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The FAA is federal and the law requiring notice of construction applies in the entire United States. Any structure taller than 499 feet requires FAA involvement
by _moof 5y ago
The FAA is federal and the law requiring notice of construction applies in the entire United States. Any structure taller than 499 feet requires FAA involvement. 14 CFR Part 77.
- selectodude 5y agoNotification is not involvement. You have to tell the FAA. They can say "hey, that's going to be an issue". But you can build a 10,000 foot building in downtown Chicago without any issues.
- _moof 5y agoAn FAA determination of hazard to air navigation is indeed technically advisory but it has enormous practical effect. Nobody will finance or insure a project with such a determination. I'm aware of one case where a project received a hazard determination and the property owner sued the FAA because the effect of the determination was that they couldn't build--and not because of any zoning or permitting laws referencing the FAA, but because nobody wanted to be involved once the FAA declared the project dangerous. The FAA won and the project was never built.