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Pacific Grove adopts urgency ban on recreational drones, adds exception for previously permitted projects
Summary
Council voted 6–0, with one absence, to adopt an urgency ordinance immediately banning recreational drone use in Pacific Grove while carving out a narrowly worded exception for projects with valid city permits issued before Feb. 4, 2026.
The Pacific Grove City Council on Feb. 4 adopted an urgency ordinance that immediately bans recreational unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within city limits to protect resident privacy and wildlife, particularly nesting and pupping areas.
City staff characterized the ordinance as narrowly focused on recreational operations and said commercial and research uses would be addressed in a later, separate ordinance. Because the ordinance was brought as an urgency measure it required six…
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