511.01 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in this chapter:

   (a)    "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate, or fly in the air. (49 U.S.C. §40102).

   (b)    "Unmanned Aircraft" or "UA" means an aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft, weighing more than fifty-five hundredths (0.55) pounds on takeoff, including everything that is on board or otherwise attached to the aircraft.

   (c)    "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" or "UAV" or "Drone" means a powered, unmanned aircraft or aerial vehicle to which all of the following apply:

      (1)    The vehicle does not carry a human operator and is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the vehicle.

      (2)    The vehicle uses aerodynamic forces to provide lift.

      (3)    The vehicle can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely.

      "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" is commonly referred to as a drone and does not include satellite.

   (d)    "Unmanned Aircraft System"or "UAS" means an unmanned aircraft and its associated elements (including communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft) that are required for the safe and efficient operation of the unmanned aircraft in the National Airspace System.

   (e)    "Surveillance" means the gathering, without permission and in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, of visual images, physical impressions, audio (sound) recordings, data or other information involving the private, personal, business or familiar activities of another person, business or entity, or that otherwise intrudes upon the privacy, solitude or seclusion of another person, business or entity, regardless of whether a physical trespass onto real property owned, leased or otherwise lawfully occupied by such other person, business or other entity, occurs in connection with such surveillance.

      (Ord. 2021-9-78. Passed 9-22-21.)