 2008: Virginia Beach amends AICUZ Overlay Zoning
Ordinance for land within 65 – 70 dB DNL sound contour
– Three sub-areas, each with its own approval criteria
– October 2008: MOU amended to capture ordinance changes
• January 2008: Virginia Beach rezones ITA to 1 unit per 15
developable acres, further protecting this critical area between
Oceana and Fentress
APZ1/Clear Zone Compatibility Program
• Acquires incompatible properties and
property interests in APZ-1/Clear Zones
– $69.9M for 621 units from 250 owners thus far
– As of April 2010, all willing sellers in CZ and
specific areas in APZ-1 qualify for program
• Program includes Interfacility Traffic Area
(ITA):
– $21.9M applied to 1744 acres from 13 owners
• Prohibits all new incompatible development
• Creates incentives to attract compatible
businesses into APZs.
Best JLUS Outcomes: MOU
• February 2007: Oceana and Virginia Beach sign Land
Use Memorandum of Understanding.
– Staffs meet to discuss proposal a minimum of 30 days before
Planning Commission
– Builders must complete “Reasonable Use Exception
Application” for all incompatible proposals
• Formally places the burden on developer to convince City
Council that incompatible development should be allowed
over compatible ones
NAS Oceana
ITA Encroachment Partnering
Encroachment Partnering Program:
• Was emphasized during 2005 JLUS
• Partners purchase land; Navy then purchase easement up to 50% of
purchase price
• Land targeted is Interfacility Traffic Area (ITA) and environs
Acquisitions to date:
• Chesapeake – 641 acres/$1M. USN share/$289K
• Virginia Beach – 1,691 acres/$16.98M. USN share/$11.33M
Navy Escrow account balance:
• Chesapeake = $540K
• Virginia Beach = $2.83M
Virginia Beach ITA/RAA large parcel purchases :
• KPC, 516 acres, $7.74M, USN easement $3.87M
• Rock Ministries, (RAA), 800 acres, $5M, USN easement $2.5M
Questions?
Restrictive Easements Fentress
8,777 acres in
easements
Legend
Restrictive Development
Easements
Purchased Fee Simple
Deleted From Acquisition
Federal Property
$ Total cost of Oceana and
Fentress easements = 57M+