Burbank Airport Wins Round in Feud With L.A.
A federal judge gave Burbank Airport a victory Monday in the latest chapter of its feud with the city of Los Angeles, slapping down a city zoning law and clearing the way for construction of a 2,000-foot taxiway extension.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Manuel Real quashed what some viewed as a bid by the city to acquire power to intervene in Burbank Airport’s plans to build a larger passenger terminal.
A 54-acre corner of the airport, which is located mostly in Burbank, extends into Los Angeles. City officials had sought authority through the zoning law to approve any development on that land, denying that this authority would be used to interfere with how the airport is operated.
But Real agreed with Burbank Airport attorney Richard Simon that the city’s true motive was to affect the operations of the airport, which would usurp the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration in violation of the Constitution.
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