History — 302.11

302.11 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), no person shall, at an airport, smoke or display an open flame (a) on an apron; (b) on an aircraft loading bridge or on a gallery or balcony that is contiguous to or that overhangs an apron; or (c) in an area where smoking or an open flame is likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property. (2) The operator of an airport may display flare pots to provide temporary lighting for the take-off or landing of aircraft. (3) The operator of an airport may, in writing, authorize maintenance or servicing operations on an apron that involve the use, production or potential development of an open flame or that involve the production or potential development of a spark where the operations are conducted in a manner that is not likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property. (4) The operator of an airport may permit smoking in an enclosed building or shelter located on an apron where such smoking is not likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property.