Ogden-Hinckley Airport leasing policies
Rewrite of airport lease and fee provisions: open leasing, 20-year terms with extensions, hangar life cycle, 3 percent annual escalation, plus new lease, tie-down, fuel flowage and general fees. The Council adopted Ordinance 2025-43 on Dec. 16, 2025, the next phase of a multi-part airport code rewrite.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Applicant
- Ogden City Administration
Every hearing and vote
December 2, 2025 · City Council
Airport leasing policies
Discussed
Airport Director Brian Condie and consultant Ryan Leick of Ascension Group Partners presented a proposal to move large parts of Title 8, Chapters 3 and 5 of the airport code into the Administrative Code. Proposed lease terms are 20 years with two 10-year extensions, reversion of improvements to the airport at expiration, and a fixed 3 percent annual rent increase rather than a CPI link (the 20-year regional CPI average was 2.8 percent). The Council ran out of time and will continue at the next work session.
December 9, 2025 · City Council
Airport leasing policies (continued)
Discussed
Officials said 74 airport leases are in holdover status dating to 2020, with 16 more expiring in 2025. Agreed policy points: an open, FAA-compliant leasing process, a 40-year term (20 years plus two 10-year extensions), possible tenancy up to 70 years, no fair-market adjustments in the first 20 years, 3 percent annual escalation and market adjustments at extension. Vice Chair Richard Hyer sought assurance tenants could extend reliably without arbitrary decisions. Members said they were comfortable moving ahead on Dec. 16.
December 16, 2025 · City Council
Ordinance 2025-43: airport leasing policies and fees
Approved · 7-0
The Council revised Title 8 airport lease provisions and added airport lease, tie-down, fuel flowage and general fees. Airport Director Brian Condie described an open leasing process, FAA grant-assurance compliance, land rent adjustment methods, a hangar life cycle (20-year term with two 10-year extensions, then another 20 years with a 10-year extension), improved assignments and transfers, and building inspections. After 70 years the city would decide whether to remove a hangar or offer 5-year leases. An airport stakeholder supported the changes; members praised the collaborative process.