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Sonoma council introduces updated drone rules and rewrites filming rules, votes unanimously to proceed
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance adding a new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) chapter and to repeal and replace the citychapters tightening takeoff/landing, permitting and enforcement rules for drones and streamlining commercial filming permits.
The Sonoma City Council on a unanimous roll-call vote on July (date not specified) introduced an ordinance creating a new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) chapter in the municipal code and repealing and replacing the citychapter governing commercial photography, filming and recording.
The new UAS chapter (SMC 7.42) establishes where drones may take off and land on public property, enforces Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules, allows exemptions for law enforcement and permitted commercial…
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